William Murdock commemorative plaque in Redruth Cornwall
This plaque, erected by the Tangye Brothers of Handsworth Birmingham, is on the side of William Murdock's house in Redruth. Murdock was an engineer and worked for Matthew Boulton and James Watt. He will ...
William Murdock memorial and others in St. Mary's Church
Murdock worked as a engineer for the firm of Boulton and Watt and will always be remembered for his discovery of the use of coal gas for lighting. Murdock is buried in St. Mary's Church along with Boulton ...
William Murdock, Handsworth
Bust of William Murdock at Cornwall Works, Handsworth. 1909
William Murdock's House
William Murdock's house at Queen's Head Road, Handsworth.
William Murdock's House
Dwelling House built on Sycamore Hill, Queens Head Road, Handsworth,
and called ‘Fair House’, by William Murdock, the inventor of Coal Gas
for lighting purposes, and now used as a builder’s ...
William Murdock's house in Redruth Cornwall
In 1792 William Murdock heated coal in the garden of his house at Cross Street, Redruth and piped it into the house, where he lit a series of burners attached to the other end of the pipe. This was the ...
William Radenhurst Mosedale - George Cross
Mosedale was born in Birmingham on 28th March 1894. At the age of 16 he joined the 5th Royal Irish Lancers and reached the rank of Corporal after three years. Shortly afterwards his parents died and he ...
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 ...
Winged figure standing on stern of boat by John Phillp
This pencil sketch by John Phillp shows a winged figure standing on the stern of a boat, a recumbent female and two sinking ships in the background.
This image is from the Phillp album, a collection ...
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.
Wolverhampton and Birmingham Slow Train at Hamstead
Hamstead Railway Station showing the local train which travelled on the Handsworth Line.
Woman in a wedding dress, standing in what appears to be a garden or park
From The Ernest Dyche Collection.