Girls Playing in Grass
Doctor Winkley in association with some other teachers had access to a property near Tamworth, where students could go to escape from the 'concrete jungle'. One of the girls in the photograph returned ...
Grove Lane J & I
Gymn class at Grove Lane Junior and Infant School
Handsworth Market, Soho Road
This once thriving and popular market is now closed. At the beginning of 2003 it lies derelict.
Handsworth Market, Wig Stall
Handsworth Park
Children playing in Handsworth Park
Handsworth Park
Young people in Handsworth Park
Handsworth Park
Young people playing in Handsworth Park 1970's
Handsworth Park
Boys playing in Handsworth Park
Handsworth Park
Man posing in Handsworth Park. From time to time people just present themselves as a photograph. This man just approached Vanley and asked him to take his picture.
Handsworth Park, 1970's
Young girls playing on the chute in Handsworth Park
Handsworth Park, Children Playing
Handsworth Riots, 1985
Morning after the riots. Lozells road.
Handsworth Students at St Philip's Cathedral
School students from Handsworth in performance at St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham City Centre.
IWA Demonstration
Indian Workers Association, based in Handsworth, on a demonstration in Saltley.
IWA Demonstration
Indian Workers Association based in Handsworth on a demonstration in Nechells.
James Hunte Poster in shop window
James Hunte, who ran the Mohammed Ali Centre in Hockley stood as an independent councillor in the late 1970's
Kim Hancock interview
Kim Hancock was born in Handsworth in 1957 and her parents and grandmother were also born in Handsworth. She talks about the changes in the area and in her own life in the 1960s and 70s:
To listen ...