Balsall Heath Panthers Cycle Club
A crowd watching the Panthers in action on their track alongside Balsall Heath Road. It is noticeable that there appears to be no barrier for the crowd to stand behind at all!
Balsall Heath Panthers Cycle Club
The Panthers in action on their track alongside Balsall Heath Road.
Balsall Heath Road
Numbers 94-96 Balsall Heath Road shown here in 1972.
Balsall Heath Wolf Cubs
Four young members of the 1st Moseley Athletic Troop who met once a week in a local school hall. Left to right are Graham Partlett (who donated the photograph), Brian Ward, Ronnie James and Billy Partlett. ...
Barford Street, Highgate
Taken at the onset of the urban renewal programme that swept away many buildings across Balsall Heath.
Barker Street
Barker Street is named after George Barker. The Observatory Public House opened here in 1910.
Bates Newsagents, Lee Bank Road, Lee Bank
Bates Newsagents were to be found at 196 Lee Bank Road, Lee Bank, and the shop is seen here in a photograph dating from 1963. Thomas Bates' shop would have been on the east side of Lee Bank Road, but ...
Bath Row Re-development
Original sketch plan for the Bath Row Re-development, later better known as Lee Bank. In this plan there is little to recognise other than St Thomas's Church at the middle top and St Luke's Church at ...
Bath Row, Lee Bank
The premises of Grosvenor Workman at 32 & 34 Bath Row, Lee Bank, photographed on 11 January 1955. Grosvenor Workman (also listed as Workman Grosvenor) were electro-platers, and 'chromium plating' and ...
'Beecroft' Butlers Road
Undated photograph of house on Butlers Road.
Before School
Three children, names unknown, waiting for building to commence on the "new" St Thomas's School in Great Colmore Street. The school had previously been located on the corner of Bath Row and Granville ...
Belgrave Road (Mary Street) School Report
Keith Whitehouse's school report, signed by the class teacher and Mr Mundy Head of the school. Keith excels at English and the arts. Perhaps it’s a pointer to his later career in the arts?
Bell Barn Road
The play area in the park in front of Bell Barn Road. This area has now been redeveloped with a new park and housing as part of the latest urban regeneration of the area. The one legacy left from before ...
Bell Barn Road
Taken during the redevelopment of Bell Barn Road. The park in the near distance looks complete but in the foreground some roadworks are being undertaken on the junction with Great Colmore Street.
Bell Barn Road - Numbers 29 to 34
Taken by Public Works at some time before demolition as part of urban renewal. This style of terraced housing stood the length of Bell Barn Road for decades.
Bell Barn Road and Cregoe Street, Lee Bank
The junction of Bell Barn Road, on the left, and Cregoe Street, heading off to the right. The slogan on the corner of the shop says 'What we do we do well' but it is not clear whether they are still doing ...
Bell Barn Road and Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank
Bell Barn Road and Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank, from a large collection of photographs taken by the Public Works Department. Presumably clearance has already started as part of the great post-war redevelopment ...
Bell Barn Road maisonettes
The junction of Bell Barn Road with Spring Street in 1961. The maisonettes have now since gone.