Kingstanding Recreation Ground
The Paddling Pool at Kingstanding Recreation Ground circa 1930
Kingstanding Recreation Ground, Kinbstanding
Kingstanding Recreation Ground, Kingstanding, on 11th April 1957
Lee Bank Playing Fields
The Lee Bank playing fields are now disused and awaiting redevelopment. In the foreground is the old running track and behind it is the long jump. In the distance is the spire of St Thomas's Church which ...
Lee Bank Pool
Another view of the pool in Lee Bank so fondly remembered by many local residents. Annette Tidman used to go down with her sister Yvonne when they were living at Charlecote House.
Lee Bank pool
View of Lee Bank pool in January 1973. In the distance left to right are the James Brindley School, Hogarth House, Faraday House, Chiswick House, Audleigh House and Chatsworth Tower. This photograph was ...
Lee Bank sports ground
The sports ground at Lee Bank off Holloway Head seen not long after it was nearly finished. Nearly finished because the developers at this time were struggling to get the last occupant out of the building ...
Lightwoods Park, Edgbaston
The aviary in Lightwoods Park, Hagley Road West, Edgbaston. The fashions seem to suggest a pre-World War I date.
Louisa Ryland
Portrait drawing of Louisa Ryland, autographed by Miss Ryland herself. Louisa Anne Ryland was born in January 1814 into the wealthy Ryland family at The Laurels in Hagley Road, Edgbaston, the house that ...
Lych Gate, St Mary's Church by G.F.. Madeley
Watercolour dated 1927.
Matthew Boulton's park at Soho by John Phillp
This pen and ink drawing shows the landscaped park created at Soho by industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton. The chain link fence marks the boundary between the more formal area close to the ...
Moonlit Park
Children from St Thomas's School entering Moonlit Park for the official opening. The occasion was vibrant and colourful with all the children in costumes they had made themselves.
Moonlit Park opening
Children from Woodview Primary School forming part of the procession into Moonlit Park for the official opening ceremony. The children made their own costumes for the occasion.
Opening of Moonlit Park
This trio in deep conversation after the park had been opened by Councillor John Alden. Moonlit Park occupies part of the open space which used to stand between Bell Barn Road and Great Colmore Street....
Opening of Moonlit Park
The picture shows staff and children from St Thomas's School at the park opening. The general turquoise look comes from the costumes made by the children for the day.
Opening of Moonlit Park
Pupil from St Thomas's School at the opening of the new Moonlit Park in Attwood Green. The park is part of the redevelopment of the Lee Bank estate.
Opening of the extension to Handsworth Park, Handsworth
Opening of the extension to Handsworth Park, Handsworth, by the Earl of Dartmouth, 1898. The new gates were opened by the Earl with a silver key.
The park had been laid out in 1887 to mark Queen Victoria's ...
Park House
Park House, Handsworth Park, Handsworth.
Photo taken in March 1966, House demolished in April 1966