Dentists on Ladypool Road
The Hillbrook Dental Health Centre has a friendly welcome on the door. Picture taken by pupils from Anderton Park Primary School as part of a project looking at how Ladypool Road has changed over the ...
Dick Atkinson Says
Political Statement or Gardening advice?
Don Hall, Shopkeeper on Ladypool Road
This letter was printed in the Heathan in February 1981
"Dear Editor,
You will no doubt be sorry to learn that I am giving up my business in Ladypool Road - a wrench after 15 years. I leave at the ...
Echo Base live at St Paul's
The eleven piece reggae band Echo Base at St Paul's Trust in October 1981. The band made one album entitled "Buy me" in 1985 before they broke up. Oscar Harrison on drums (left) later became a founder ...
Edward Road
A view of Edward Road looking towards Moseley Road. The Co-op is on the left hand side. Bath Walk is on the right.
Edward Road
Lots of interest in the photographer from a group of young boys outside a shop on this road in 1958.
Edward Road and entrance to Bath Walk
This side of Edward Road has since been completely replaced under urban renewal. Bath Walk remains still with the cobbled pathway intact. It was named after the swimming pool which used to be located ...
Elizabeth McKeon remembers by Jim Fitzpatrick
Our large Irish family moved from Stratford Road Sparkbrook to Mary Street Balsall Heath in 1949.
Early memories are of trams running down Mary Street, the milkman delivering by horse and cart, and us ...
Fantastic Balsall Heath
This banner was made for the 1994 carnival but was a regular feature of several other carnivals after that.
Fantastic Balsall Heath Banner 2001
The "Fantastic Balsall Heath" Banner 7 years on.
Find your key
Run by St Paul's School. We had a key box with a glass front & a £1 note inside. People paid for 3 keys. What was shocking about this was that the week before carnival I went round to lots of friends ...
Flags & Trumpets 1991
Marchers with flags and trumpets.
Flags of all nations
But why have just one flag leading the parade? This is the front end of the 1988 parade.
Flower Girl at Balsall Heath Carnival
This gallery is a selection of photographs taken at Balsall Heath Carnival by Mick Turner.
Flowers on Ladypool Road
Balsall Heath enters Britain In Bloom each year. The considerable efforts made by Balsall Heath Forum to plant and maintain so many baskets, containers and plots of land are greatly praised and appreciated....
Frank Trippas & Son, Ladypool Road
Trippas & Son were a bakery and confectioners for many decades on the Ladypool Road/ St Paul's Road junction. The premises today are now the Lahore Asian Sweet Centre but are still largely recognisable ...
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 ...
Fruit and Vegetables on sale on Ladypool Road
Roadside displays of food produce have been a feature of shopping on this road for over a hundred years. The range of fruit and vegetables has changed a lot but there are still many that the Victorians ...