Edgbaston Reservoir
Atmospheric view of the Reservoir taken early in the twentieth century.
Edgbaston Reservoir leaflet
The inside of the leaflet includes more details on the attractions. You could enjoy much of the "seaside experience" for just a few pence without having to make the long journey. You could go across the ...
Edgbaston Reservoir, Edgbaston
Edgbaston Reservoir, also known as Rotton Park Reservoir, was built to provide water for Telford's new Wolverhampton canal in the 1820s, but has long had a recreational role for Birmingham people. Here, ...
Edgbaston Reservoir, Edgbaston
A somewhat featureless postcard view of Edgbaston Reservoir, at an unspecified date in the early 20th century. The reservoir was constructed by Thomas Telford in the 1820s as a feeder for the Birmingham ...
Edgbaston Reservoir, Edgbaston
Postcard view of Edgbaston Reservoir, looking eastwards beside the boat houses. The costumes suggest an Edwardian date, and the picture suggests to what extent the reservoir was a playground for local ...
Edgbaston Reservoir, Edgbaston
View of Edgbaston Reservoir, from a postcard. The view is looking south along the dam, with the 1870 tower of the waterworks on the skyline to the right and the bulky outline of Osler Street School on ...
Edgbaston Reservoir, Edgbaston
Postcard view of Edgbaston Reservoir near the boat houses. Postcards with a space for the message on the same side as the picture were first issued in 1894, so this scene presumably dates from the very ...
Entrance to the Reservoir
The advert to the right is for Bingo, presuambly at the Tower, with a £1,000 jackpot to be won. The photograph is undated.
Exercises in the park
Popularly thought to have taken place in Victoria Park. If anyone knows more about this photograph, perhaps you were there, please us know at the Digital Handsworth Project.
Floral Display, Handsworth Park
Taken in the early 1930's.
George Lempriere and Kitty Kelly
Rare photograph of Lempriere and one of his aeronaut's Kitty Kelly. They are standing behind the deflated balloon.
Lempriere's aeronautical displays with balloons and parachutes attracted large crowds. ...
Girls Playing
Yvonne, Yvette and Marjorie playing in the back yard of a multi-lodging house. This is the house at 18 Hatfield Road which was owned by Vanley's Grandparents. The girls stayed at the house for a time....
Grove Lane
A view looking towards The Grove circa 1910. The Grove became known as Park House after it was bought by Handsworth UDC and used for park purposes from 1887.
Guinea Gardens
Garden shed at the Guinea Gardens in Westbourne Road near the Botanical Gardens. The Guinea Gardens originally occupied land from here across to Holloway Head in Edgbaston.
Guinea Gardens
This charming chair and shed are on one of the Guinea Gardens plots in Westbourne Road near the Botanical Gardens. In the distant past the gardens swept all the way across Edgbaston to Holloway Head.
Guinea Gardens
The main gates to the Guinea Gardens off Westbourne Road in Edgbaston. The guinea gardens used to run all the way across to Holloway Head near the city centre but today the last of the gardens can be ...
Handsworth Boating Pool
postcard view of the boating pool in Handsworth Park.
Handsworth Park
Drinking fountain in Handsworth Park, Handsworth, from a hand-coloured postcard