Bell Barn Road, Lee Bank
Houses in Bell Barn Road, Lee Bank, photographed on 7 March 1965. Lee Bank was one of five Comprehensive Redevelopment Areas set up after World War II, involving the demolition of large areas of Victorian ...
Bell Barn shopping area
The photograph shows The Woodman Public House, the Bell Barn Shopping centre and Charlecote House. This development was built off Cregoe Street as part of the postwar development of Lee Bank. It has now ...
Bell Barn Shopping Centre
Located just off Cregoe Street, this is how it looked in August 2004. Left in business then were the Select and Save (visible to the left) and the chip shop to the right. The area was one of the last ...
Bell barn shopping centre
Located just off Cregoe Street, this is how the one side of the shopping centre looked in 1974. The lady on the right has been identified as local resident Gladys Nend. Her sister still lives in the area ...
Bell Barn Shopping Centre on day of demolition
Taken just before demolition. The Bell Barn Shopping Centre was part of the Lee Bank redevelopment and was located about half way up Cregoe Street.
Bell Barn Shopping Centre, Lee Bank
Bell Barn shopping centre, off Cregoe Street, Lee Bank, was a small precinct built during the 1960s redevelopment of the area. Oddly enough it was not particularly close to Bell Barn Road. When this photograph ...
Bench outside Hogarth House
Hogarth House is one of the four blocks on Lee Bank Middleway.
Bernard Allen at work in Freeman and Ward
Freeman and Ward was located at the Bath Row end of Cregoe Street. They made equipment for the local hospital as well as brass and copperware. Bernard Allen started work there as a 14 year old. Here he ...
Bethel Presbyterian Church
The Bethel Presbyterian Church of Wales on Holloway Head.
Betholom Row
Betholom Row translates as "City of the dead". It was a passageway which bordered the Jewish burial ground on Islington Row. The Jewish community was centred on this area during the nineteenth century. ...
Big bargains at Bradshaws
Advert placed in the Evening Despatch during Bradshaw's closure period. This one is noteworthy for it's appeal directly to male customers. Most of the local residents who remember Bradshaw's would agree ...
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 Super Prix
Every August Bank Holiday weekend from 1986-1990 Birmingham city centre was transformed into a street racing circuit, Formula 3000 cars screaming down Bristol Street, Belgrave Middleway, Sherlock Street ...
Blessing of the Church of St. Catherine of Siena, Lee Bank
The blessing of the new Catholic Church of St Catherine of Siena, Lee Bank, would have taken place in 1965. The new church, designed by Harrison & Cox, was built in 1964/5 on the corner of Bristol Street ...
Blue Fence thinking
Crest Nicholson are currently redeveloping the Lee Bank area. Once an area is scheduled for clearance, fences are put up and then someone has to go around and paint them blue! Not sure why the fences ...
Bomb Damage in Bristol Street
To the right of the photograph is The Wellington Public House which still stands at the junction of Bromsgrove Street with Bristol Street. The windows have been visibly blown out in the blast which has ...
Bow Street
Cleared area in Bow Street in 1956. Bow Street is located behind the Clydesdale Tower block. The sign just visible to the left is for J.W.Pickavant who made parts for motor cars.
Bow Street with Hopkins advert
Clearance work on Bow Street looking towards the end where Clydesdale Tower now stands. The advert on the building is for H.A. Hopkins Ltd clothing manufacturer and maker of Hoplan coats and suits.