Grove Lane: The Diving Board of the First Class Swimming Bath
The diving board of the first class pool. In the background are the showers and above that the viewing gallery used for concerts. The baths were opened in 1907.
Grove Lane: The First Class Swimming Bath
Grove Lane's first class baths were superior to the second class in so much as they had private cubicles for changing in along the sides of the pool. The pool was used for concerts on occasions and the ...
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
This charming chair and shed are on one of the Guinea Gardens plots in Westbourne Road near the Botanical Gardens. In the distant past the gardens swept all the way across Edgbaston to Holloway Head.
Guinea Gardens
The main gates to the Guinea Gardens off Westbourne Road in Edgbaston. The guinea gardens used to run all the way across to Holloway Head near the city centre but today the last of the gardens can be ...
Handsworth Golf Course Clubhouse
This clubhouse was built in 1905 and opened by Lord Dartmouth in 1906. A press report shows that it cost £2,000 including furnishing and describes it as "a commodious structure" comprising "smoking-room, ...
Handsworth Boating Pool
postcard view of the boating pool in Handsworth Park.
Handsworth Comedy Company
Members of the Handsworth Comedy Company. This is from a postcard but sadly there is no other information available. If anyone out there has information on the Handsworth Comedy Company please get in ...
Handsworth Golf Club
The original 9 hole course was laid out in 1895 on land surrounding The Austins now Sandwell Recreation Ground).
The club moved to its present site in 1896 on land leased from the Earl of Dartmouth. ...
Handsworth Park
Drinking fountain in Handsworth Park, Handsworth, from a hand-coloured postcard
Handsworth Park
Children playing in Handsworth Park
Handsworth Park
Young people in Handsworth Park
Handsworth Park
Young people playing in Handsworth Park 1970's
Handsworth Park
Boys playing in Handsworth Park
Handsworth Park
A snowy day in the park.