Goodbye E.R. Mason
Taken moments before the the demolition of the youth club. The club had stood for decades just off Cregoe Street but was demolished this year as part of the urban regeneration of Lee Bank. Poignantly ...
Gypsies on the Black Patch, Handsworth
Gypsy encampment on the Black Patch. The gypsies regularly used a part of the Black Patch for their winter camp, having spent the summer travelling about the Midlands.
Handsworth Market, Soho Road
This once thriving and popular market is now closed. At the beginning of 2003 it lies derelict.
Handsworth Park
Young people in Handsworth Park
Handsworth Park
Young people playing in Handsworth Park 1970's
Handsworth Park
Boys playing in Handsworth Park
Handsworth Park, 1970's
Young girls playing on the chute in Handsworth Park
Handsworth Park, Children Playing
Handsworth Riots, 1985
Morning after the riots. Lozells road.
Handsworth Wood Girls' Drama Production
"The Lord Mayor of Birmingham was invited as a guest at Handsworth Wood Girls' Mental Health drama production".
(Mrs McGhie-Belgrave)
Heathfield Hall Visitors Book
Two pages of a Visitors Book, from Heathfield Hall. Part of one entry speaks of the Post Office in Greenock, Scotland, trying to contact descendents of James Watt in order to carry out repairs to James ...
'I Ran The World' Marathon
"The 1986 'I Ran The World' charity marathon in Lozells. Following the worldwide success of 'Live Aid' in 1985, a number of events were organised around Great Britain, mainly to raise funds for Third ...
IWA Demonstration
Indian Workers Association, based in Handsworth, on a demonstration in Saltley.
IWA Demonstration
Indian Workers Association based in Handsworth on a demonstration in Nechells.
James Hunte Poster in shop window
James Hunte, who ran the Mohammed Ali Centre in Hockley stood as an independent councillor in the late 1970's
Kitchen in the Attwood Green Community Centre
The Community Centre has now gone - demolished as part of the urban regeneration of the Lee Bank area. This is the kitchen area which over the years produced countless buffets!
The centre was located ...
Letter of reference for Eunice Finlayson
Eunice Finlayson arrived from Jamaica on 11th February 1957 and set up home in Handsworth, Birmingham. This letter was written by the Reverend Morgan of the Jamaican House of Representatives as a reference ...