Remission (Sonia Stevenson, Ruth Ible, Melanie Kerr) in rehearsal for the Well Concert
Members of the original Remission choir ensuring that they have perfect sound before the concert. If the message of spirituals is endurance of the trials of life with the reward of life after death, ...
Reverend R. N. Young
An abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download. His address in 1896 was given as the Wesleyan Theological College in Friary Road.
The Rev. Robert Newton ...
Saint James' Church, Crockett's Road, Handsworth.
Saint James' Church, Crockett's Road, Handsworth.
Saint John's Church, Perry Barr
Saint John's Church, Perry Barr
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Handsworth Old Church, Saint Mary's,the parish church of Handsworth, was originally built in the 12th century, but was completely restored and much rebuilt in 1876.
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth. This photograph shows the North West aspect of the church prior to one of the church's restoration projects.
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
This photograph shows specimen pages of the Handsworth Parish Church Registers. Entry no. 446 has an unusual name - Robsart. The register featured dates from 1584.
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Photograph of a page from the first register volume of Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth. The registers featured date from 1566/7. One entry features the baptism of the son of a Minstrel.
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
This photograph shows two pages of the earliest registers of Saint Mary's Church, dating from 1558. The Vellum that makes up the writing surface can be clearly seen in this image.
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
This photograph shows the last page of the second Parish Register volume, covering the year 1602.
Sikh Demonstration
"Sikhs protesting against seige at the Golden Temple in Amristar, Punjab. Feelings were running high with protesters calling for a separate state in Khalistan." Pogus Caesar, February 2003.
Sonia Stevenson, Remission, The Well Concert, Symphony Hall 2002.
Remission started as a junior choir in the 1970's. They recorded their first album "A Change is Coming" in 1990. Sonia is a member of the original choir.
St Andrew's Church, Handsworth
St Andrew's Church, Oxhill Road, Handsworth, with (presumably} the vicar standing at the door. The brick construction was a feature of the designs of W.H. Bidlake. The church was consecrated in 1909.
St Mary's Church
Pencil sketch by an unknown artist.
St Mary's Church, Handsworth
St Mary's Church, Handsworth
taken from a lithograph by Charles Radclyffe
St Mary's Church, Handsworth
St Mary's Church, Handsworth. The parish church, also known as Handsworth Old Church, dates originally from the 12th century. Taken from a lithograph by Charles Radclyffe