Aldridge Road, Perry Barr
The new bridge carrying the Aldridge Road over the River Tame, Perry Barr. Postcard view of the bridge that superseded the Zig-Zag Bridge.
Aldridge Road, Perry Barr
Allotments
The thriving and always popular Handsworth allotments. The best home grown food on the table! A way of life for many(a pastime for others). Part of the cultural heritage people bring with them when they ...
Alton Ellis, Jamaican Vocalist
"Alton Ellis, originally a dancer, started singing in the 1950s, his unique vocal style was influenced by the black churches. Over the past 25 years he performed many times at the Santa Rosa / Rialto ...
Andy Hamilton, Saxophonist, Ralf DeCambre, Guitarist
"Andy Hamilton, saxophonist ,was born in 1918, Port Maria, Jamaica. His first exposure to music was through his family and the church, and he made his first saxaphone out of bamboo. In 1928 he formed ...
Anti-Aircraft Gun Emplacements (Hill Top) - Sites and Monuments Record
Two re-inforced concrete gun emplacements, with the remains of 6 magazines in each, together with mounting holes for guns. A concrete service road circles around them. The remains of two concrete structures ...
Antrobus Road in the Blitz
Backs of bomb damaged houses in Antrobus Road, Handsworth on the morning of February 13th 1941.
Antrobus Road in the Blitz
Front of houses in Antrobus Road the morning after a night-time air raid. This photograph was taken on February 13th 1941.
Apache Indian, Reggae / Bhangra Artist
"Steven Kapur aka Apache Indian born 1967, Handsworth, Birmingham. For well over a decade he has skillfully fused Bhangra and Reggae to achieve international chart success, including seven British Top ...
ARP Holyhead Road Area in Handsworth
Hand-drawn Sketch plan of streets and area covered by ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Holyhead Road Sub-division Group C26, with a hand-written list of roads and corresponding numbers of houses, and location ...
ARP Log Book August 18th 1940
A page from an Air-Raid Warden's logbook during the blitz.
No 7.
Aug 18/1940
Sirens sounded at 22.44/45 hrs.
Very dark night.
Wardens again on the alert having previously heard plane and observed ...
ARP Log Book October 17th to 18th 1940
Raid No 107 October 17th 1940
Warning sounded at 19:58 hours, three red
flashes from Aston side of the city at 20.00hrs
20:24 incendiary bomb toward Aston side
Raider passed 23:00 hours
S1 ...
Arthur Heard and Dennis Perks with giant Delphiniums
Taken in Handsworth Park.
Arthur Rose - Butcher and S. Darlington - Newsagent
Two adverts from the programme for the Saint James' Church Fair held at the New Inns Assembly Rooms between November 20th to 23rd 1929. Arthur Rose simply conveys he is a butcher while S. Darlington expands ...
Article on James Watt's attic
This cutting is included in the Pemberton album held by the Handsworth Historical Society. It gives useful background information on much of the equipment featured in the photographs from that album.
The ...
Asian Resource Centre
Built in 1904 and known as "Ye Olde Toll Gate House". It is a 3 story building with mock timber framing. I remember it as being Anne's West Indian food store, then Focus Housing had it as offices. In ...
Asian Youths, Holyhead School
"It is summertime, and Asian pupils from Holyhead School, Handsworth playfully pose for the camera." Pogus Caesar, February 2003
Aston Church Institution
Aston Church Institution, despite its name, stood on Villa Street in the Soho Ward.