William Savage VC from Cape Hill
Savage was born at 7 Raglan Avenue Cape Hill on the 30th October 1912. he went to Cape Hill School in 1917 and on leaving there worked at the M & B Brewery, Cape Hill. On 28th May 1936 he married his ...
Wilson Stuart School, Kingstanding
Wilson Stuart School for physically handicapped children, Perry Common Road, Kingstanding.
Winchester Road, Perry Barr
Winchester Road, Birchfield, Perry Barr
Windmill Street
Windmill Street still exists today but has little in the way of buildings on it. It used to have a range of shops plus these steps leading (I think) down towards Bow Street? The street was named after ...
Winston Churchill in Birmingham City Centre
Churchill made an open-top car tour of Birmingham following the end of hostilities in Europe. During World War Two the city had contributed massively to the war effort in terms of manpower and materials. ...
Winter in Lee Bank
From the collection of the late May Williams comes this seasonal image looking towards the former Community Centre and the former Packwood House. In the forground can be seen part of the old parkland ...
'Witchcraft'
Photograph by Ruth Handley.
Label on reverse: 'Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society. Accepted and Hung [at the] Exhibition of Midland Photography, 1957'.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned ...
Witton Lodge Farm Estate, Kingstanding
Plan of Witton Lodge Farm Estate, Kingstanding, situated in the angle between College Road and Perry Common Road.
Witton Lodge Farm Estate, Kingstanding
Aerial view of Witton Lodge Farm Estate, Kingstanding
Wolverhampton and Birmingham Slow Train at Hamstead
Hamstead Railway Station showing the local train which travelled on the Handsworth Line.
Wood Lane
Hand coloured postcard of Wood Lane.
Wood Lane
Wood Lane was so-named as it was the boundary of Handsworth Wood. This view dates from 1920.
Wood Lane, Handsworth
Wood Lane, Handsworth. 1934
Wood Lane, Handsworth
Wood Lane, Handsworth, Cattle belonging to Lea Hall Farm
Wood Lane, Handsworth
Wood Lane, Handsworth, the old cottages in Wood lane (slightly modernised) November 1981.
Wood Lane, Handsworth
Wood Lane, Handsworth, painting of the farm cottage.
Painting by J J Hughes
photo taken 1965
Wood Lane, Handsworth
Wood Lane marked the boundary of Handsworth Woods.