Soho Road Blitz damage
Bomb damaged shops during the air-raids of 1942. To the left of the photograph is the National Provincial Bank - then managed by C S Parker. The bank was number 214 Soho Road. The devastated building ...
St James' Church, Handsworth
German prisoners of war search for suspected unexploded bombs in St James' churchyard, Handsworth
Terrace in Bell Barn Road after an air raid
The damage was from an air raid of 9th April 1941, the picture being taken three days later. The family smiling for the camera are possibly a surprise to modern day viewers of this photograph. The determination ...
The ARP Shelter on George Road
One of the toilets in the underground ARP (Air-Raid Precautions)shelter on George Road in Edgbaston. The shelter had been dis-used since World War Two but the rooms and many of the fittings remain intact ...
The ARP shelter under George Road
Fixtures and fittings remain at the former public air-raid shelter which was used during World War II. This sink (with only the cold tap left) has not been used for decades.
The Carlton Cinema in Taunton Road
A late cinematic arrival in the district, opening on Whit Monday, 28 May 1928. It was exceedingly luxurious, with a passenger lift to the balcony seats and a cinema organ. On 25 October 1940 it was bombed, ...
The Council House decorated for the VE Day 60th anniversary
The Council House side entrance
Unusual view for those who see it often - here it is sandbagged as it probably was during the war.
The night they bombed Dockers
In the early hours of 28 July 1942 a severe bombing raid on the west and south of the city resulted in the destruction of part of the Docker’s paint factory on Rotton Park Street and the lose of life ...
The Queen's Hospital becomes the Accident Hospital
This cartoon appeared in the Birmingham Despatch. The caption notes that 50 beds are already occupied! The Accident Hospital has itself closed down since then. It was located at the top end of Bath Row ...
The School Farm
A short extract from the "Five Ways Magazine" Summer 1941. Magazine of King Edwards School Five Ways.
This article refers to the whole school being evacuated to Monmouth at the start of the war and taking ...
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Icknield Street Senior Boys school magazine. The first wartime issue of this school magazine, produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 1 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 2 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 3 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 4 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 5 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 6 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.