Regal China Stores and W.Ralls - Gent's Outfitter
The Regal China Stores traded at 393 Soho Road next to the junction with Booth Street and Holyhead Road. William Ralls actually traded from 185-187 Soho Road which stood between the junctions with Marrowfat ...
Registration Certificate for Gower's Stores
The reigstration certificate for Albert Edwin Gower for "Gower's Stores" on the Soho Road. The shop is in use today as a newsagents.
Samuel Ward Graham - Ironmonger of Villa Cross
Samuel Graham must have been very successful as he doesn't list his address in this advert! The reference to his wares being sold at "town prices" clearly points to a growing trend for people to shop ...
Shops in Soho Road , Handsworth
Shops in Soho Road, Handsworth, May 1903. The premises on the right belong to William Clarke, haulier, furniture remover and dealer in coal and coke, while the shop on the left has the words 'Pure milk' ...
Shops Near Woodview
These shops lie by the junction of the Bristol Road and Wellington Road. They are still there today although a couple of the shops have now changed. At this time in 1979 they were: The Industrial Safety ...
Silas Round - Ironmonger from Spring Hill
Trading from number 23 Spring Hill, Silas Round was a Retail Ironmonger and File Manufacturer. Interestingly his advert also lists that he was a Factor of Sheffield and Lancashire.
Spring Street, Lee Bank
Spring Street, Lee Bank, off Bell Barn Road, is on the left in this photograph, taken on 27th October 1965, and the street to the right is Spring Vale, which headed eastwards to join Bristol Road. Children ...
The Circle, Kingstanding
The Circle, Kingstanding, in the 1950s. On the right is Rough Road Post Office, with a branch of Boots next door.
The Direct Furnishing Co - Soho Road
G.V. Hollidge and H.Daniels were the proprietors of this furniture store at 283 and 285 Soho Road. An interesting note is the listing of the trams which pass along the Soho Road - numbers 23, 28, 73, ...
The Diskery Record Shop
This article entitled "How The Years Spin Round" was written by Sophie Blakemore and published in the Birmingham Mail. The article can be read easily by clicking on the "zoomify" plug in next to the picture. ...
The Dynamite Shop closes down
The closedown of the shop on Ledsam Street was featured in the local papers because it was so well known for what happened there on 5th April 1883. On that day the owner of the shop, Alfred Whitehead, ...
The Midland Dyeing, Cleaning and Carpet Shaking Co
Two premises listed here for this company. It is interesting to note that carpets could be "taken away" for cleaning. No manager is listed for the Soho Road branch so it may have been that Walter Price ...
Thousands are flocking to Bradshaws
Advert for Bradshaws in the Evening Despatch. Principally it outlines the reasons behind their closure. The cartoon at the top names the new scheme for the area as the "Bath Row Re-Development" which ...
Uncle's Home Store on Ladypool Road
Ladypool Road has been a major shopping thoroughfare for over a hundred years. Although the names have changed it still serves the local community today as it always has done. The tops of the shops reveal ...
Vanley Burke Galleries
Vanley Burke has been living and working in Birmingham since 1965. He started photographing the community around him in 1967 and has continued to the present day. He has exhibited his work extensively ...