The Direct Furnishing Co - Soho Road
G.V. Hollidge and H.Daniels were the proprietors of this furniture store at 283 and 285 Soho Road. An interesting note is the listing of the trams which pass along the Soho Road - numbers 23, 28, 73, ...
The Diskery and the Wellington
On the corner of Bromsgrove Street and Bristol Street is the Diskery, a mecca for record collectors since the late 1950s, although the shop was originally in Hurst Street and only moved to its Bromsgrove ...
The Diskery Record Shop
This article entitled "How The Years Spin Round" was written by Sophie Blakemore and published in the Birmingham Mail. The article can be read easily by clicking on the "zoomify" plug in next to the picture. ...
The Dynamite Shop closes down
The closedown of the shop on Ledsam Street was featured in the local papers because it was so well known for what happened there on 5th April 1883. On that day the owner of the shop, Alfred Whitehead, ...
The Electric Tavern pub, Belgrave Road
An Atkinsons pub. The Belgrave Paint and Hardware Store is just visible to the left of the pub.
The Eternal Optimist
Man studying the form at Ladbrokes on Soho Road
The kitchen at Imran's on Ladypool Road
the staff invited in children from Anderton Park school to view the kitchen at work. It was very busy and you were struck straight away by the heat and spicey smells of which the most noticeable was onions. ...
The Maple Leaf florist shop
The shop stood on the corner of George Street West and Spring Hill. Historian Norman Bartlam noted that: "Flowers were popular at that time. "San Francisco", better known as "Be Sure To Wear Flowers In ...
The Midland Dyeing, Cleaning and Carpet Shaking Co
Two premises listed here for this company. It is interesting to note that carpets could be "taken away" for cleaning. No manager is listed for the Soho Road branch so it may have been that Walter Price ...
The Star Cafe on Mary Street
Mary Street corner with Strensham Road. The Star Cafe stands at the junction, with the beautiful iron balconies to the left, for which Mary Street is well known locally.
Thousands are flocking to Bradshaws
Advert for Bradshaws in the Evening Despatch. Principally it outlines the reasons behind their closure. The cartoon at the top names the new scheme for the area as the "Bath Row Re-Development" which ...
Tibbitt's Fish and Poultry Market
Tibbitt's fish and poultry market stood on the Soho Road.
The advert is taken from the programme for the Saint James' Church Fancy Fair held at the New Inns Assembly Rooms November 20th to 23rd 1929.
Travel Agents etched glass window
The increasing Asian population of the area saw a steady rise in the number of travel agents specialising in flights to India, Pakistan and the arab states amongst other locations. There are many in the ...
Uncle's Home Store on Ladypool Road
Ladypool Road has been a major shopping thoroughfare for over a hundred years. Although the names have changed it still serves the local community today as it always has done. The tops of the shops reveal ...
Vanley Burke Galleries
Vanley Burke has been living and working in Birmingham since 1965. He started photographing the community around him in 1967 and has continued to the present day. He has exhibited his work extensively ...
Vegetables Display
On sale outside a shop on the Soho Road.
Vegetables display
There are many grocers in Balsall Heath who provide a great deal of vegetables for sale. Here we see a display including onions and garlic on sale on Ladypool Road. Picture taken by pupils from Anderton ...
Villa Road
Postcard view of Villa Road in Handsworth circa 1900. Looking towards the Villa Cross Inn at the junction of Villa, Heathfield and Lozells roads. Hunters Road is the road junction nearby on the right....