Anderton Park Primary pupils
Pupils looking at the display of vegetables on sale at a greengrocers on Ladypool Road.The photograph taken by pupils from Anderton Park School as part of a project looking at how Ladypool Road has changed ...
Anderton Park Primary School
A piece of work written about Eric the scrap man whose premises are at the corner of Ladypool Road and Brunswick Road by a pupil from Anderton Park School as part of a project looking at how Ladypool ...
Anti Nazi Demonstration, High Street, Deritend
Police protect the Digbeth Civic Hall where the Nazi National Front are meeting.
Asian dresses on Ladypool Road
Picture of an asian clothes shop on Ladypool road taken by pupils from Anderton Park School as part of a project looking at how Ladypool Road has changed over the last 100 years.
Athol Fugard's 'The Island'
Performed by two South African actors, at Balsall Heath Church Centre. The play is about inmates experiences on the notorious Robbin Island prison in apartheid South Africa.
Balushahi
Balushahi (Urdu: بالوشاھی; Hindi: बालुशाही) is a traditional dessert in Northern Indian, Pakistani and Nepali ...
Band Playing at the Red Lion
Barber Shop
"The Barber Shop, in black communities it is an essential part of everyday life. During the 1980's and early 1990's I would visit the barber's on a weekly basis. Waiting up to 2 hours for a 10 minute ...
Barbers on Ladypool Road
Children from Anderton Park Primary School looking into a Barber's Shop on Ladypool Road as part of a project looking at how the road has changed in the last 100 years
Barber's pole on Ladypool Road
The traditional sign of a barber dates back to medieval times. The origin of the red and white pole is associated with the service of bloodletting and was historically a representation of bloody bandages ...
Beehive, Soho Hill
Dominoes is an important game for African Caribbean men. It is played passionately and noisily. The game pictured here is taking place in the Beehive Pub on Soho Road.
Beggar's Bush
The Beggar's Bush Public House at the junction of Chester Road and College Road in Sutton Coldfield.
Bell Barn Shopping Centre on day of demolition
Taken just before demolition. The Bell Barn Shopping Centre was part of the Lee Bank redevelopment and was located about half way up Cregoe Street.
Bell Barn Shopping Centre, Lee Bank
Bell Barn shopping centre, off Cregoe Street, Lee Bank, was a small precinct built during the 1960s redevelopment of the area. Oddly enough it was not particularly close to Bell Barn Road. When this photograph ...
Bell Hotel, 60 Lozells Road
The Bell Hotel was on Lozells Lane, later Lozells Road. In 1862-63 the licence holder was B. Harper, but by 1889 Adam Powell held the licence. He was later the licensee of the New Inns on Holyhead Road. ...
Bellamy and Wakefield
This Chemists was located on Easy Row for many years. Interestingly they advertise that they also deal in tea and are Italian warehousemen! Easy Row has long since vanished as part of the city's regeneration ...
Birchfield Picture House
The Birchfield, on the corner of Bragg Road and Birchfield Road, was opened in about 1912 and closed down on 3rd March 1962. For some years it was used as a greengrocer's, and until the 1990's it was ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking north in 1914. On the right is the Birchfield Cinema which had opened the previous year. Most of these buildings disappeared when the Birchfield Road Underpass was ...