Code of Good Conduct in the ARP shelter under George Road
As you arrive in the first area from the entrance you see this notice hanging on the wall - the Code of Good Conduct. It reads as follows:
Public Shelters are provided for the use of members of the ...
Coughs and sneezes spread diseases.
A wartime poster issued by the Ministry of Health and the Central Council for Health Education.
The poster was designed to encourage people not to spread diseases so not to damage the war effort.
Crimean Veteran: Death of Bombardier Townley of Ladywood
"One of the few remaining Crimean Veterans is removed by the death at the age of 87 of Bombardier Henry Townley of Blythe Street, Ladywood, where he lived with his son-in-law. He enlisted when a youth ...
Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia meets Kosovan Refugees in Balsall Heath
Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia comes to visit at the start of a trip to support Kosovan refugees. Princess Katherine (born 1943 in Athens) has dedicated much of her time to charitable activities ...
David Bomberg, Sappers at Work: A Canadian Tunelling Company
Bomberg (1890-1957)was born in Sutton Street off Holloway Head. In 1917, he was commissioned by the Canadian authorities to do a painting celebrating an operation in which the sappers successfully blew ...
Dig For Victory with Woodview School
As part of their work exploring how Britain coped on the homefront in the Second World War pupils from Woodview School went for a trip out to Hampton Loade. Most of the journey was made via the Severn ...
Digging For Victory
Children from Woodview Primary School "digging for victory" on their school trip to sample evacuation life in WW2.
Douglas Road in the blitz
Rear of Douglas Road, Handsworth, 2 November 1940. The crater from the bomb's explosion is clearly visible in the foreground. The backs of the nearby houses have been nearly demolished from the blast.
Edgbaston B15 at War by Chris Sutton
Apart from a few Zeppelin raids the UK had been largely untroubled at home during the First World War. In World War Two the "homefront" became part of the battleground for most of the main protagonists, ...
Ellen Street, Ladywood
Ellen Street, Ladywood, photographed on 12 December 1941. Enemy action had caused considerable damage to the Great Western Railway bonded warehouse in the background.
Escape tunnel inside George Road ARP shelter
Access from room to room in the shelter could also be made via these tunnels in case the regular corridors were blocked. Note the supporting lintel over the entrance. The tunnel is only perhaps twenty ...
Evacuation at New Street
Evacuation from Birmingham commenced on September 1st 1939, two days before the British Govt declared war on Germany. On September 1st Germany invaded Poland and in Birmingham 75,000 children were evacuated ...
Evacuation at New Street
75,000 schoolchildren were evacuated from Birmingham on September 1st. In this scene at New Street Station the army are helping out with loading luggage onto the train. The background street is hard to ...
Excerpts from the log book of Nelson Street Schools
An interesting series from the school log. This was originally published in the "Brew 'Us Bugle". Amongst the topics discussed are the evacuation of children from Castle Bromwich railway station to Worksop. ...
Field Marshall Sir Claude Auchinleck
This statue of Sir Claude Auchinleck was commissioned and paid for by the Murrayfield Real Estate Company Ltd., the developers of Five Ways Shopping Centre. It is believed that Auchinleck sat for a bust, ...
Five Ways School Magazine
Front cover of the Five Ways School Magazine, Christmas term 1939.
The sketch shows the fromnt of the building as it appeared at the time. The school moved to Bartley Green in 1958. The original building ...
Frank Street
Bomb damage in Frank Street, Balsall Heath during World War Two
Fred Whitehouse goes for a Health check
Fred was serving with British forces in South Africa at the time. In a letter sent to his home at 259 Belgrave Road Balsall Heath, and dated 20th November 1939, he was summoned to go for a medical examination ...