Clifton Primary School, St Paul's Road
The new Clifton School building opened in 1980 on St Paul's Road. A modern and spacious school to replace the old Chamberlain and Martin board school just around the corner in Clifton Road. The old school ...
Clydesdale Tower, Holloway Head, Lee Bank
Clydesdale Tower is one of the two Sentinel Towers in Holloway Head, Lee Bank, overlooking Holloway Circus. The view is looking southward along Bristol Street, with the dome of the Catholic Church of ...
Coming or going?
This photo by Lewis Green is an image you can wonder about for ages and still not come up with a definitive answer. Does it show a couple going somewhere or are they coming back? Is the ladt upset or ...
Communities in Handsworth after 1945
Text: Malcolm Dick and Rajinder K Dudrah
Sections
1. Handsworth Today
2. Handsworth and the Soho Road
3. 1945-1970
4. 1970-1985
5. 1985
6. After 1985
7. The Multicultural Soho Road
8. The ...
Community Summer School, Wolverhampton
Kids posed for a group photograph at a Summer School, held in Wolverhampton.
Computer Class
Classes on many different subjects are held in the MVCA offices in Charleville Road, in this picture a computer class is being held.
Congregational Church of Sparkbrook on Ladypool Road
The church was opened in 1894 as the Congregational Mission Church. The middle front of the building is now a shop.
Conversation
Four youths in conversation somewhere near to Hogarth House. Lewis Green was very interested in capturing people going about their daily business.
Cooks at Work
Cooks at work in a restaurant. One of the cooks is called Terry. This was one of the first Caribbean restaurants in Handsworth. It was near the corner of Soho Road and Holliday Road
Couple Dancing at a Birthday Party
Behind the couple is an important detail in the picture. The calender behind comes from the first major black business in the area - Top Pops in Wolverhampton
Cover of Mrs McGhie's autobiography
Mrs McGhie wrote "A Journey from paradise to reality" about her experiences in moving to Handsworth.
Craig Charles, Poet / Broadcaster
"Craig Charles, began his career in Liverpool as a poet, and has achieved international status through publications, radio and TV, the most famous being the cult series 'Red Dwarf'. In the 1980's 'Black ...
Craig Charles, Poet / Broadcaster, Professor Black, Magician, Channel 4:Black On Black
"Channel 4 filming 'Black on Black', a multicultural series. Handsworth based magician Professor Black, performs an illusion on Craig Charles. Charles was the resident poet on the series and had filmed ...
Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia meets Kosovan Refugees in Balsall Heath
Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia comes to visit at the start of a trip to support Kosovan refugees. Princess Katherine (born 1943 in Athens) has dedicated much of her time to charitable activities ...
CURRYING FAVOUR?
Norma Green & Mohammed Ali tuck into 'The Edwina Curry" - a special meal to launch the opening of Joseph Chamberlain College's Enterprise Restaurant to promote healthy eating, May 1987. At that time Edwina ...
Custard Pie Wall 1987
Raising funds for a good cause and fun for, at least, some of the participants.
Dave Barker, AJ Franklyn, Winston Francis, Jamaican Vocalists
"In the 1970/ 80's many reggae bands played the Santa Rosa club/Rialto, Handsworth. Dave Barker, half of Dave & Ansell Collins, had a No 1 British hit with 'Double Barrel'. AJ Franklyn and Winston Francis ...
Dave Butcher & Police
This was taken on the occasion of the IWA demonstration in Saltley. At one point the police took Dave and Sebastian from the demonstration.