4303 - Hamstead Hall, Hamstead
Hamstead Hall, Hamstead. This photograph shows the front view of the house which at this time was occupied by Mr Joseph. Boston, Justice of the Peace.
5 Court - Great Colmore Street
View of the rear of a court on Great Colmore Street. The incline of the street can be seen quite clearly in the photograph. It is nice to see people in the doorway as most of the Public Works pictures ...
51 Villa Road
This is thought to have been a farmhouse and was originally built 1815. R. Shipway and Son General Engineering Pattern Makers are visible next door.
53 to 56 Great Colmore Street
These houses were photographed about 1960 and would be standing somewhere about the site of St Thomas's School on Great Colmore Street. They were photographed as part of the urban renewal of the area ...
55A Lee Crescent
This is probably an old Victorian shed to the rear of 55A. As it was photographed by the Public Works dept it has almost certainly been demolished.
61 to 62 Great Colmore Street
Undated picture of numbers 61 to 62 Great Colmore Street. It probably dates from around 1960 when the Public Works Dept were photographing most of this area. These houses would have stood somewhere after ...
A quiet Soho Road
Early morning on Soho Road and a contrast to the normal traffic laden images.
A Burglar's banquet at Handsworth
A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth Chronicle" 24th December 1892.
An account of one of the many burglaries at this time taking place in the area around Charles Road and Crompton Road.
The home ...
A curious tramcar fatality
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail, 3rd October 1891.
This cutting gives details of the inquest into the death of Walter, Charles Hewitt from Birchfield Road.
Mr Hewitt had tried to jump off ...
A Donkey Cart
A donkey and trap joins the parade past the library on Moseley Road. The gentleman immediately behind the trap is Ron Ford. The building to the right became a Sikh Temple.
A Freak Chicken
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Weekly Post, September 30th 1905.
The article shows an illustration and description of a four legged chicken.
The bird was one of a hatch of Plymouth Rock chickens ...
A Grand Concert
A cutting from the Handsworth Herald announcing a Grand Concert in the grounds of the Old Crown and Cushion on Birchfield Road in aid of the Perry Barr Reservists Fund. There is still a pub called the ...
A Handsworth Milkseller in trouble
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Gazette 21st May 1883.
The article refers to a Mr Henry.E. Leckington, a milk seller of Terrace Road ,Handsworth, being summoned for selling milk below the standard ...
A horse sale in the Horse Fair
The Horse Fair is located off the island at the end of SmallBrook Queensway and it runs into Bristol Street. In the later years of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries there were regular horse ...
A knobbly knees competition in Brunswick Road
This is thought to date from the Coronation street party in 1953. Knobbly knees competitions are always associated with holiday camps such as Butlins and this was probably the inspiration for the Brunswick ...
A lifetime of work - a conversation with Bill Landon of Ladywood
In December 1927 the Crown Cinema opened on Icknield Port Road. One of the youngsters who visited it was Bill Landon of Steward Street. Little did he know he would still be visiting the building over ...
A natter with the blowks and wenches of Ladywood
(from Issue One of the Ladywood Magazine - the Brew 'Us Bugle)
In December Carrie Coles celebrates her 90th birthday. She’ll have many memories to recall and if she needs help she can call on her sisters, ...
A pharmacy on Ladypool Road
The modern sign for a chemist is the green cross which shows the pharmacy is fully licensed to dispense medicine. Despite the fact that more drugs are available over the counter there is still a large ...