Description:Hagley Road, Edgbaston, from a tinted postcard dating from the later 19th century. The scene is possibly the junction of Plough & Harrow Road and Highfield Road, looking towards the city. Curiously the correspondent has seen fit to write on the front of the card, and in a language that seems to be German. The two schoolboys in the right corner remind us that J.R.R. Tolkien lived in this area for a time when he was a boy.