Villa Cross Picture House
Interior view looking back from the screen of this picture house. It was built 1914-1915 by M. Round and Sons. It stood in Heathfield road and was built on the site of Shorts Carriage Works. The cinema, ...
Vote For Locker-Lampson 1922
This poster was used as part of Oliver Locker-Lampson's campaign in Handsworth during the 1922 General Election. He stood as the Conservative (Unionist) candidate replacing the retiring sitting MP Ernest ...
W. Burgum of St Vincent Street
Burgum's were a coal merchants operating from the railway wharf off Sheepcote Street. This advert is taken from the St Thomas church magazine. St Thomas's was the church on Bath Row which was bombed during ...
Walter Langley - artist from Irving Street and Lee Crescent
Walter Langley was the first major artist to settle at Newlyn in Cornwall, and as such was one of the most important of the colony of artists there. While to some extent overshadowed by Stanhope Forbes, ...
Warren Farm
Warren Farm photographed for the Perry Hall auction catalogue in 1921.
Warren Road, Perry Barr
Warren Road, Perry Barr, in a scene that would have seemed timeless were it not for the presence of telegraph poles. The photograph was taken in 1928.
Warwickshire Laundries, Ladypool Road
Advert for the company reading: "Open the door to freedom, by using the Warwickshire Laundries fully finished service". The laundry was baed at 96 Ladypool Road and had delivery offices from as far away ...
Wellhead Lane, Perry Barr
The bridge carrying Wellhead Lane, Perry Barr, over the railway line from Birmingham via Perry Barr to Wolverhampton, photographed on 25th July 1939.
Wellhead Lane, Perry Barr
The bridge carrying Wellhead Lane, Perry Barr, over the railway line from Birmingham to Wolverhampton via Perry Barr. In this photograph, taken on 19th April 1937, the twin black patches caused by the ...
Wellington Road
Undated photograph but probably taken sometime between 1930 and 1950.
West House School, Edgbaston
West House School, St James' Road, Edgbaston, from a postcard probably of interwar date. Founded as a preparatory school for boys, the school first appears in directories from 1896 and still exists today....
What's On
Often overlooked as the series run does not commence in earnest until the 1940s period. The 1920s editions are one of the few documents to offer a condensed appreciation of what was taking place in the ...
Whitehall Road
Undated postcard of Whitehall Road but dates from sometime in the first part of the 20th century judging from the street lights.
Winchester Road, Perry Barr
Winchester Road, Birchfield, Perry Barr
Witton Lodge Farm Estate, Kingstanding
Plan of Witton Lodge Farm Estate, Kingstanding, situated in the angle between College Road and Perry Common Road.
Wood Lane
Wood Lane was so-named as it was the boundary of Handsworth Wood. This view dates from 1920.
World's End Road by G. Madeley
This watercolour by G Madeley shows the area that is now World's End Road in 1930. The sign warns that trespassers will be prosecuted.
Wrestling at the Rezza in the Tower Ballroom
There is no date other than 29th October but it is probably from the 1930's judging from other material in the same volume. Information on who these wrestlers were is difficult to come by on the internet ...