Opening the park
Procession of children from Woodview Primary School for the official opening of Moonlit Park in Attwood Gree.
Optima offices under construction
This photograph shows the new offices under construction, next to the St Thomas Centre on Bell Barn Road. The building has a pale green sheen which is hard to see in the brilliant July sunshine. The view ...
Oral Histories of Handsworth - Interviews with Helen Lloyd
Helen Lloyd recorded interviews for BBC national and local radio for many years. In 1998, she was appointed West Midlands Producer for the BBC Oral History Project, “The Century Speaks”. ...
Park Central Plots 232-233
Located on the Wheeley's Lane area development. Part of Crest Nicholson's Attwood Green project.
Pigeon Park
This was open land at the corner of Thornhill Road and Soho Road where St Michaels School used to be. We used to know it as "pigeon park", people would throw food down for the pigeons to eat, on a daily ...
Play in the park team
Lucy Cadden and the Benmore Play Project who entertained and looked after children in Moonlit Park over the Summer holidays in Summer 2006.
Preparing for the park
Before landscaping for the new park area in Attwood Green, Crest Nicholson had to excavate the ground on the site of the old park.
Prince Philip on whirlwind visit to inspect tornado damage
Prince Philip paid a swift visit to the tornado trail through Balsall Heath.
Here he is caught crossing Ladypool Road to view some houses still cloaked in scaffolding as work continued on roofs, guttering ...
Procession into Moonlit Park
A band of drummers lead local dignitaries and children from Woodview Primary School into Moonlit Park for the official opening ceremony of the park. Councillor John Alden is the man to the middle of the ...
Pushing the dragon
Surprising what you can do with a shopping trolley.
Quad Bikes in Pickwick Park
"My kids cost me a bomb on carnival day. They go off and spend it on quad bikes, food etc. There is free stuff too, the Children’s Centre have their stall where you can colour, paint and make cards and ...
Rainbow from Edmonton House - Angela Maloney
Edmonton House is on the Benmore Estate between Pershore and Bristol Road.
Rebecca Brookes, The Well Concert, Symphony Hall, 2002
Rebecca, one of the finest young praise and worship leaders in the Midlands is based at the Pentecostal Church in Stuart Street, Nechells. The singing technique used by gospel singers varies widely, ...
Remission (Melanie and Marleen Kerr), The Well Concert, Symphony Hall, 2002.
Twin sisters who come from a very talented musical family, who also sing for one of the most popular female groups, Divine.
Remission (Sonia Stevenson, Ruth Ible, Melanie Kerr) in rehearsal for the Well Concert
Members of the original Remission choir ensuring that they have perfect sound before the concert. If the message of spirituals is endurance of the trials of life with the reward of life after death, ...
Rhodes Almshouses
The Almshouses were erected in 1871 at the behest of Mrs Matilda Juliana Rhodes in memory of her husband John Rhodes. It contained separate sets of rooms to accomodate sixteen ladies in reduced circumstances....
Rickman Drive
The newlook Rickman Drive in Lee Bank. Still with work underway to the right but the blocks of flats to the left are completed. In the distance is the city centre - the nearest tower block is Clydesdale ...
Rickman Drive
The newlook Rickman Drive under construction.