Bellis and Morcom Works Canteen
Used by many workers over the lifetime of the factory. Bellis and Morcom remains one of the most fondly remembered workplaces in Ladywood.
Benjamin Wyatt & Sons Account, 1769, reverse
Benjamin Wyatt (1755-1813) of Sutton Coldfield was an architect and builder and a cousin of the famous architects James and Samuel Wyatt.
The bill is for 'sundrys as under for ye building done at Soho ...
Biddle and Webb , Icknield Square.
Biddle and Webb popular auctioneers building on Ickneild Square, as it looked in 1992.
This building was formerly the home of Lesbrooks Engineering Company.
Bissell Street
Hackwood's Jack Tar Soap works with, looming to the left, the tower of St David's Church. The church had closed in 1947.
Channel 4's Time Team at Soho House
Channel 4's Timeteam archaeology programme undertook a dig at Soho in 1996. Looking for the remains of the Soho Manufactory digging took place in the back gardens of houses in South Road. The programme ...
Dares Brewery, Belgrave Road
The premises of Dares Brewery Limited in Belgrave Road. The site is now home to Birmingham Central Mosque on Belgrave Middleway,
Dares Brewery, Belgrave Road
Advert for Dares Ales. This is a black and white copy of the original colour advert. Dares were based on what is now the middleway. The mosque stands on what was the site today; the road now bears no ...
Davenport's beer mat
Beer mat supplied by Davenport's Brewery which stood on Bath Row. Not surprisingly the real ale which was voted "Best in Britain" was Davenport's.
Davenport's beer mat
Beer mat issued by Davenport's Brewery of Bath Row. The brewery was a major local employer of people in the Lee Bank and Ladywood area. To anyone over 40 they will be remembered for the "Beer at home ...
Derelict doorway on Bow Street
Doorway to an overgrown area on Bow Street. At one time this would have opened into a factory which occupied a lot of the ground between here and Irving Street which is located at the end of Bow Street. ...
Dockers Calendar
Dockers Paint Factory was located on Rotton Park Street. Despite being bombed on 28th July 1942 it did not close - as this calendar for the year of 1943 demonstrates.
Engraving - Soho, Staffordshire
A view of Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory engraved and published by J Walker in "The Itinerant: A select collection of interesting and picturesque views, in Great Britain and Ireland". The inscription ...
Engraving of Soho Manufactory from Stebbing Shaw's History of Staffordshire
This engraving shows the Principal Building at Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory and was published in the History of Staffordshire produced by the Reverend Stebbing Shaw (1762-1802). It was drawn and ...
Exeter Passage off Holloway Head, Ladywood
Exeter passage lies on the side of Holloway Head where Blucher and Marshall Street are located, down towards Cleveland Tower. This area still features some of the industrial buildings that were a feature ...
Gasometer, Soho Foundry, Handsworth
The original gasometer at the Soho Foundry, Handsworth. It was constructed in about 1799 and was used continuously to supply the Soho Foundry with gas for lighting purposes until the gas could be purchased ...
H. Brittain Ltd on Moseley Road
H. Brittain Ltd were letter cutters, die sinkers and engravers by trade. Prior to them taking over the premises it had been the home of the Balsall Heath fire service who opened here in 1912. The crest ...
Hamstead Colliery
In April 1875 a company was formed to buy the Hamstead estate from G.C. Calthorpe of Perry Hall. He then leased a further 1500 acres of land to the newly founded colliery company. The first seam of coal ...
Hamstead Colliery, Hamstead
The Hamstead Brickworks in a state of dereliction on 19th June 1968. The brickworks, which is listed in directories as being part of Hamstead Colliery, was situated behind the houses of Hamstead Village, ...