Birchfield Library, Perry Barr
Interior of Birchfield Public Library, Perry Barr, looking remarkably smart in 1952. The building dates from 1874 but only became a branch library in 1886. Many of the books on the right sport traditional ...
Birchfield Library, Perry Barr
Birchfield Public Library, Perry Barr. This 1952 interior view with no signs of wear and tear might suggest that the library had recently been decorated and re-fitted.
Birchfield Public Library, Perry Barr
The delivery counter at Birchfield Public Library, Perry Barr, in 1913. The building was opened as Birchfield Library in 1886 but had begun life in 1874 as Perry Barr Institute.
Birchfield Public Library, Perry Barr
The reading room at Birchfield Public Library, Perry Barr, photographed in 1913.
Birchfield Road School, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road School, Perry Barr, photographed in April 1959
Birmingham Accident Hospital
A cartoon taken from the Birmingham Gazette, July 1941.
This cartoon refers to the old Queens Hospital, Bath Row, officially becoming the Accident Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre. Commonly known as ...
Birmingham Council House
Hand tinted postcard of Birmingham Council House in Victoria Square dating from the early 20th Century. The statue of Queen Victoria (to the centre)is still there but the one of her son Edward VII was ...
Birmingham presents Lloyd George with the Freedom of the City
A ticket for the ceremony at the Town Hall when the Council presented David Lloyd George with the Freedom of the City. All presumably went well but many of those present (including Lloyd George) would ...
Birmingham Public Libraries Book Exchange Service
This photograph shows the delivery van outside the old Central Library at Ratcliffe Place. The lady looks very much like the stereotypical image of a librarian!
Birmingham Public Library
Birmingham Public Library, seen from Edmund Street and looking along the Ratcliff Place frontage, from a tinted postcard. The far end of the building beyond the entrance portico is the Birmingham and ...
Birmingham Sports Centre
In March 1988 the Birmingham Athletic Institute became the Birmingham Sports Centre. This meant that the centre was now independant of a larger organisation that had included a dance centre and a sailing ...
Birmingham Town Hall
Interior view of the Town Hall looking towrds the stage and organ. The Town Hall has been closed for some time for essential renovation work but is set to re-open and once again become one of Birmingham's ...
Black Church Convention, Bingley Hall.
An annual convention bringing together members of the church from across the country. The Bingley Hall was originally situated on the site now occupied by the International Convention Centre.
Black Expressions Theatre Group
This was one of the first black theatre groups set up in the area. They used to meet at the top of Villa Road
Boxing Display
This picture was taken at an event held in Grove Junior School for the Queen's Silver Jubilee
Boxing Practice
Golden Gloves boxing club on the Moseley Road. Father and son sparring.
Building St Thomas's School
Two pupils of St Thomas's School on Granville Street photographed watching construction of the new school on Great Colmore Street.
Building the new Central Library
A view of the scaffolding around the new Library as it was being built. The two concrete pillars to the left and right of the picture are part of the Library structure. Intriguingly the picture also manages ...