Men Working
This is Balu's workshop on Crick Lane, behind the girls grammar school.
Mid Autumn Festival
The Lord Mayor, Sue Anderson, receives a huge lantern gift from the Vietnamese Community.
Mid Autumn Festival
Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Sue Anderson, and the Vietnamese children's entertainment show.
Mid Autumn Festival
Girls dancing in traditional Vietnamese dress.
'Miranda'
Photograph by Ruth Handley, nd. Process: bromesko
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist in portrait photography. Mostly known for her photographs of actors and actresses who visited ...
Perry Hall, Perry Barr.
Perry Hall, Perry Barr.
The Honorable Mrs Somerset Calthorpe and her Cat 'Tiddles'
Police at Demonstration in Winson Green
Anti Nazi Demonstration against the National Front support march for Robert Ralph. Ralph was imprisoned in Winson Green Prison for openly stating that he would sell his house to a white family only. ...
Police in Winson Green
Police in Winson Green after the Nazi National Front demonstration in support of Robert Ralph. When the photograph was first taken it seemed that the van 'spoiled' the shot. But now it gives a good ...
Portrait of a Body Builder
This photograph was taken at the gymn on Soho Hill next door to the Beehive. The bodybuilder's name is Colin.
Portrait of a Boxer
This photograph was taken at the Golden Gloves Boxing Club on Moseley Road.
Portrait of a Bridesmaid
Bridesmaid at a wedding in West Bromwich.
Portrait of a Girl
Picture was taken at a garden party in Handsworth. This picture was part of an exhibition in New York at the Caribbean Cultural Centre.
Portrait of a Woman
This portrait deliberately includes parts of the background of the room. Things like the candlewick bedspread, the radio, and the ornaments all give a sense of the period that the photograph was taken ...
'Portrait Study'
Photograph by Ruth Handley.
Labels on reverse: 'Handsworth Photographic Society. Accepted and Hung [at the] International Exhibition, 1955' & 'Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society. Accepted and Hung ...
Reading For Miss
This is one of the few Vanley Burke photographs with a title. Taken at Grove Lane Junior and Infant School, Handsworth in the 1970's.
Riot Police at Boulton Road School
National Front were standing in the election in Handsworth and this attracted a lot of anti nazi demonstrations against them. On this occasion the NF held a meeting at Boulton Road School.