Soho Road Mitha (sweet) Counter
A selection of mitha (sweets) on counters in a shop window on the Soho Road.
Soho Road shopping
The Soho Supermarket with a colourful display of fruit and vegetables.
Soho Road Textiles
Dark shawl on sale in Soho Road. Beautifully designed shawls and other textiles are to be found in many shops along the road.
Soho Road Textiles
Beautiful blue material on sale in the Soho Road,lavishly decorated and highlighted with gold threads.
Soho Road Then and Now
A comparison picture of the same stretch of the road in the 1960s and 2003.
Spittle's Boot Manufacturer
Frederick "Spittle's Noted Boots" traded at 155 Soho Road and 78 Hunter's Road. There are a few Spittle's listed in the Trade Directories of the period, all of whom lived in and around Handsworth. The ...
Spring Street, Lee Bank
Spring Street, Lee Bank, off Bell Barn Road, is on the left in this photograph, taken on 27th October 1965, and the street to the right is Spring Vale, which headed eastwards to join Bristol Road. Children ...
Springfield Family Butcher - Cregoe Street
Advert from the St Luke's Church Magazine for Springfield's who were based on Cregoe Street.
St Mark's Street , Ladywood
No.55 St Mark's Street, Ladywood, on the corner of King Edward's Road. This street ran from Shakespeare Road to Summer Hill Road, but in 1969 when this photograph was taken the area was shortly to be ...
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.
Starkey's Bakery
Starkey's, as this advert from St Luke's Church Magazine says, had several shops in the Birmingham area. The ones covered geographically by this project, and listed in the advert, are at 74 Bristol Street ...
Stoakes (Shop advert)
Shop advertisement from programme at the St James Church Fancy Fair held on 20 Nov -23 Nov 1929. Ernest Stoakes drapery business was at 206 Soho Road, which lay between the junctions of Baker Street and ...
Stones' Fishmongers
Advert for Stones Fishmongers at 252 Soho Road, Handsworth. It is taken from the programme of the Saint James Church Fancy Fair held on 20th till 23rd November 1929.
Sweetshop on Newcombe Road
The Jones family owned and ran a sweetshop at 174 Newcombe Road. The Jones family are pictured here to the side of the shop window.
The Brighton
Another view of this public house. One of the longest established buildings on Ladypool Road and one of the few remaining pubs in Balsall Heath. At one time there was one on every corner and in every ...
The Brighton Hotel
The Brighton Hotel was built in 1875 by one William Charley. The enterprising gentleman saw a need for a local hotel catering for travellers using the newly opened nearby Brighton Road railway station. ...
The Circle, Kingstanding
The Circle, Kingstanding, in the 1950s. On the right is Rough Road Post Office, with a branch of Boots next door.
The Clifton Pub
The pub has been a fixture on the corner of Ladypool and Clifton Road for a hundred years. Famously in 1914 it was where local butcher Mr Stiles opined drunkenly that the Germans should win the war. He ...