Attwood Green Community Centre
The Community Centre was formerly the Midland Adult School Union (MASU) building. It was taken over by Optima Community Association and used as a centre for all manner of community activities. It has ...
Attwood Green Community Centre, Gaywood Croft off Cregoe Street
This was the main staircase at the centre. The sun was saved after the building was cleared for demolition and is now on a wall of the new community flat at 1 Nash House. The handprints just visible to ...
Auchinleck at Five Ways
Closeup photograph of the head of the statue of Field Marshall Claude Auchinleck. The shopping centre was named in his honour at Five Ways. Auchinleck died in 1981 at Marrakech.
Autumn Leaves
St Catherine of Sienna Church looms behind the autumn leaves in Lee Bank.
Avon House
Avon House, one of the three "Y block" flats built off Great Colmore Street as part of the Bath Row Development.
Balcony on Attwood Green Community Centre
The Community Centre stood on Gaywood Croft off Cregoe Street in Lee Bank. From this balcony you could see over a large part of the redevelopment of the area - in particular the new park.
Bates Newsagents, Lee Bank Road, Lee Bank
Bates Newsagents were to be found at 196 Lee Bank Road, Lee Bank, and the shop is seen here in a photograph dating from 1963. Thomas Bates' shop would have been on the east side of Lee Bank Road, but ...
Bath Row Part One from 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
Also includes the following roads: Barrows Road, Bartholomew Row, Bartholomew Street, Barton Croft, Barton Street, Barton Lodge Road, Barton's Bank, Barwell Road, Barwick Street,
Bath Row Part Two from 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
Also including the following roads: Bath Street, Battenhall Road, Bayford Road and Bayswater Road.
Bath Row, Lee Bank
The premises of Grosvenor Workman at 32 & 34 Bath Row, Lee Bank, photographed on 11 January 1955. Grosvenor Workman (also listed as Workman Grosvenor) were electro-platers, and 'chromium plating' and ...
Beauty Receiving the White Rose by Joseph Southall
A pencil sketch for Joseph Southall’s largest easel painting, Beauty Receiving the White Rose from her Father, held in the collections of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The folk tale of Beauty and ...
Before School
Three children, names unknown, waiting for building to commence on the "new" St Thomas's School in Great Colmore Street. The school had previously been located on the corner of Bath Row and Granville ...
Bell Barn Road
The play area in the park in front of Bell Barn Road. This area has now been redeveloped with a new park and housing as part of the latest urban regeneration of the area. The one legacy left from before ...
Bell Barn Road
Early twentieth century photograph of Bell Barn Road. The graffiti on the wall to the right of the man reads "Paradise Alley".
Bell Barn Road
Taken during the redevelopment of Bell Barn Road. The park in the near distance looks complete but in the foreground some roadworks are being undertaken on the junction with Great Colmore Street.
Bell Barn Road and Bellis Street 1939 Trade Directory entries
Use the zoomify button to read the text easily.
Bell Barn Road and Cregoe Street, Lee Bank
The junction of Bell Barn Road, on the left, and Cregoe Street, heading off to the right. The slogan on the corner of the shop says 'What we do we do well' but it is not clear whether they are still doing ...
Bell Barn Road and Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank
Bell Barn Road and Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank, from a large collection of photographs taken by the Public Works Department. Presumably clearance has already started as part of the great post-war redevelopment ...