Old Town Hall, Handsworth
Cruck House at the junction of Slack Lane and College Road, Handsworth 1936. The listed building, also known as Handsworth Old Town Hall, dates back to the 15th century and was restored in 1947. For much ...
Paradise Street
Paradise Street, below the Town Hall, during the winter of 1899. Snow clearance taking place in the foreground by the lamp post as a horse drawn bus struggles past.
Presentation to Queen Victoria
The scene inside Birmingham Town Hall on 23rd September 1887 when she received the official representatives from Birmingham. She was in Birmingham to lay the foundation stone for the Law Courts on Corporation ...
Ratcliff Place
This photograph was taken during the great freeze of 1946/1947. The view is in Ratcliff Place next to the Town Hall looking into Victoria Square. The old Central Library used to be located in Ratcliff ...
Rebecca Brookes, The Well Concert, Symphony Hall, 2002
Rebecca, one of the finest young praise and worship leaders in the Midlands is based at the Pentecostal Church in Stuart Street, Nechells. The singing technique used by gospel singers varies widely, ...
Remission (Melanie and Marleen Kerr), The Well Concert, Symphony Hall, 2002.
Twin sisters who come from a very talented musical family, who also sing for one of the most popular female groups, Divine.
Remission (Sonia Stevenson, Ruth Ible, Melanie Kerr) in rehearsal for the Well Concert
Members of the original Remission choir ensuring that they have perfect sound before the concert. If the message of spirituals is endurance of the trials of life with the reward of life after death, ...
Sonia Stevenson, Remission, The Well Concert, Symphony Hall 2002.
Remission started as a junior choir in the 1970's. They recorded their first album "A Change is Coming" in 1990. Sonia is a member of the original choir.
Supplementary Education for Vietnamese Children
The children at Birmingham Vietnamese Community supplementary classes. The children have classes in subjects like English and Mathematics, and also are taught Vietnamese language and culture.
The Old Town Hall, Slack Lane, Handsworth
The Old Town Hall, Slack Lane, Handsworth
The Town Hall
This image was published in a series of photographs taken to commemorate the visit of Queen Victoria. It was in the Town Hall that the Queen received the official representatives from Birmingham. Note ...
Town Hall, Birmingham
Postcard illustrating the scene outside the Town Hall, Birmingham, after the infamous 'Lloyd George meeting' on 18th December 1901. Although all appears to be peaceful enough there had been chaos when ...
Town Hall, Birmingham
An early postcard view of the Town Hall, Birmingham. Even if it were not helpfully dated 1900 this would clearly be an early postcard because the message and the picture are on the same side: it was not ...
Town Hall, Birmingham
Interior of the Town Hall, Birmingham, from a postcard. Begun by Joseph Hansom and Edward Welch in 1832, the building was first used in 1834 although it was still not finished. Mendelssohn's 'Elijah' ...
Town Hall, Birmingham
View of the Town Hall, Birmingham, looking up Congreve Street from Victoria Square, with the clock tower of the Art Gallery on the right. This postcard view, full of atmosphere and horse-cabs, must date ...
Town Hall, Birmingham as Venice
Humorous postcard showing Birmingham's Town Hall in an imaginary Venetian setting. The setting is perhaps a little inappropriate as Joseph Hansom's building was a classical design in the Corinthian style, ...
Victoria Square, Birmingham
Victoria Square, Birmingham, seen in a postcard view dating perhaps from the early 1920s. Joseph Hansom's Town Hall and the corner of the Council House are familiar today, as is the statue of Queen Victoria ...