Chamberlain Fountain
Delightful postcard of the Chamberlain Fountain near the Town Hall. Three young ladies taking time out to pose happily for the camera.
Charity presentation for the Children's Hospital
The Birmingham Sporting Club raised a lot of money for local charities. They held regular functions at The Tower Ballroom at Edgbaston Reservoir. Here they are presenting a £1,000 cheque to the House ...
Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth
Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth, from a postcard. Possibly of 14th-century date the buildings were demolished in 1930.
Children's Party at the Council House
Invitation from The Lord Mayor William Adlington Cadbury. The William A. Cadbury Charitable Trust website (www.wa-cadbury.org.uk)has this to say about him...
William was the second son of Richard Cadbury, ...
Christ Church, Perry Barr
Christ Church, at the junction of Walsall Road and Aldridge Road, Perry Barr. The view, dating from around 1920, is looking up Aldridge Road. The church was built in 1862. This area was completely transformed ...
Church Lane
Looking west along Church Lane on March 1st 1926.
Church Lane cottages and Dixons
Dixons stood opposite the cottages at number 50 and can be seen to the extreme right. They were a poultry, pigeon and dog medicine manufacturer.
Church lane next to St Andrew's Hall
Church Lane, Handsworth
Cottages in Church Lane, Handsworth. A winter scene from a hand-coloured postcard.
Church Lane, Handsworth
Cottages in Church Lane, Handsworth, 1933. The cottages could be dated back to 1699 but were demolished c.1958.
Church of St Francis of Assisi, Handsworth
Interior of the Church of St Francis of Assisi, looking towards the altar, from a postcard. The Catholic church, in Hunters Road, was opened in 1894.
Church of St Francis of Assisi, Handsworth
Church of St Francis of Assisi, Hunters Road, Handsworth. A postcard view of the Roman Catholic church built to the designs of Canon Scoles and opened in 1894.
Church Social in Birch Hall
Birch Hall was in the extension of St Thomas's School on Granville Street. Named after former head-teacher Harry Birch, it hosted numerous activities over the years. The church connection comes from the ...
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
The City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, in a postcard view that must date from after 1912 because the extension and its connecting bridge have been built. At 11.15 a.m., according to 'Big Brum', ...
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
Postcard showing one of the exhibits from the Beale Memorial Collection in the Natural History Department of the Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham. The Common Sheldrake was one of numerous stuffed animals ...
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
The City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, seen in a postcard view looking along Edmund Street. In this rather low-angle photograph the 1912 extension to the Art Gallery has not yet been erected. The ...
Class 4a, Rookery Road School
The teacher is M. M. Elvis.