Radio-cassette and chest of drawers
Lewis Green was evidently very fond of his radio cassette, it crops up in a few pictures and he even took it away on holiday with him. Here it is in his flat on top of a chest of drawers. Many people ...
Schedule for the Queen Mother's tour
The schedule focusing on the 11:35am leaving of the Council House for the Y Blocks. The order of the cars and the passengers are listed. The Queen Mother visited the estates on May 2nd 1957.
St Catherine of Siena
The church in 1979 with the Sentinels tower blocks (Clydesdale and Cleveland) looming behind. The church offered mass for the first time on 20th December 1964 and was a replacement for the demolished ...
St Catherines and the Sentinels
St Catherine of Siena. This Roman Catholic Church was "opened" in 1964 and replaced the old Victorian St Catherine's which stood further up towards Holloway Circus. A celebrated priest at the church was ...
St Catherine's from Essex Street
St Catherine Of Siena had it’s origins in 1872 when Father Fenn acquired seven properties in Windmill Street with a deposit of £35 on the total price of £350. These properties covered an area of 440 sq. ...
St Catherines RC School on Windmill Street
The school was opened on January 3rd 1876 as St Catherine's Boys' School. The infants had already occupied part of the building the year before that. The school became mixed but space proved a problem ...
St Luke's School, Lee Bank
St Luke's School in Bristol Street, Lee Bank. St Luke's was a Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School but has since been closed down. Behind it can be seen the roof of St Luke's Church. The tower ...
Taking a break
Workmen taking a break from preparing Haddon Tower on Bristol Street for demolition. They are removing fixtures and fittings; their progress down the tower was easy to spot by seeing if a floor had still ...
The gardens at the Middleway Blocks
This photograph was taken by resident May Williams. The four blocks, Hogarth, Faraday, Audleigh and Chiswick are still there today. Much of the surrounding development from the fifties and sixties has ...
The Middleway Blocks
This is another one from May Williams. May took several pictures around the blocks. At the time they may have seemed rather uninteresting but they now act as a record of the commonplace and serve as a ...
The Middleway Blocks
This photograph, by Lewis Green, catches children from the former Lea Mason Secondary School having a break in the play area which used to be located by the four Middleway blocks. The blocks were erected ...
The Queen Mother arriving at Nash House
View from Nash House as the Queen Mother arrives. She is leading the way in with the then Lord Mayor Ernest Apps. In the following group behind are some of the other dignitaries who accompanied her.
The Queen Mother at Nash House
The Queen Mother talking to local dignitaries during her visit to Nash House in 1957. The Mayor talking to her to the right is Ernest William Apps.
The Queen Mother at Nash House
The Queen Mother and the Lord Mayor greeting the crowds during her official visit to open the Bath Row Development. Nash House along with Avon and Lansdown make up the Y Blocks within the Great Colmore, ...
The Queen Mother was at the door
Evening Mail article about the Queen Mother's visit to Nash House. Mentioned in the article are local residents Sarah Badham, Dorothy Blackford, David Blackford and Raymond Quiney. To view the article ...
The remains of Haddon Tower
The day after Haddon Tower was demolished this was all that remained of it. A pile of rubble, perhaps two storeys high, being cleared away by the bulldozers. To see the demolition itself, have a quick ...
The schedule for the Queen Mother at Nash House
The Queen Mother visited Nash House in 1957. This is the schedule for when she arrived at Nash House from the Council House.
The Sentinels
View of Cleveland (left) and Clydesdale (right) Towers taken in 1971 which was the year of their completion. It is difficult now to imagine Birmingham without these on the skyline.