Perry Park, Perry Barr
The pool in Perry Park, from a postcard
Picnic in the park
The place is Calthorpe Park; the statue in the background is that of Robert Peel which was moved later (1963) to the Police Training College just further along the Pershore Road - although the base remains ...
Pictures from above - the view from Lempriere's balloon
Another aerial view from the balloon.
Lempriere's aeronautical displays with balloons and parachutes attracted large crowds. He and his family lived and worked in Handsworth for most of their lives....
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.
Pool in Lee Bank
Promotional photograph taken for the Lee Bank area. This was used to advertise the appeal of the area to young families. The pool stood in the park area and was popular for many years with local children. ...
Portrait photograph of lady parachutist
This lady was one of the parachutists employed by Handsworth aeronaut Lieutenant Lempriere. Lempriere conducted balloon ascents and descents at many events all over the United Kingdom. The portrait may ...
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.
Shell Pool and the Temple of Flora by John Phillp
This pen and ink drawing shows the Shell Pool and Temple of Flora, part of the landscaped park created at Soho by industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton. A more detailed watercolour of the Temple ...
Shell Pool, Handsworth
Shell Pool in Soho Park, Handsworth. Originally been part of the grounds of Matthew Boulton's Soho House, the area around this pool was relandscaped by the Boulton trustees in the 1880s and opened to ...
Shell Pool, Handsworth
Shell Pool in Soho Park, Handsworth. Originally been part of the grounds of Matthew Boulton's Soho House, the area around this pool was relandscaped by the Boulton trustees in the 1880s and opened to ...
Site of St Thomas's School
Work commencing on the site of the new St Thomas's School. To the rear is the more progressed site of Lee Bank playing fields. The building on Holloway Head immediately to the rear of the playing fields ...
Soho Lake
This is a photograph of a lithograph of Soho Lake or Pool, Soho Park in 1854 by Jas. Corder, Lithographer, 83 New Street.
Soho Pool had formed part of Matthew Boulton's landscaped park around Soho ...
Soho Pool, Handsworth
Soho Pool, Handsworth. 1868. From a photograph in the posession of Sir J B Stone
Soho Pool, Knibbs Boating Lake
This photograph of Knibbs Boating Lake, Soho Pool was taken by by Mrs Brittain.
Soho Pool had formed part of Matthew Boulton's landscaped park around Soho House. His grandson Matthew Piers Watt Boulton ...
Sunken Garden, Handsworth Park. 1933
The park was opened in 1887 and originally called Victoria Park to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee
Sunset Park
Sunset Park was opened Summer 2006. It lies to the west of Moonlit Park which was opened in 2005. Both parks lie at the centre of the Park Central Development in the Lee Bank area of Birmingham.