Handsworth Public Library - Sites and Monuments Record
Public Library, Handsworth Council House and Job Preparation Unit. It was built in 1878-9 by Alexander and Henman, as the Urban District
Council Offices.
The construction is of red brick and terracotta ...
Holyhead School, Handsworth
"Members of the hockey team take a break from practising, Holyhead School in Handsworth, Birmingham." Pogus Caesar, February 2003.
Hurchinson's Baby Car Manufacturer
Hutchinson's stood next to the Library at 100 Soho Road. The advert describes them branching out from "baby car manufacture" into the production of cabinets and upholstery.
Advert taken from the programme ...
Ivy House Hotel
Thia is the original Ivy House Hotel run, as the wall proclaims, by John Lyster - Licenced Victualler.
Ivy House Hotel
The Ivy House public house, Handsworth, situated at 72 Soho Road, on the corner of Soho Road and Ivy Road. This is the 'new' Ivy House, a twentieth-century building that replaced an earlier coaching house ...
Jordan on the Soho Road
Supermodel Jordan paid a surprise visit to the Soho Road on the nineteenth of November 2003 as part of the new publicity campaign for Surf washing powder. Here she is, through the van window,and accompanied ...
Members of a local Gurdwara, Handsworth
"During the riots I was still Director of WMEMAS Arts organisation and heavily involved with the local community. A number of us went to the Guru Nanak Singh Gurdwara, Soho Rd. Members of the temple were ...
Mighty Diamonds, Jamaican Vocalists
"Mighty Diamonds on Soho Hill, Handsworth. The group are a vocal harmony trio from Jamaica, consisting of, Donald 'Tabby' Shaw, Fitzroy 'Bunny' Simpson and Lloyd 'Judge' Ferguson. Formed in 1969, they ...
Morgan and Viggers, Soho Road
Morgan and Viggers furniture shop at 81-85 Soho Road. They sold furniture, carpets, bedding and curtains. This photograph was taken on 6th May 1935, King George V's Silver Jubilee.
New Inns
The old New Inns hotel on the Soho Road.
New Inns Hotel
The New Inns at 42 Holyhead Road, on the corner of Sandwell Road. This photograph seems to have been taken before the Princes Suite, an Edwardian extension which contained a banqueting hall, was built. ...
New Inns Hotel, Handsworth
New Inns Hotel, Holyhead Road, Handsworth, looking down Sandwell Road.
Note walls covered with advertisements, including posters advertising Colman's Starch and El Destino cigars. From a photograph in ...
New Inns, 42 Holyhead Road
A public house has been on this site at least since the 18th century. Parts of it were rebuilt in 1885 and 1901, and a banqueting hall, the Prince's Suite, was added on in Edwardian times.
Thomas Crockett ...
Open air market on the Soho Road
Oriental Art Studio
Stood at 328 Soho Road, Handsworth between Alfred Road and Rookery Road.
Oriental Art Studio
This was located at 328 Soho Road, Handsworth. It could be found between the junctions of Alfred Road and Rookery Road.
Oriental Art Studio
Oriental Art Studio, 328 Soho Road, Handsworth
Oriental Art Studio
Stood at 328 Soho Road, Handsworth between Alfred Road and Rookery Road.