War Memorial in Handsworth Cemetery
Commemorating the dead of both World Wars.
Washday on Hogarth House
For these two ladies (one is Lewis Green's mother) this was a very different washday experience. Both would have remembered the "brew 'us" in the yards of the back to back housing and the network of lines ...
Wasiffa Sound System, Handsworth Park
Watsons Ltd of Broad Street
Watsons were "your local Leyland superdealer" based on Broad Street in the days before it was full of hotels and restaurants. Apart from the new ranges of cars you could buy, including the Allegro and ...
Watson's Ltd of Broad Street
Watson's were "Your local Leyland super dealer" trading in Minis, Allegros, Princesses and Marinas. This advert was from the St Luke's Church Magazine.
Wedding in West Bromwich
Bride and bridesmaid at a wedding in West Bromwich
West Indian Community Centre, Winson Green
Young people dancing at a community centre in Winson Green. The roof is in a bad state, highlighting the lack of decent facilities for people in the area.
Where For Art Thou....Shakespeare On A Float 1980
"We were expecting a lorry that was 26 feet long and we’d designed the whole of Shakespeare’s plays to go on the back of the lorry….and what turned up was about 12 feet long. We cut everything in half ...
White Street
Half demolished homes corner of White Street and Brunswick Road 13 June 1980
White Street and Brunswick Road
Corner of White Street and Brunswick Road during demolition before redevelopment of Balsall Heath
Wilkes Green Residents Association
"I was a committee member/ assistant treasurer of Wilkes Green Residents Association in the 1970s and 80s". (Mrs E.McGhie-Belgrave)
Wilkes Green Residents Association
Mrs McGhie was a committee member and treasurer of this association who were based at 31 Grove Hill Road.
Winter in Lee Bank
From the collection of the late May Williams comes this seasonal image looking towards the former Community Centre and the former Packwood House. In the forground can be seen part of the old parkland ...
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lee Bank
A scene on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal in the Lee Bank area, with a boat heading for the Bath Row bridge and, less than a mile further on, the Gas Street Basin. Also in evidence in this 1979 view ...
Working on Mary Street
Elizabeth McKeon didn't have far to go when she started work on Mary Street in the sixties.
"My first job was at H (Harry) Monty a firm of seamstresses making dresses. For my job interview I wore a ...
Working the sound system at a party
This photograph was taken in Walsall as part of Caribbean Focus exhibition, and is held in Walsall Library Local History Department.