Soho House
Matthew Boulton lived here and owned a factory nearby that was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution. It was the meeting place for the Lunar Society. This is a part of history I have been able to ...
Soho House Garden
The gardens at Soho House, and entrance to the gardens from inside the building shown to the left.
Soho Road
Taken on a cold afternoon in October 2003.
Soho Road shopping
The Soho Supermarket with a colourful display of fruit and vegetables.
Soho Road Then and Now
A comparison picture of the same stretch of the road in the 1960s and 2003.
Sonia Stevenson, Remission, The Well Concert, Symphony Hall 2002.
Remission started as a junior choir in the 1970's. They recorded their first album "A Change is Coming" in 1990. Sonia is a member of the original choir.
Spring Vale Hall
The Spring Vale shops and this hall were located on Lee Bank Middleway at the junction with Bristol Street. All of this area is part of the redevelopment plan for Lee Bank. The poster to the left reads: ...
St Catherine's Church and Birmingham city centre, from Lee Bank
In this 1995 view looking towards the city centre from Lee Bank the green domed roof of the church of St Catherine of Siena stands out. The Roman Catholic church in Bristol Street opened in 1965, replacing ...
St John's Church
One of the bosses on the side of the main entrance to the church. Despite weathering visible to the forehead this is still a fine and imposing piece of sculpture.
St John's Church interior
Part of the decoration inside St John's Church, Ladywood.
St John's Church, Ladywood
Carved stone boss at side of doorway of St John's Church, Ladywood.
St John's Church, Ladywood
Beautiful carved figure by the door of St John's Church in Ladywood. St John's is the parish church and longstanding heart of the community.
St Luke's Church
This view is from the road just outside McDonalds at the Lee Bank Middleway/ Bristol Street junction. To the left is St Luke's Church which after a hundred years or so in existance is now due to be demolished ...
St Luke's Church, Bristol Street
View of the side chapel in St Luke's Church. This was originally the screen from St Asaph's Church on Great Colmore Street. When St Asaph's was closed the side chapel screen was saved and removed to St ...
St Theresa's Refuge For All
St Thomas's Church Tower
The tower, on Bath Row, photographed over the summer of 2006. There used to be an iron cross on the top of it at one time. Apparently a man climbed to the top of this tower and doffed his cap at the time ...
St Thomas's Tower
The spire of St Thomas's Tower on Bath Row. This spire is visible from some distance in all directions. It has survived the blitz and also the last re-development of the area and is now "overseeing" the ...
Standard bearer party for the Alfred Knight Way official ceremony
The guests for the ceremony were received for a brief service in Sunset Park where this impressive group of ten ex-service personnel waited for them. Knight won the Victoria Cross in 1917 at Ypres and ...