Advertisement for "Gowns by Gweneth"
This advertisment for a dressmaker is from 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Advertisement for C.H. Billington, gasfitter
In this 1935 advertisement C.H. Billington of 173 Sherlock Street, describes himself as a plumber, gasfitter and electrical engineer, as well as a specialist in central heating. The potential customer ...
Advertisement for Clarke's Stores
Advertisment for Clarke's Stores who sold groceries, cooked meats confectionery and home-made cakes. From 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Advertisement for Cross's Stores Ltd.
Advertisment for Cross's Stores who sold groceries and provisions and were specialists in tea and coffee. They had branches at Villa Cross, Herbert Road, Birchfield Road and Kingstanding.
From 'Handsworth ...
Advertisement for E. Hull, family butcher, Edgbaston
A 1935 advertisement for E. Hull, family butcher, of 102 Bell Barn Road, Edgbaston. Edgar Hull also had a shop at 168 Winson Green Road, but in 1939 he was not listed at either of these addresses and ...
Advertisement for F Taylor
Advertisment for F Taylor, a newsagent, tobacconist and confectioner on Church Hill Road. The shop sold both Kunzle's and Cadbury's chocolates. Kunzle's were also a Birmingham firm who made chocolates ...
Advertisement for Handsworth Flower Garden
This advertisment for Handsworth Flower Garden is from the 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Advertisement for John Poole and Sons
Advertisment for John Poole and Sons who sold clothing, household linens, furnishing fabrics and floorcoverings from their shop on Villa Road.
From 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter. ...
Advertisement for Johnson and Dare, Registered Electrical Contractors
Advertisment for Johnson and Dare, regsistered Electrical Contractors.
Taken from "Handsworth Church Calendar, 1937" by B.A. Porter.
Advertisement for Leo A. Hunt, wireless engineer, Lee Bank
In the years before the television age Leo A. Hunt would have been the man you depended on 'for reliable radio'. Which makes it all the more curious that neither he nor his address appears in the Kelly's ...
Advertisement for Leonnie Clemmow, High Class Milliner and Hat Designer
Advertisment for Leonnie Clemmow, High Class Milliner and Hat Designer of Villa Road.
From 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Advertisement for Miss Easter, Ladies' Hair Specialist
Advertisment for Miss Easter, Ladies' Hair Specialist. From 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Advertisement for Mr Pieri's language classes
This advertisement for a Birmingham language tuition business is undated but must be Victorian. Mr (or perhaps Signor?) G.A.P. Pieri specialised in German, French and Italian and was based at 105 Bath ...
Advertisement for Myers, ladies' outfitters
This advertisement for the ladies' outfitters who simply called themselves Myers dates from 1935. Contemporary directories refer rather oddly to the proprietor as 'Myer Myers' but in the 1950s she is ...
Advertisement for Peggy's Beauty Saloon
Advertisment for Peggy's Beauty Saloon from the 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Advertisement for S. Cawthorne, hatter and hosier, Sherlock Street, Lee Bankvert
Samuel Cawthorne set up shop as a hatter at 198 Sherlock Street in 1914 and later, as this advertisement shows, extended his range to cover most items of men's clothing. If the advertisement is to be ...
Advertisement for Thomas Sanders Ltd., brassfounders, of St Mary Street, LadywoodSanders Ltd
Thomas Sanders Ltd manufactured brass wares for the building and furnishing trades and first turn up at 13 St Mary Street, Ladywood, in the 1870s. As one of the traditional metalworking industries of ...
Advertisement for W.H. Askin, florist, Birmingham
This advertisement for W.H. Askin, of 163 Gooch Street, Birmingham, dates from 1935. He describes himself as a nurseryman and florist, although the former term now seems slightly incongruous for a road ...