Blondin walks across The Reservoir by Chris Upton
Derwentwater, Windermere, Loch Lomond. When the names of Britain’s great lakes are mentioned, Rotton park reservoir can be forgiven for having something of an inferiority complex.
The name itself, ...
Boar's Head public house, Perry Barr
The Boar's Head public house, Aldridge Road, Perry Barr, on 31st March 1931. The road leading off to the right is College Road.
Boating Pool, Handsworth Park
Atmospheric photograph from 1927.
Bradshaw's of Cregoe Street
This 1935 advertisement for Bradshaw's of Cregoe Street - 'Bradshaw's Drapery and Boot Warehouse', as it says on the wall - is bound to appeal to someone writing captions. It is the kind of advertisement ...
Bradshaws of Cregoe Street
Bradshaws opened on Cregoe Street in 1904 and stayed there till 1958 when they were compulsorily purchased as part of the urban renewal of the area. The shop occupied sites on both sides of Cregoe Street ...
Brighton Road Bridge
Construction of the new railway bridge and the widening of Brighton Road, 1924
Brighton Road railway bridge
View of the bridge after completion of maintenance work.
Britannic Assurance Company - Broad Street
The impressive buildings of the Britannic Assurance company on Brad Street. This advert for their services is from the brochure for the opening of the Hall Of Memory by the Prince of Wales in 1925. The ...
Broad Street - April 1938
This site is now where Symphony Hall stands. Just to the right of the canal for many years stood this area comprising St Peter's Row and Martin's Place. Just visible to the left is The Church of The Messiah; ...
Broad Street, Birmingham
Major redevelopment work going on the end of Broad Street, Birmingham, on 27 April 1923. Broad Street is heading off at top left and Easy Row to the right. The area in the centre is where the Hall of ...
Broadway Cinema
The West End Brewery owned by George Hemming & Sons stood at the corner of Wrentham Street in 1889. It was on this site in September 1911 that building began on a cinema. Designed by Harold Seymore Scott ...
Broadway Cinema
Centre spread pages for the Broadway Cinema leaflet. The films listed as showing at the time are "Catch My Smoke" (1922) starring Tom Mix and "The Love Image" (1923 - known as "Face On The Bar-Room Floor" ...
Broadway Cinema
The Broadway Cinema was located on Bristol Street, near to Wrentham Street. This leaflet is from the 1920's; at the time the manager was Bernard F. Smith. One of the attractions, apart from films, was ...
BSA advert from The Oratory church magazine
An advert for BSA's pushbikes and motorbikes as sold by The County Cycle Company who were based at 307 Broad Street. The advert tells us that a racing bike could be had for £8 5s. Roadsters were more ...
Building The Kingstanding Estate
‘CITY’S NEW SUBURB
MAKING THE DESERT BLOOM
DEVELOPMENT OF PERRY BARR ON MODERN LINES’
Headlines in the Birmingham News for 21st April 1928.
As early as 1913 an inquiry ...
Bulpitt and Sons Swan Brand catalogue 1938
Long handled frying pans from the Bulpitt and Sons 1938 trade catalogue.
Cambridge Street
This view of Cambridge street is radically different to today. Not much stnads there now with the Rep carpark on one side and a garden on the other for most of its length. Back in 1928 it was the usual ...
Car crash in Edgbaston
This newscutting from the Birmingham Gazette of 2 December 1924 reports a road accident in Hagley Road, Edgbaston. Two people in the car escaped with their lives when the vehicle skidded and hit a tramcar ...