The Balsall Heath Panthers
An action photograph of the Balsall Heath Panthers in action on their newly laid track in Balsall Heath Road.
The Balsall Heath Panthers
This photograph shows a little more of the bomb-site location which was home to the Panthers for their early years.
The Balsall Heath Panthers
Possibly one of the sunday morning crowds which gathered to watch the Panthers race. The shops in the background were pulled down as part of the later urban renewal of the area. It was by tracing the ...
The Balsall Heath Panthers
Another image from the early years of this cycle speedway team who raced on Balsall Heath Road. At this point there is no safety rail on the outside of the track. The crowd seem to enjoying the race, ...
The Balsall Heath Panthers
One of the speedway team taking a corner on the cinder track circuit on Balsall Heath Road. The probable year is 1947, the year the club was formed.
The Bandstand in Edgbaston Reservoir
The bandstand, replete with band, playing by the side of the reservoir. By the side of the water is the Refreshments hut.
The Billiard Hall on Soho Road
The Birmingham Carnival 2003
Food stall at the Birmingham Carnival fair at Perry Park, Perry Barr.
The Birmingham Carnival 2003
Carnival goers enjoying food from one of the many stalls with barbeques, at the Birmingham Carnival fair at Perry Park, Perry Barr.
The Birmingham Show in Perry Park 1985
Radio WM's stand for the show. The "Nobody Does It Better" tagline is from the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me". Carly Simon sang the song from that film called "Nobody Does It Better". It isn't ...
The Boating Lake, Handsworth Park
Colour postcard of the boating lake in the park. Probably post World War Two.
The Bowling Green
Bowls was a popular pastime in many parks and Victoria Park was no exception. Tennis was another sport played in the park.
The Boy With The Flag
Boy with his bike in Handsworth Park. With all the political connotations of the British Flag, especially in the late 1970's, it's interesting to see a child for whom it is merely something colourful ...
The Broadway
The front of the Broadway Cinema in 1954. "Sign Of the Pagan" is showing starring Jack Palance as Attila The Hun. Two shillings and four pence would have got you a seat on the balcony!
Local resident ...
The Cinerama in 1963
The Cinerama was formerly known as the Bristol and later as the ABC. For a while though it was the Cinerama.
Cinerama was the brain child of motion picture engineer Fred Waller. His work at the Paramount ...
The Diskery Record Shop
This article entitled "How The Years Spin Round" was written by Sophie Blakemore and published in the Birmingham Mail. The article can be read easily by clicking on the "zoomify" plug in next to the picture. ...
The Eternal Optimist
Man studying the form at Ladbrokes on Soho Road
The Hermitage in snow by John Phillp
This pen and ink drawing with watercolour shows the Hermitage, one of the garden buildings built on the Soho Estate by the industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton (1728-1809). He referred to it ...