Work on the new Woodview Park
Kendricks construction company site for the park/ play area on the Woodview estate.
Work to be carried out for the Reverend Boyle at Soho House
This note outlines work that was to be carried out at Soho House for the Reverend Boyle. Boyle was the vicar at nearby St Michael's church and lived at Soho House from 1860 to c.1867. The house was ...
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 ...
Working the sound system at a party
This photograph was taken in Walsall as part of Caribbean Focus exhibition, and is held in Walsall Library Local History Department.
Workmen's Cottages in Foundry Road
The cottages were lived in by workmen from the nearby Soho Foundry. The plaque on the wall by the left hand door commemorates that William Murdock, Boulton and Watt's Chief Engineer, lived there following ...
Works Outing
This photograph is of a Freeman and Ward works outing in 1945.
World's End Road by G. Madeley
This watercolour by G Madeley shows the area that is now World's End Road in 1930. The sign warns that trespassers will be prosecuted.
Wrensons Advert
This was in the Birmingham Mail. Wrensons had several stores across the city including in Ladywood.
Wrestling at the Rezza in the Tower Ballroom
There is no date other than 29th October but it is probably from the 1930's judging from other material in the same volume. Information on who these wrestlers were is difficult to come by on the internet ...
Wretham Road Church
Built in 1876, at a cost of £11,500, the Wretham Road Swedenborgian Church is in a decorated gothic style.
Wretham Road New Church
Programme for an event held on April 4th 1877 at the church. The church was opened on 22nd November 1876 and eventually sold in 1974 when a new centre was was established at Oaklands in Winleigh Road, ...
Wretham Road New Church, Handsworth
Interior of the New Church, Wretham Road, Handsworth. The 'New Church' is a sect formerly known as Swedenborgians and built their church in Wretham Road in 1876. In this dark photograph only the reredos ...
Wright and Platt on Irving Street
On the corner of Irving Street and Speaking Stile Walk used to stand Wright and Platt. Wright and Platt were a firm of pattern makers.
Writing on the wall
An official graffiti activity organised during the Play In The Park activity sessions held during Summer 2006 in Moonlit Park.
Wycliffe Baptist Church, Bristol Street
A view of Wycliffe Baptist Church, on the corner of Bristol Street and St Luke's Street, Lee Bank. Opened for worship in 1861 this building has been described as the most beautiful Free Church place of ...
Wynn Street
Wynn Street during the urban renewal of what was to become Lee Bank. Great Colmore Street is visible in the background and the empty space is partly where the park area was to be along with the Y Blocks ...
Wynn Street
This is probably taken in the nineteen fifties by the Public Works Department. it is difficult to work out where this is on Wynn Street - the door to the extreme right has a number 1 on it and a message ...
Y.W.C.A. Foundation Stone
On the side of the former Y.W.C.A. in Woodview is this foundation stone. It was laid by Lady Churchill (wife of Winston) on 10th October 1957. The building stands on Stone Road.