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.
David Warner and Cilla Black
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967.
Edgbaston Dyeing and Cleaning Works advert
W.S. Ragg and Son had two premises in and around the area at Islington Row and Broad Street. The advert also names the company's local agent A.E. Baker of Cregoe Street.
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Five Ways, Edgbaston, from a postcard that was postmarked August 1937. The view from the gardens is looking towards Islington Row, providing a rather more leisurely scene than the Five Ways of today. ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Five Ways, Edgbaston, looking along Broad Street towards the city centre. On the extreme right is part of the Lloyds TSB Bank, but no other building in this presumably late Victorian view survives today. ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Postcard view of Five Ways, Edgbaston, around the end of the 19th century. The view is looking westwards towards Calthorpe Road, from Broad Street. In the background, behind the statue of Joseph Sturge ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
In this aerial view of Five Ways, Edgbaston, the new Five Ways traffic system is at an advanced stage of construction. The island itself is in use, although the single vehicle heading for the underpass ...
Forward - by Raymond Mason
"Forward" was unveiled in June 1991 in the centre of Centenary Square.
Cast in polyester resin, it represented the march of Birmingham from its smokey industrial past into the future. The figures marching ...
House of the Baskervilles by Chris Upton
A riot, a back garden burial,the deepest canal in Birmingham, a giant dog with luminous eyes. The company that has just bought Baskerville House has also taken over an awful lot of history. The dog we ...
Ideal Home Exhibition at Bingley Hall
Cartoons by Larry in the Evening Mail which capture the Ideal Home Exhibition as remembered by many Brummies. This used to be at Bingley Hall off Broad Street and featured all the latest timsesaving gadgets ...
International Convention Centre, Birmingham
The International Convention Centre, Birmingham, seen here at dusk. The ICC was intended to attract business, both national and international, to the city and was erected on land on the north side of ...
James Wilson's Old Bookshop
This is from the early 1920's and definitely during the month of September. It is an advertsing flyer from James Wilson publicising the bookshop's move from Corporation Street to 127 Broad Street.
Kunzles Chocolates
Double page spread from Kunzles catalogue. Kunzles were located on Broad Street for many years and were famous for their cakes and chocolates. This spread is from the 1939 catalogue, use the zoomify button ...
Kunzles Trade Catalogue
Cover of their 1939 catalogue showing the impressive frontage of Kunzles on Broad Street. Kunzles traded on Broad Street for decades and to this day are remembered for their cakes and chocolate. A Kunzles ...
Market Hall, Birmingham
The Market Hall, Birmingham, designed by Charles Edge and built at a cost of £100,000 in 1835. With its entrance from High Street its purpose was to tidy up the proliferation of market traders in the ...
Messerschmitt on Broad Street
A captured German Messerschmitt on display on the lawn area just opposite where the Repertory Theatre is now, and down from the Hall Of Memory. Across in the distance stands the former Birmingham Municipal ...
Opening of the Hall Of Memory
From the programme for the opening of the Hall Of Memory. The top photograph is of Edward, Prince Of Wales (later Edward V111) who laid the foundation stone in 1923. The lower photograph is of Prince ...
Pantomime at the Prince Of Wales
A piece from the local press promoting the panto at the Prince Of Wales Theatre during the war. The theatre, on Broad Street, was destroyed by bombs and incendiaries during the war. Seen rehearsing for ...