Sinclair Spectrum (with chips?) 1984
"One year the St Pauls computer club built a micro-chip and put it on top of a mini so it was a mini-micro. That was the first float I got involved with building. Next year I wanted to go one better and ...
Snacks and drinks store on Ladypool Road
Open for business. The shop was opened to take advantage in part of the many restaurants in the immediate area which are unlicensed for alcohol. Picture taken by pupils from Anderton Park Primary School ...
St Alban's Church of England School
Keith Whitehouse progressed from Mary Street School to St Alban's C of E in Highgate (1964) to continue his education, and found a similar peaceful atmosphere conductive learning he had experienced in ...
St Barnabas Church on Clifton Road
The surviving part of the original church has been imaginatively adapted. The space at the front where the tower once stood now provides a forecourt and a vicarage. The original church was damaged in ...
St Paul's Church on Moseley Road
The church stood on the junction of Moseley Road and St Paul's Road itself. The church was demolished in January 1980 due to rising overheads and dwindling congregation. The church moved down to Balsall ...
St Paul's Church on Moseley Road just before demolition
This photograph shows the congregation leaving the old church and walking in procession to the new Church Centre in Edward Road. The church was demolished due to rising costs and a dwindling congregation. ...
St Paul's Church, Moseley Road
Located on the corner of St Paul's Road, it was once the popular and fashionable focus for Balsall Heath and Moseley. It opened in 1853 with seating for over 1,000, and was extended in 1856. Church schools ...
St. Barnabus' Church
The side of St. Barnabus' Ladypoool Road. Picture taken by pupils from Anderton Park Primary School as part of a project looking at how Ladypool Road has changed over the last 100 years.
Statue of Christ
Des Berry the sculptor with the original block that will become the statue of Christ which was installed at Balsall Heath Church Centre on the corner of Edward Road Mary Street in 1980
Streetwatch in Cheddar Road
Prostitution had been a blight on the area for decades and there had been many campaigns to deal with it. After this, the last of the prostitutes moved away from the area. The slogan on the board alludes ...
The 1979 Parade from above
The parade was so much bigger in those days.
The Balsall Heath Panthers
The origins of the club go back to 1947 when Charlie Humphrey, who lived in Balsall Heath Road and attended Dennis Road School, was shown a cycle speedway bike by one of his school friends and began laying ...
The Balsall Heath Panthers
An action photograph of the Balsall Heath Panthers in action on their newly laid track in Balsall Heath Road.
The Balsall Heath Panthers
This photograph shows a little more of the bomb-site location which was home to the Panthers for their early years.
The Balsall Heath Panthers
Possibly one of the sunday morning crowds which gathered to watch the Panthers race. The shops in the background were pulled down as part of the later urban renewal of the area. It was by tracing the ...
The Balsall Heath Panthers
Another image from the early years of this cycle speedway team who raced on Balsall Heath Road. At this point there is no safety rail on the outside of the track. The crowd seem to enjoying the race, ...
The Balsall Heath Panthers
One of the speedway team taking a corner on the cinder track circuit on Balsall Heath Road. The probable year is 1947, the year the club was formed.
The Bartley Family: Our Balsall Heath
This is a picture of Jimmy Bartley of Dublin, taken in Johannesburg South Africa, during the Second World War (circa 1941) where he was convalescing after being wounded. When Jimmy (Sonny, to family ...