Rebecca Brookes, The Well Concert, Symphony Hall, 2002
Rebecca, one of the finest young praise and worship leaders in the Midlands is based at the Pentecostal Church in Stuart Street, Nechells. The singing technique used by gospel singers varies widely, ...
Replacing glass on Villa Road
"After the Handsworth disturbances, new windows being fitted to a shop front on Villa Road." Pogus Caesar, February 2003.
Samuel Ward Graham - Ironmonger of Villa Cross
Samuel Graham must have been very successful as he doesn't list his address in this advert! The reference to his wares being sold at "town prices" clearly points to a growing trend for people to shop ...
Terrace in Villa Road
Numbers 34 to 42 Villa Road in 1981. This 'stepped' terrace was built in the late 1840s on land leased from Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, the grandson of the industrialist Matthew Boulton. This land did ...
The Old Toll Gate House, 110 Hamstead Road
This photograph of the corner of Hamstead Road and Villa Road clearly shows the black and white building now known as the Old Toll Gate House. It was built near the site of the old toll gates which were ...
The Old Toll Gate House, 110 Hamstead Road
This photograph clearly shows the black and white building now known as the Old Toll Gate House which is on the corner of Hamstead Road and Villa Road . It was built near the site of the old toll gates ...
Toll Gates on Hamstead and Villa Road
Watercolour sketch of the toll gates. This sketch was made in 1872, the year of the gates removal, and is copied from a contemporary photograph. The gates were originally installed in 1727. The house ...
Toll-gate in Hamstead Road, Handsworth
Toll-gate at the junction of Hamstead Road and Villa Road, Handsworth. The gate was removed in 1872 and the house subsequently used as a girls' school.
Toll-gate, Hamstead Road, Handsworth
Toll-gate and toll-house at the Hamstead Road and Villa Road crossing, Handsworth. c1865-70. The gate was taken away in 1872 but the house was subsequently used as a private school for girls.
Tollgates at junction of Villa Road and Hamstead Road
These Tollgates were removed in 1872. Before 1809 Hamstead Road was known as the Old Walsall Road.
Villa Cross
Early Photograph of Villa Cross, with the Villa Cross Public House.
Villa Cross Inn, Handsworth
Villa Cross Inn, Handsworth, at the corner of Villa and Heathfield Roads. At the time it was owned by the Holt Brewery Company. John Ogden, whose name appears on the facade, was the manager in 1894.
Villa Road
Postcard view of Villa Road in Handsworth circa 1900. Looking towards the Villa Cross Inn at the junction of Villa, Heathfield and Lozells roads. Hunters Road is the road junction nearby on the right....
Villa Road
Tom Lambert's shop at 129 Villa Road. In the 1901 census, Tom, a 50 year-old widower, born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, is stated to be a fishmonger.
In the census of 1881 he is listed as a fruiterer ...
Villa Road
Victorian/ Edwardian view of Villa Road.
Villa Road
View taken in 1985
Villa Road and Heathfield Road Junction
The old cab proprietor's house, corner of Villa Road and Heathfield Road at Villa Cross. A picture house was later built on this spot. The poster standing outside the building advertises a production ...
Villa Road, Handsworth
This photograph was taken from Villa Road looking down Terrace Road towards Hamstead Road. The tall building in the distance is Hamstead Court, a block of flats.