Broadway Cinema
Centre spread pages for the Broadway Cinema leaflet. The films listed as showing at the time are "Catch My Smoke" (1922) starring Tom Mix and "The Love Image" (1923 - known as "Face On The Bar-Room Floor" ...
Charles William Perkins, the City Organist
An abridged version of the article from Volume 1 Number 11 of the Handsworth Magazine. The full article is available here to download.
Mr Charles William Perkins is a native of Birmingham, but has ...
Children Playing
Young girls pretending to be Diana Ross and the Supremes. Their stage is the dustbin shelter.
Cilla Black and David Warner
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967.
Cilla Black and David Warner at Five Ways
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967. The bus is a number 9 to Quinton.
Cilla Black and David Warner at Five Ways
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967. The bus is a 130.
Cilla Black filming at Five Ways
In 1967 the singer Cilla Black made her acting debut in the film "Work...Is A Four Letter Word". The Birmingham weekly paper called The Planet ran a feature on the filming which took place in and around ...
Cilla Black meets the public at Five Ways
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967. With Cilla is her co-star David Warner.
Couple Dancing at a Birthday Party
Behind the couple is an important detail in the picture. The calender behind comes from the first major black business in the area - Top Pops in Wolverhampton
David Warner and Cilla Black
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967.
Display of Kathak Dancing
This was taken at a cultural event. It was not in one of the regular buildings used for such events.
Double bill at The Bristol
Advert from The Birmingham Despatch of 24th January 1958. This "Horror" double bill was apparently not for the nervous! Frankenstein came out in 1931 and was directed by James Whale. Horror film legend ...
Envy Music
Text: Rajinder Kumar Dudrah
The Soho Road houses several South Asian music and video retail stores. These date back to the late sixties and early seventies, when mainly Indian shopkeepers began to ...
Envy Music
Detail from Envy Music's window on the Soho Road.
Florence Reed
Portrait of the actress Florence Reed. The reverse of the postcard reads
"With compliments from Villa Cross Picture House Handsworth. The Laughing Mask Monday February 5th and every Monday Tuesday ...
George Lempriere and Kitty Kelly
Rare photograph of Lempriere and one of his aeronaut's Kitty Kelly. They are standing behind the deflated balloon.
Lempriere's aeronautical displays with balloons and parachutes attracted large crowds. ...
Grand Armistice Ball at the Palais De Danse
Invitation card for the Grand Armistice Ball at the Palais De Danse on Monument Road in Ladywood. Entertainment provided by Stan Hudson and his band.
Handsworth Boating Pool
postcard view of the boating pool in Handsworth Park.