Demonstration Against Racist Attacks, Soho Road
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 ...
Dog And Duck on Holloway Head
The road into Birmingham from Five Ways was known as the "hollow way" due to the rutting of the cart tracks. As you approached the town down the hill you would see the Dog and Duck public house on the ...
Dog And Duck, Holloway Head
A drawing of the Dog And Duck Inn on Holloway Head in 1865. To the rear can be seen Chapman's Mill which gave the name to Windmill Street and Chapman's Passage. The Inn stood about where the garage is ...
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 ...
Double bill at The Bristol
Advert from The Birmingham Despatch of 24th January 1958. This "Horror" double bill was apparently not for the nervous! Frankenstein came out in 1931 and was directed by James Whale. Horror film legend ...
Duke Of Wellington, Monument Road, Ladywood
The Duke of Wellington public house at 355 Monument Road, Ladywood, in 1954. The road on the left is Leach Street, which ran from Monument Road to Freeth Street, presumably more or less where the Ladywood ...
Duke Of Wellington, Monument Road, Ladywood
The Duke of Wellington public house stood at 355 Monument Road, Ladywood. The view is looking northwards with the now vanished Leach Street on the left. In the 1960s, when this photograph was presumably ...
Edgbaston Tavern
The Edgbaston Tavern at 85 & 86 Lee Bank Road, Lee Bank. Redevelopment after World War II has completely changed this area, and Lee Bank Road has been absorbed into Lee Bank Middleway.
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 ...
Edward Road Shops
Taken at the time many of these premises were demolished as part of the urban renewal process. Halfway up and just visible is the entrance to Bath Walk.
Emily Arms Public House
The Emily Arms Public House located at the junction of Emily Street and Upper Highgate Street. One of many popular "watering holes" in the area.
Emvee furniture by Morgan and Viggers
Sales of furniture by Morgan & Viggers Ltd, of 81, 83, 85 Soho Road. The premises would have been roughly halfway between the junctions of Piers Road and Holliday Road. The shop sold period furniture, ...
Etap/ Accor Hotel on Bristol Street
This building provoked much interest in the Lee Bank area due to its modular construction. Here you can see one of the rooms being dropped into position. It can be found at the junction of Bristol and ...
F.H. Weller Culinary Service
An advertisement for "Culinary Service" by F. H. Weller of 113, Holyhead Road.
Publicising products such as bottled and canned english peas, beetroot, split peas, lentils and fruits. Frank Henry Weller ...
Firebird carpark
A forlorn looking post on the carpark of the former Firebird Public House on the Benmore Estate. The Firebird was formerly the Edgbaston Conservative Club.
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 ...