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Advertisement for Clarke's Stores

Advertisment for Clarke's Stores who sold groceries, cooked meats confectionery and home-made cakes. From 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.

Advertisement for F Taylor

Advertisment for F Taylor, a newsagent, tobacconist and confectioner on Church Hill Road. The shop sold both Kunzle's and Cadbury's chocolates. Kunzle's were also a Birmingham firm who made chocolates ...

Advertisement for Handsworth Flower Garden

This advertisment for Handsworth Flower Garden is from the 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.

Advertisement for Johnson and Dare, Registered Electrical Contractors

Advertisment for Johnson and Dare, regsistered Electrical Contractors. Taken from "Handsworth Church Calendar, 1937" by B.A. Porter.

Advertisement for Leo A. Hunt, wireless engineer, Lee Bank

In the years before the television age Leo A. Hunt would have been the man you depended on 'for reliable radio'. Which makes it all the more curious that neither he nor his address appears in the Kelly's ...

Advertisement for Miss Easter, Ladies' Hair Specialist

Advertisment for Miss Easter, Ladies' Hair Specialist. From 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.

Advertisement for Myers, ladies' outfitters

This advertisement for the ladies' outfitters who simply called themselves Myers dates from 1935. Contemporary directories refer rather oddly to the proprietor as 'Myer Myers' but in the 1950s she is ...

Advertisement for Peggy's Beauty Saloon

Advertisment for Peggy's Beauty Saloon from the 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.

Advertisement for Thomas Blood, Coal Merchant

This advertisment for Thomas Bool, Coal Merchant is from 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.

Advertisement for W Darby and Son, Builders and Decorators

Advertisment for W Darby and Son, Builders and Decorators from 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.

Advertisement for W.H. Askin, florist, Birmingham

This advertisement for W.H. Askin, of 163 Gooch Street, Birmingham, dates from 1935. He describes himself as a nurseryman and florist, although the former term now seems slightly incongruous for a road ...

Advertisement for W.R. Lowe, greengrocer

This advertisement for W.R. Lowe, greengrocer, of 16 Cox Street West must date from the 1930s. William Lowe's business first appears in directories in that decade, but neither he nor his address appear ...

Advertisement for Wathes, Cattell and Gurden, Birmingham

Undated advertisement for Wathes, Cattell & Gurden Ltd, dairymen, of Nova Scotia Street, Ladywood. The advertisement, featuring their trade name, 'Wacaden', has the look of the 1950s about it and the ...

Advertisment for Alfred E Stroud, Builder, Plumber, Glazier and Decorator

This advertisment for Alfred E Stroud is from 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.

Adverts from St Thomas's Church Magazine

The church magazine contained many adverts each month from local retailers. Included here are the following: E. Bowkett - Baker and Confectioner of Broad Street, Richard Broomfield - Tailor of Holloway ...

Adverts from The Oratory church magazine

A whole page of adverts prior to World War Two. It includes adverts from across the city; those specific to this area are as follows: O. Place at 185 Ledsam Street offering an intriguing combination ...

Adverts from the war years in The Oratory church magazine

A double page spread of adverts from the magazine. they are easier to read by using the "zoomify" tab. Relevant to the area of this website are the following: Hunts Garage Ltd of 197-199 Hagley Road. ...

Aerial view

An atmospheric view taken during one of Lieutenant Lempriere's balloon flights.