A.W. Gurden - Dairy Producer
Gurdens were a fixture in Ladywood for many years selling milk, eggs and butter. Their offices were at 67/69 Marroway Street and also at 67 St Martin's Street.
Aaron Mapp, Gilroy Brown
"Aaron Mapp & Gilroy Brown at West Midlands Ethnic Minority Arts Service office Holyhead School, Handsworth. Aaron Mapp was an actor with 'Dark Movers' theatre group. At the time of writing he is the ...
ABC Cinema - formerly The Bristol
The ABC Cinema in 1979 on the site of what is now MacDonalds drive-in restaurant at the junction of Lee Bank Middleway and the Bristol Road. Showing that day in 1979 were "Monty Python's Life Of Brian", ...
Abdulla Newsagents at the corner of Whitby Road
One of the local Newsagents in Balsall Heath situated on the corner of Whitby Road and Brighton Road, looking towards Ladypool Road
Acupuncture Statuette
Photographed in a show window on the Soho Road. The statue shows the acupuncture points all over the body! If you bought this statue or know where it is, why not tell the Digital Handsworth Project via ...
Advert for the "Elite" Picture House
The Elite cinema opened on 30th September 1913 at 116 Soho Road which lies between Thornhill Road and Stafford Road. The proprietor was Lizzie Mann and the first film shown was "Bread Upon The Water". ...
Advert for the Palais De Danse, Monument Road
Advert for the Palais - Dancing Deluxe!
Advert for William Bruckshaw - Butcher
William Bruckshaw traded at 139 Soho Road, which is located near to the junction with Waverhill Road.
The advert is from the Handsworth Church Bazaar of October 1893.
Advert for Wilmot Breedon from The Despatch
This advert from 1958 sought workers to fill the following positions in the Gas Turbine Production Division: Production Grinders, Detail Fitters and Model Makers, and Toolmakers. The comapny were based ...
Advertisement for "Gowns by Gweneth"
This advertisment for a dressmaker is from 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Advertisement for Clarke's Stores
Advertisment for Clarke's Stores who sold groceries, cooked meats confectionery and home-made cakes. From 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Advertisement for Cross's Stores Ltd.
Advertisment for Cross's Stores who sold groceries and provisions and were specialists in tea and coffee. They had branches at Villa Cross, Herbert Road, Birchfield Road and Kingstanding.
From 'Handsworth ...
Advertisement for E. Hull, family butcher, Edgbaston
A 1935 advertisement for E. Hull, family butcher, of 102 Bell Barn Road, Edgbaston. Edgar Hull also had a shop at 168 Winson Green Road, but in 1939 he was not listed at either of these addresses and ...
Advertisement for F Taylor
Advertisment for F Taylor, a newsagent, tobacconist and confectioner on Church Hill Road. The shop sold both Kunzle's and Cadbury's chocolates. Kunzle's were also a Birmingham firm who made chocolates ...
Advertisement for Handsworth Flower Garden
This advertisment for Handsworth Flower Garden is from the 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Advertisement for John Poole and Sons
Advertisment for John Poole and Sons who sold clothing, household linens, furnishing fabrics and floorcoverings from their shop on Villa Road.
From 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter. ...
Advertisement for Johnson and Dare, Registered Electrical Contractors
Advertisment for Johnson and Dare, regsistered Electrical Contractors.
Taken from "Handsworth Church Calendar, 1937" by B.A. Porter.
Advertisement for Leo A. Hunt, wireless engineer, Lee Bank
In the years before the television age Leo A. Hunt would have been the man you depended on 'for reliable radio'. Which makes it all the more curious that neither he nor his address appears in the Kelly's ...