Wood Lane
Wood Lane was so-named as it was the boundary of Handsworth Wood. This view dates from 1920.
Woodman Inn
The original Woodman Inn circa 1900 at number 375 Holyhead Road. The Inn stands close to the Hawthorns - home of West Bromwich Albion Football Club. The writing on the wall to the right says: "Good Stabling ...
Woodview Drive during the flood
Picture from the Birmingham Evening Mail taken by George Fox who was a student at Birmingham Polytechnic. Firemen had to come and help evacuate people stranded by the exceptional flooding on May 21st ...
Woodview to Lee Bank
View looking over Lee Bank Primary School towards central Lee Bank in the distance. St Thomas's Church spire on Bath Row is visible to the right in the distance as is the Telecom Tower.
Woodview towards Lee Bank
An aerial view showing the changes in progress during the urban renewal leading to the creation of the Lee Bank estate. Avon House of the Y Blocks on Great Colmore Street is visible to the top of the ...
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lee Bank
A scene on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal in the Lee Bank area, with a boat heading for the Bath Row bridge and, less than a mile further on, the Gas Street Basin. Also in evidence in this 1979 view ...
Working on Mary Street
Elizabeth McKeon didn't have far to go when she started work on Mary Street in the sixties.
"My first job was at H (Harry) Monty a firm of seamstresses making dresses. For my job interview I wore a ...
Working the sound system at a party
This photograph was taken in Walsall as part of Caribbean Focus exhibition, and is held in Walsall Library Local History Department.
Workmen's Cottages in Foundry Road
The cottages were lived in by workmen from the nearby Soho Foundry. The plaque on the wall by the left hand door commemorates that William Murdock, Boulton and Watt's Chief Engineer, lived there following ...
Works Outing
This photograph is of a Freeman and Ward works outing in 1945.
World's End Road by G. Madeley
This watercolour by G Madeley shows the area that is now World's End Road in 1930. The sign warns that trespassers will be prosecuted.
Wrensons Advert
This was in the Birmingham Mail. Wrensons had several stores across the city including in Ladywood.
Wrestling at the Rezza in the Tower Ballroom
There is no date other than 29th October but it is probably from the 1930's judging from other material in the same volume. Information on who these wrestlers were is difficult to come by on the internet ...
Wright and Platt on Irving Street
On the corner of Irving Street and Speaking Stile Walk used to stand Wright and Platt. Wright and Platt were a firm of pattern makers.
Wycliffe Baptist Church, Bristol Street
A view of Wycliffe Baptist Church, on the corner of Bristol Street and St Luke's Street, Lee Bank. Opened for worship in 1861 this building has been described as the most beautiful Free Church place of ...
Wynn Street
Wynn Street during the urban renewal of what was to become Lee Bank. Great Colmore Street is visible in the background and the empty space is partly where the park area was to be along with the Y Blocks ...
Wynn Street
This is probably taken in the nineteen fifties by the Public Works Department. it is difficult to work out where this is on Wynn Street - the door to the extreme right has a number 1 on it and a message ...
Y.W.C.A. Foundation Stone
On the side of the former Y.W.C.A. in Woodview is this foundation stone. It was laid by Lady Churchill (wife of Winston) on 10th October 1957. The building stands on Stone Road.