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Boys' Brigade Company

Moseley Road Methodist Church Boys' Brigade Company 1970

Vaughton's Hole

Vaughton's Hole on the River Rea, apparently the ideal spot for a rural dip. This was near the point where the River Rea crossed the old Kings Norton parish boundary, near the present Gooch Street. In ...

The Olympia Cinema

The Olympia, Ladypool Road

Luxor orchestra

A local businessman, Mr Baker, is shown seated fourth from the left in the Luxor orchestra

Highgate Park

Highgate Park formerly Highgate Fields which, in 1875, was the first open space bought by Birmingham. Within a year the 4 acre park was opened by the mayor Joseph Chamberlain.

Highgate Road Maypole 1902

The Maypole at Highgate Road 1902 : coronation celebrations for Edward VII

Nelson Mandela School

Archbishop Desmond Tutu visiting Nelson Mandela School 1987

Nelson Mandela Primary School

Nelson Mandela visiting the school named in his honour October 1993

First World War peace party

A First World War peace party in Ladypool Avenue 1918

Malvern Street Playcentre

A group of children and young people at Malvern Street Playcentre (Now St Paul's Venture) with their home-made go-cart, and Es Rosen, the sports worker, in 1980. This is part of the carnival festivities....

Mary Street School pupils

Mary Street junior School (now Heath Mount). This display dates from 1937

Sherbourne Road pupils

Sherbourne Road School, May Festival 1924

Houses in Balsall Heath Road

Keith Whitehouse's family had to leave No 271 Balsall Heath Rd in 1968 because of the clearance. Keith says, “My memories of the house and Balsall heath are fantastic and at the time I didn’t want to ...

Back garden at 271 Balsall Heath Road

Pamela and Keith Whitehouse and friend Stephen Blakemore, relax in the garden with pet dog ‘Trudy`. Keith says “The garden was large with a number of trees including apple trees”. Beyond the fencing can ...

Keith Whitehouse: Actor

Since leaving Balsall Heath Keith Whitehouse has gone on to make many appearances on TV as an actor. You have seen him in such shows as, Hustle, The Chase, Dalziel & Pascoe, and South Riding. He appears ...

Keith The Crooner from Balsall Heath

The redevelopment of Balsall Heath meant the Whitehouse family moved out and went to live near Swanshurst Park. This was around 1968 and it was getting towards the time when Keith had leave his school ...

Rear of houses in Wenman Street

Around the age 15 and 16 years, Keith Whitehouse went to St Martin’s Youth Club in Sherlock Street. “A whole gang of us from Balsall Heath went there, that community feeling spread across from Balsall ...

St Alban's Church of England School

Keith Whitehouse progressed from Mary Street School to St Alban's C of E in Highgate (1964) to continue his education, and found a similar peaceful atmosphere conductive learning he had experienced in ...