Steven McGregor, Remission, The Well Concert, Symphony Hall, 2002.
Remission is a Black British gospel group based at a Pentecostal church in Walsall. The group has worked for a number of charitable causes including the Roy Castle Cause for Hope Foundation and the Birmingham ...
Street art
This spray painting was on the hoardings next to the Attwood Green Community Centre. The painting was commisioned for an Open Day at the Centre by manager James Hobbs. Behind the hoardings the land was ...
Sunny Face of the Community Centre
All visitors to the Community Centre in Gaywood Croft (off Cregoe Street) were greeted right away by this large sunny face on the landing.
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.
Taking a break
Workmen taking a break from preparing Haddon Tower on Bristol Street for demolition. They are removing fixtures and fittings; their progress down the tower was easy to spot by seeing if a floor had still ...
Thasher's Nightclub
Santa Rosa opened in 1975. The club has changed names and management frequently throughout its lifetime. I knew it as Rialto, early 70’s - 1981. Then it became Thasher’s before it closed. ...
The "Brew 'Us Bugle" Number 1
The magazine of the Ladywood History Group is five years old this year. This is the front cover of the very first issue publsihed back in December 2001. The first issue was funded by Edie Ockford and ...
The ARP shelter under George Road
Fixtures and fittings remain at the former public air-raid shelter which was used during World War II. This sink (with only the cold tap left) has not been used for decades.
The Attwood Green Community Centre being demolished
Just over thirty years after it was opened as a centre for the Midland Adult School Union, the building was demolished as part of the regeneration of the Lee Bank area. Latterly it had played host to ...
The Birmingham and Wolverhampton Canal, Birmingham
The last (or first) few metres of the Birmingham and Wolverhampton Canal are seen here as it passes under Broad Street and heads for the Gas Street basin. Late 20th-century redevelopment, including the ...
The Boardroom at the Attwood Green Community Centre
The boardroom was upstairs and used for all manner of meetings and talks, especially by Crest Nicholson and Optima Community Association. The Community Centre, which stood off Cregoe Street, has now since ...
The canal at Oozells Street
Panoramic view of the canal. The view is from the new "city living" properties over towards the surviving factory buildings. In the distance is the National Indoor Arena.
The Colwyn Pub
The Colywyn stands at the junction of Great Colmore Street and Wynn Street, its name is a contraction of Colmore and Wynn. Recently refurbished it will be the last public house within the "triangle" of ...
The Council House decorated for the VE Day 60th anniversary
The Council House side entrance
Unusual view for those who see it often - here it is sandbagged as it probably was during the war.
The Cream Dress
The Cream Dress being modelled by a member of the Museum staff at the exhibition launch, August 2005
The Etap Hotel on Bristol Street
Built in just a few months this hotel is located at the junction of Bristol Street and Great Colmore Street. The construction was interesting because it was built in sections whereby each room was "dropped ...
The Gateway of India
The Gateway of India public house stands on the corner of Soho Road and Ivy Road. It will still be remembered to many by its original name "Ivy House".