Rocky Lane, Perry Barr
Rocky Lane, Perry Barr, at a point about 200 yards from the top. The vehicle approaching in this 1895 scene is one of Mr Edward Arm's milk floats.
Rocky Lane, Perry Barr
Old yew tree in Rocky Lane, Perry Barr, looking towards Walsall Road. A girl is standing inside the hollow trunk in this 1896 photograph.
Roman Pottery
In 1959 a large quantity of Roman Kiln debris was discovered at an address in Wellington Road. Examination of the shards of pottery, plus some cobbles in situ as working surfaces, identified the site ...
Romar Polishes of Bromsgrove Street
Romar, "The Super-Cleaner", was stocked at 31 Bromsgrove Street. A check of the trade directories does not list Romar Polishes there at all!
Rookery Road Blitz damage
The aftermath of an air-raid in Rookery Road during WW2. It is open to conjecture what is going on in the foreground, is the queue of people waiting for essential supplies off the lorry? The picture dates ...
Rookery Road Blitz damage
The aftermath of an air-raid in Rookery Road during WW2. The photograph shows several recognisable themes from daily life in 1942 - a policeman stands guard over now dangerous buildings, mothers on the ...
Rookery Road Blitz damage
The aftermath of an air-raid in Rookery Road during WW2. As well as clearing the rubble from demolished housing, the locals also had to pull down unsafe buildings such as the house to the right of the ...
Rookery Road Blitz damage
The aftermath of an air-raid in Rookery Road during WW2. This photograph is one of several takne by the Public Workd Department in 1942 of bomb damaged housing in the war.
Rookery Road Blitz damage
Bomb damage in Rookery Road during the blitz of 1942. In the background stands Trinity Methodist Church which narrowly escaped being hit in this raid. The church was built in 1914 on the site of an old ...
Rookery Road Blitz damage
Bomb damage in Rookery Road during the blitz of 1942. The photographer's viewpoint is from just inside Uplands Road looking onto Rookery Road. The Uplands Road strreet sign is visible on the left hand ...
Rookery Road School
The Jones and Davies family at Rookery Road School, Handsworth. c.1925
Rookery Road School, Handsworth
To the rear of the class is the then headmaster Mr G. Challenor. The flag hanging at the back was presented to the school but the remaining inscription is too difficult to make out. The flag looks like ...
Rookery Road Wedding
This picture was taken outside Rookery Road Methodist Church. The bridesmaid is Eunice McGhie-Belgrave and she made both of the dresses. At the time Mrs McGhie was running a dressmaking business in Handsworth....
Rookery Road, Handsworth
Rookery Road, opposite Albert Road, Handsworth, 1898
Rookery Road, Handsworth
Rural scene with the corn harvested and in stooks, a photograph taken from the junction of Rookery and Albert Roads, Handsworth, 1898. In the distance the spire of the Asbury Memorial Church is visible....
Rose Hill Road, Handsworth
Rose Hill Road, Handsworth, featuring a range of posters on a vacant piece of land. The poster in the centre is advertising the public baths, where the facilities include Turkish baths.
Rose Hill Road, Handsworth
Rose Hill Road, Handsworth. Among the posters are an advertisement for a football match and list of forthcoming services at Villa Road Church.
Rosebery Street Tram Depot
The depot opened in April 1906 and was capable of holding 85 trams. Trams from here ran along Dudley Road, Hagley Road and also on Ladywood's number 33 route. The depot finally closed in 1947 when the ...