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Woodman Inn

The original Woodman Inn circa 1900 at number 375 Holyhead Road. The Inn stands close to the Hawthorns - home of West Bromwich Albion Football Club. The writing on the wall to the right says: "Good Stabling ...

Woodview Drive during the flood

Picture from the Birmingham Evening Mail taken by George Fox who was a student at Birmingham Polytechnic. Firemen had to come and help evacuate people stranded by the exceptional flooding on May 21st ...

Woodview School children at opening of Moonlit Park

Half of the new park area of Attwood Green was opened in 2005. The area comprises of two "wings" - Moonlit Park and Sunset Park, the names being selected by local residents. Moonlit Park was officially ...

Woodview to Lee Bank

View looking over Lee Bank Primary School towards central Lee Bank in the distance. St Thomas's Church spire on Bath Row is visible to the right in the distance as is the Telecom Tower.

Work to be carried out for the Reverend Boyle at Soho House

This note outlines work that was to be carried out at Soho House for the Reverend Boyle. Boyle was the vicar at nearby St Michael's church and lived at Soho House from 1860 to c.1867. The house was ...

Workmen's Cottages in Foundry Road

The cottages were lived in by workmen from the nearby Soho Foundry. The plaque on the wall by the left hand door commemorates that William Murdock, Boulton and Watt's Chief Engineer, lived there following ...

Wretham Road Church

Built in 1876, at a cost of £11,500, the Wretham Road Swedenborgian Church is in a decorated gothic style.

Wretham Road New Church

Wretham Road New Church. Erected by the Swedenborgians in 1879 at a cost of £11,500 in a Geometric Decorated Gothic style.

Wretham Road New Church

Programme for an event held on April 4th 1877 at the church. The church was opened on 22nd November 1876 and eventually sold in 1974 when a new centre was was established at Oaklands in Winleigh Road, ...

Wretham Road New Church, Handsworth

Wretham Road New Church, Handsworth, showing the organ pipes. Erected by the Swedenborgians in 1879

Wretham Road New Church, Handsworth

Interior of the New Church, Wretham Road, Handsworth. The 'New Church' is a sect formerly known as Swedenborgians and built their church in Wretham Road in 1876. In this dark photograph only the reredos ...

Wycliffe Baptist Church, Bristol Street

A view of Wycliffe Baptist Church, on the corner of Bristol Street and St Luke's Street, Lee Bank. Opened for worship in 1861 this building has been described as the most beautiful Free Church place of ...

YMCA Hostel on Bristol Street

The Hostel was opened in 1919 to cater for the large number of demobilised men in need of assistance with accommodation. In 1936 alone it was reported that 228 free beds had been provided and 1,027 free ...

Zigzag Bridge on a snowy day

The Zigzag bridge stands alongside the Aldridge Road. The "zigzags" enabled pedestrians to stand to one side as carts came along the road.

Zig-Zag Bridge, Perry Barr

The Zig-Zag Bridge, Aldridge Road, Perry Barr, in December 1930, showing the signal controlling traffic across the narrow bridge before it was restricted to pedestrian use after the new Aldridge Road ...