61 to 62 Great Colmore Street
Undated picture of numbers 61 to 62 Great Colmore Street. It probably dates from around 1960 when the Public Works Dept were photographing most of this area. These houses would have stood somewhere after ...
7th Day Adventist Convention, Summerfield Park, 2002
A yearly event known to Adventists as 'tent meetings'. The event, that took place over three weeeks, welcomed US singing evangelist Pastor Willis as the main speaker. The Convention aims to reach the ...
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Marching Majorettes from 1982
A quiet Soho Road
Early morning on Soho Road and a contrast to the normal traffic laden images.
A baby sitting in front of a pillow
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
A bearded man wearing a suit with a striped tie and patterned turban
There are three pens in the pocket of his suit.
From The Ernest Dyche Collection.
A boy and a girl in a dancing pose
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
A boy and a girl on a chair
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
A boy and girl standing on opposite sides of a table
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
A boy wearing a suit and tie,
standing between two tables with vases full of flowers on them.
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
A bride and groom being followed out of the church by wedding guests
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
A Burglar's banquet at Handsworth
A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth Chronicle" 24th December 1892.
An account of one of the many burglaries at this time taking place in the area around Charles Road and Crompton Road.
The home ...
A child standing next to a seated man holding a baby
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
A coloured photograph of man and woman in wedding attire.
The woman is holding flowers. From The Ernest Dyche Collection.
A curious tramcar fatality
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail, 3rd October 1891.
This cutting gives details of the inquest into the death of Walter, Charles Hewitt from Birchfield Road.
Mr Hewitt had tried to jump off ...
A Dance at The Tower Ballroom
Poster for a Dance for the City of Birmingham Municipal Officers' Guild held at the Tower Ballroom, Edgbaston Reservoir. Dancing was to be from 8 till one for the princely sum of three and six for a pair ...
'A Distinct Sensation'
This newscutting tells of a young lady from Perry Barr who had ventured out in her furs for the first time that autumn. As she got on the tram and passed down the car the other passengers began to blink ...
A Donkey Cart
A donkey and trap joins the parade past the library on Moseley Road. The gentleman immediately behind the trap is Ron Ford. The building to the right became a Sikh Temple.