City Road, Edgbaston
City Road, Edgbaston, looking south from the junction with Dudley Road. In this postcard view dating presumably from the late Victorian period the scene is almost unbelievably deserted, apart from a small ...
City Road, Edgbaston
City Road, Edgbaston, looking south from the junction with Dudley Road. In this postcard view a few cars are visible, dating it perhaps to the early 1900s, but otherwise nothing much seems to be happening. ...
Clifton Road Junior & Infant Schools
Opened in 1878 and also housed the area office for Kings Norton School Board. Both schools left for new premises, in St Paul's Road, in the 2000's. The buildings are now occupied by St Paul's Trust.
Clifton Road Junior and Infant Schools
Clifton Road Junior and Infant Schools, together with new offices for King's Norton School Board, opened in 1878 on the corner of Clifton Road and Hertford Street. The Junior School moved to new premises ...
Colmore Row during Queen Victoria's visit
Queen Victoria visited the day before her birthday to lay the foundation stone of Victoria Law Courts. This image shows the crowds gathered to see her on the bunting-lined Colmore Row. To the left the ...
Congregational Chapel, Union Row, Handsworth
Congregational Chapel, Union Row, Handsworth. This photograph was taken in 1870. The chapel was remodelled and expanded by the pastor in residence a year after this image was recorded. The Rev. Robert ...
Congregational Church, Soho Hill
Built in 1892 and was the home of the Soho Men's Movement
Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Handsworth
Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Hunters Road, Handsworth. Built to the designs of A.W. Pugin, St Mary’s Convent opened in 1841, a few months after St Chad’s Cathedral opened a mile down the road.
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Council House, Birmingham
The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, built in a classical style in 1874/79. This postcard view has space for the message on the front,which implies that it dates from before 1902. For its time ...
Council House, Birmingham
The Banqueting Hall in the Council House, Birmingham. Even this black-and-white postcard conveys the magnificence of the interior of Yeoville Thomason's building. The Council House was erected between ...
Council House, Handsworth
Council House, Handsworth, built as the offices of Handsworth Urban District Council in 1878/79 on the site of the Waggon and Horses Inn
Council House, Handsworth
Council House, Handsworth, the offices of Handsworth Urban District Council. Erected in 1878/79 the building also housed the public library.
Council House, Handsworth
The Council House, Soho Road, Handsworth, built in 1878/79 for Handsworth Urban District Council. Part of the building formed the Library and Reading Room, opened in 1880. This 1983 view reveals that ...
Councillor A. Lane
This is an abridged biography from The Handsworth Magazine. The full biography is available as a download.
Councillor Alfred Lane, of Tudor House (Birchfield Road), Perry Barr, was born at Halesowen, ...
Councillor Arthur Price
This is an abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine, the full version is available as a download.
Upon the retirement of Mr W A Ellis, J.P., from the Handsworth District Council, after being ...
Councillor C.A. Palmer - JP and Cyclist
This is an abridged version of Councillor Palmer's biography. The full version is available as a download. Councillor Palmer in fact lived at Park Hill off Hamstead Hill and not Hamstead Road as this ...
Councillor Edgar Evans - Brewer and Maltster
This is an abridged version of his biography from The Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download. Mr Evans address was given as Well Head Brewery, Well Head Lane, Perry Barr. Interestingly ...
Councillor G H C Hughes
This is an abridged version of the biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download.
George Henry Hughes lived at 3 Trinity Road in Birchfield.
Mr Hughes has, ...