A woman wearing pink traditional South Asian dress standing next to a vase with flowers in
From The Ernest Dyche Collection.
A woman wearing traditional dress standing next to a baby seated on a table
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
A woman with short hair wearing a gingham shirt and necklace.
From The Ernest Dyche Collection.
A young girl with a baby
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
Aaron Mapp, Gilroy Brown
"Aaron Mapp & Gilroy Brown at West Midlands Ethnic Minority Arts Service office Holyhead School, Handsworth. Aaron Mapp was an actor with 'Dark Movers' theatre group. At the time of writing he is the ...
Abandoned ARP shelter under George Road
Some of the wiring and cabling left behind at this former ARP shelter for World War II. The shelter is now used for storage by residents of the flats above.
ABC Cinema - formerly The Bristol
The ABC Cinema in 1979 on the site of what is now MacDonalds drive-in restaurant at the junction of Lee Bank Middleway and the Bristol Road. Showing that day in 1979 were "Monty Python's Life Of Brian", ...
Acapulco Cafe, Lozells
The guy playing the machine is Chris, he owned the shop. The cafe was demolished and in 2003 the site is the car park of Aldi.
Acapulco Cafe, Lozells
This is a photograph of George playing pool. The first time that Vanley took his camera into the Acapulco, he asked the owner, Chris's persmission to take photographs. Chris responded: "It's your camera, ...
Admiral Jerry, Reggae DJ
"Admiral Jerry a Handsworth based DJ, talking to the media during the Handsworth disturbances. Jerry performed on the local reggae sound system circuit. In 1985 he was featured on the track 'Demonstrate' ...
Advert for the Palais De Danse, Monument Road
Advert for the Palais - Dancing Deluxe!
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 ...
Adverts from the war years in The Oratory church magazine
A double page spread of adverts from the magazine. they are easier to read by using the "zoomify" tab.
Relevant to the area of this website are the following: Hunts Garage Ltd of 197-199 Hagley Road. ...
Aerial view of the Palais De Danse
The Palais De Danse was located on Monument Road in Ladywood. It was a place which held happy memories for thousands of Ladywood residents over the decades.
Aerial view of Woodview
This rare aerial view is from 1967. The tall tower block at the middle top of the photograph is Haddon Tower. To the right of it is St Luke's Church on Bristol Street. Following the road down from St ...
Aeronaut and Entertainer: The exploits of Lempriere
Lieutenant George Philip Lempriere of Handsworth was famous throughout Great Britain and Europe for his balloon ascents and parachute descents. He is recognisable as a Jules Verne "Phileas Fogg" personality ...
African Caribbean Bookshop, Handsworth
The Harriet Tubman Bookshop on Grove Lane