Mary Street School
Mary Street School, which opened in 1878, was the first Board school to be built in Balsall Heath. It was renamed Belgrave School in the 1960s. The school closed in 1970, the buildings were demolished ...
Mary Street School Road Safety Certificate
Produced by the Birmingham Accident Prevention Council. This Certificate of Merit was awarded to Keith Whitehouse. It was signed by the Lord Mayor of the time, Ernest Walter Horton.
Mary Street School/ Belgrave Primary Staff
The staff of Mary Street / Belgrave Primary; Front row L to R; Jean Kent, unknown, unknown, Mr Mundy (Head), Mrs Wildebore (Deputy Head), unknown, Pauline Davis, and Mrs Elder.
“Mr Mundy was a helpful ...
Mary Street Schooldays
Keith Whitehouse (left) and sister Pamela (right) attended the ‘Girls’ Boys’ and 'Infants schools’ in Mary Street. Later the school came to be known as ‘Belgrave Primary’.
Keith was there between 1959 ...
Mary Street Tram Terminus
Elizabeth McKeon (nee Bartley)has fond memories of the street bonfires in Balsall Heath. "About a month before bonfire night we kids in the street collected the materials for a ‘street bonfire’. The ‘gang`, ...
Off to work on a bike
Shay has started work and has a bike. Again in Mary Street, Shay poses on the opposite side of the road from 144, and a little further down the street (note- no bay windows). Behind Shay can be seen a ...
Return to Mary Street
Andy Bartley stands with pride alongside his 1956 Ford Prefect. Note the white walled tyres and Sun Visor!
In the late 50’s Andy exchanged the ‘Prefect’ for a brand new top of the range Ford Zephyr Zodiac, ...
School photograph
In this school photo from St John’s RC, Mary Street are the three youngest of the Bartley family, left to right, Joyce, Veronica, and Lily.
The Bartley Family: Our Balsall Heath
This is a picture of Jimmy Bartley of Dublin, taken in Johannesburg South Africa, during the Second World War (circa 1941) where he was convalescing after being wounded. When Jimmy (Sonny, to family ...
The Byford family in Mary Street
Interior of 81 Mary St. Lillian Byford, with husband Bill, and son Patrick.Note the 60s Radiogram, wall covering, and net curtains.
The Eagle Public House
This pub on Mary Street has now been renamed Snackers although it had been known by that name for several years previously
The Star Cafe on Mary Street
Mary Street corner with Strensham Road. The Star Cafe stands at the junction, with the beautiful iron balconies to the left, for which Mary Street is well known locally.
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 ...