Fruit and Vegetables on sale on Ladypool Road
Roadside displays of food produce have been a feature of shopping on this road for over a hundred years. The range of fruit and vegetables has changed a lot but there are still many that the Victorians ...
Funday at the Fire Station
To promote the local fire service a Community Open Day was held on June 10th 2000, This was attended by many people from the community. Handsworth Community firestation has excellent facilities for holding ...
George Road
This view is from the exit of the George Road ARP shelter. The shelter was used during the Second World War but has not been in use since. Above the shelter are flats which can be seen in this view looking ...
George Road ARP Shelter
The fuse box inside the underground shelter. The shelter has not been used since World War II but is still there underneath the George Road flats and retains some of the fixtures and fittings. The fuse ...
George Road ARP Shelter
The urinals in the underground public ARP shelter at George Road. Still there today but unused for 60 years, though it was probably earmarked for use at other post-war times such as the Cuban Missile ...
Gladiator Sandals
The so called gladiator sandals were a must have fashion item in 2010. These womens pairs are colourful and stylish and a far cry from the orginals! Roman sandals first appeared in England as the brown ...
Goodbye E.R. Mason
Taken moments before the the demolition of the youth club. The club had stood for decades just off Cregoe Street but was demolished this year as part of the urban regeneration of Lee Bank. Poignantly ...
Gough Road - by Year Five at Woodview
This is one of the Victorian houses to have survived on Gough Road. the one end of the road (nearest to Lee Bank Middleway)was slightly re-routed and changed to become Woodview Drive. The other end is ...
Gough Road - by Year Five at Woodview School
This house was photographed on our walking tour of the area around Woodview Primary School. The house is the cream building to the left but what was of interest was the red brick buidling to the right ...
Gravestone in the Jewish Cemetery
The disused cemetery stands next to the railway line which at one time threatened the site. The walls of the cemtetery have a slight historical interest as there is now so little in the immediate area ...
Greenhill Road
One afternoon in October 2003
Ground excavation
Excavation and clearance for the new park area off Bell Barn Road. Part of the Crest Nicholson development of Attwood Green.
Ground preparation for phase 1A and 1B
Preparations made by Crest Nicholson prior to building phase 1A and 1B of Park Central. To the right is Wheeley's Lane and in the far distance is the entrance to Wheeley's Road coming onto Lee Bank Middleway....
Ground preparations
Ground levelling of the area formerly partly occupied by the local park. The view is looking across to Lee Bank Middleway and two of the four blocks at the top of the road.
Grove Lane Baths
Grove Lane Swimming Baths was converted into flats. An estate of houses has also been built alongside it. As a child I regularly attended there with school, and during the holidays. A place which many ...
Guinea Gardens
View in one of the Guinea Gardens off Westbourne Road. These gardens along with farms and orchards spread across this area to Holloway Head.
Guinea Gardens
Garden shed at the Guinea Gardens in Westbourne Road near the Botanical Gardens. The Guinea Gardens originally occupied land from here across to Holloway Head in Edgbaston.
Guinea Gardens
View of one of the Guinea Gardens off Wesbourne Road. These gardens used to spread across the Edgbaston area as far as Holloway Head. The last remaining Gardens, which achieved a heyday in the Victorian ...