Ryland Road - by Year Five at Woodview
These are some Georgian houses on Ryland Road opposite the Woodview Primary School field. As you can see one of the windows is blocked out with bricks and painted because they didn't want to pay too much ...
Ryland Road - by Year Five at Woodview School
Taken by the children on their tour of the area. This doorway and window attracted some interest due to it's unique architecture in the road.
Same Day Dry Cleaning and Laundry Service - by Year Five at Woodview
A good laundrette which lots of people go to. This is facing onto Bristol Road just round the corner from Stone Road.
Schedule for HRH Princess Alexandra's visit to Lee Bank Primary School
Taken from the brochure commemorating the opening of the school. Presenting the bouquet of flowers to the princess was Maxine Kane.
Shops Near Woodview
These shops lie by the junction of the Bristol Road and Wellington Road. They are still there today although a couple of the shops have now changed. At this time in 1979 they were: The Industrial Safety ...
Spring Bank Road - by Year Five at Woodview School
This is a house on Spring Bank Road. This side of the road was built in the 60's as part of the last regeneration of the area. Opposite are the new build properties from the latest regeneration.
St James Church Window - by Year Five at Woodview School
This is St James Church's beautiful stained glass window. The church is now apartments.
Summer Road
New build housing on Summer Road in the Woodview area. This housing was built as part of the urban regeneration of the area by Optima Community Association.
Sun Street West and Summer Road
Sunfruit Stores at the junction of these two roads. Some nice adverts along the road for Persil and Danish Bacon amongst others. Notice the two prams outside the shop, both mothers presumably inside Sunfruit ...
Taxing Times for Gladstone by Chris Upton
Mr Joseph Lloyd Phelps of Lee Crescent was idly looking through his morning post : bills from the coal merchant and grocer, note from his brother in law, subscription request from the local improvement ...
The Cinerama in 1963
The Cinerama was formerly known as the Bristol and later as the ABC. For a while though it was the Cinerama.
Cinerama was the brain child of motion picture engineer Fred Waller. His work at the Paramount ...
The Edgbaston Pub
The Edgbaston Pub was situated at the corner of Lee Bank Road and Ryland Road.In 1939 the landlord was Thomas Devlin. This image though was taken sometime in the 50's or 60's shortly before the area was ...
The Woodview flood of 1973
Picture taken by the Evening Mail in and around the Woodview Drive area. This was not the first time the area had been flooded, in previous years it was the local canal which had caused problems.
Thomas Woolley retires from Burmans
Presentation ceremony for Thomas Woolley on his retirement from Burman's. Mr Woolley lived and worked in the local area for many years.
Victorian houses on Ryland Road - by Year Five at Woodview School
Most of the houses at the Middleway end of the road are Georgian but these two were obviously different in design and style which the children could clearly see. Close inspection revealed both houses ...
West House School, Edgbaston
West House School, St James' Road, Edgbaston, from a postcard probably of interwar date. Founded as a preparatory school for boys, the school first appears in directories from 1896 and still exists today....
Woodview Drive by Year Five at Woodview School
This end of the road replaced one end of Gough Road which used to run down to Lee Bank Road. The original line of Gough Road can still be seen as it now runs directly past the end of the school within ...
Woodview Drive during the flood
Picture from the Birmingham Evening Mail taken by George Fox who was a student at Birmingham Polytechnic. Firemen had to come and help evacuate people stranded by the exceptional flooding on May 21st ...