Washday on Hogarth House
For these two ladies (one is Lewis Green's mother) this was a very different washday experience. Both would have remembered the "brew 'us" in the yards of the back to back housing and the network of lines ...
Washington Street and Holloway Head
Washington Street is running off to the left while Holloway Head is in the foreground. This picture was taken just before the major rebuilding of the area as part of the Bath Row Redevelopment Scheme. ...
Watsons Ltd of Broad Street
Watsons were "your local Leyland superdealer" based on Broad Street in the days before it was full of hotels and restaurants. Apart from the new ranges of cars you could buy, including the Allegro and ...
Wellington Road area of Edgbaston in 1837, by Samuel Lines
A sketch of the Wellington Road area of Edgbaston in 1837, by the Birmingham artist Samuel Lines. Isolated houses are already to be seen in 1837 but the rural surroundings are by no means easy to identify. ...
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....
West Park area
Prior to the building of the West Park, this is the construction site area. To the distant left is St Thomas's Church, to the middle distance are Cleveland and Clydesdale Towers (The Sentinels) on Holloway ...
Wheeley's Lane by Raymond Mason
This was painted by Raymond Mason when he returned from Paris following his mother's death. It was here that he grew up and at the time of his return the area was being demolished to make way for the ...
Wheeleys Lane Development
The new apartments under construction by Crest Nicholson on Wheeleys Lane. These are a stark contrast to the Victorian terraces and factories that used to occupy this site in years gone by.
Wheeley's Lane Development
Building work in progress on the Crest Nicholson development off Wheeley's Lane. These properties are now (2005) finished and occupied. The development is part of the ongoing urban renewal and regeneration ...
Wheeley's Lane Development
The Crest Nicholson development of the Wheeley's Lane area of Lee Bank. These blocks have radically changed the look of this part of Birmingham.
Wheeley's Lane turns off Bath Row onto and across Islington ...
Wheeley's Lane, Lee Bank
59 Wheeley's Lane, Lee Bank, photographed on 20 July 1960. In the directories G.M. Jones is listed as a beer retailer, the name over the shop window indicating that the beer in question was Ansells. More ...
Wheeley's Lane/ Islington Row Offices
Offices of Khanna & Company and Mian & Company. The offices occupy the site of Betholom Row which was the heart of the Jewish community in the Five Ways area.
Wild Poppies by Haddon Tower - Angela Maloney
Another view of the poppies in contrast to the tower.
Wild Poppies near Haddon Tower - Angela Maloney
A nice contrast image. Haddon Tower will be demolished in Summer 2006 but the poppies will flower again.
Wilkes Greengrocers, Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank
The premises of F.W. Wilkes, greengrocers, of 118/119 Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank, are seen here in a photograph taken on 4 July 1964. The shop was on the north side of the street, at the junction ...
Will Smith at UGC Broad Street
Will Smith attended the premiere of his film "Hitch" at UGC Broad Street in Birmingham. This exhibition contains pictures taken during his visit. More will be added soon.
Will Smith meets and greets his fans
Walking along the red carpet to the film premiere of "Hitch" at UGC Broad Street. Will Smith is to the bottom of the picture in a camel coloured coat.
Will Smith meets the fans
Will outside Connnexions on Broad Street.