National Registration Identity Card
During the Second World War all civilians were issued with an identity card for security purposes. Civilians had to carry them at all times and produce them if challenged. This is the front and back of ...
National Registration Identity Card for Sheila M. Smith
Inside pages of the card issued to Sheila Smith of Handsworth for use during the Second World War.
National Registration Identity Card for Sheila M. Smith
During the Second World War National Registration was introduced and everyone was issued with an identity card which they had to carry at all times. This card belonged to Sheila Smith who lived at 31 ...
Nelson Mandela Primary School
The school stands on Colville Road and was named in honour of the South African president while he was still in prison. Nelson Mandela Primary School in Birmingham opened it's doors to pupils on 7th September ...
Nelson Mandela's visit to Handsworth
We would like to put together a web gallery about Nelson Mandela's visit to Handsworth.
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Nelson Street School
The school was opened in 1876 as Nelson Street Board School and modified on several occasions. This image was donated by John Landon.
Neville Chamberlain - MP for Ladywood and Edgbaston
In the 1918 General Election Chamberlain was elected as the Conservative MP for Ladywood. He refused office under David Lloyd George but accepted the posts Postmaster-General (1923-24) and Minister of ...
Neville Chamberlain - Picture Post front cover
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on the cover of Picture Post in October 1938. Chamberlain had returned from Munich where he had signed the famous agreement with Adolf Hitler which ratified the Sudetenland ...
Neville Chamberlain at the Town Hall
Neville Chamberlain speeking at Birmingham Town Hall. The photograph is dated as 1938 but in fact it has to date from September 1939 onwards. Chamberlain appointed Winston Churchill as First Lord Of The ...
Neville Chamberlain: Ladywood election poster
1923 poster for Neville Chamberlain who represented the constituency at evey General Election from 1918 to 1924. At the 1924 election he narrowly won for the Unionists by 77 votes over the Labour candidate ...
New classroom at Lee Bank Primary School
Promotional picture taken for the brochure for the newly opened Lee Bank Primary School.
New Era on Lee Bank Middleway
Faraday and Hogarth House on Lee Bank Middleway during the urban renewal. To the right Chiswick House can be seen still under construction. Also some of the old housing on Lee Bank Road (as it was) is ...
New home
There were big differences between living in Edward Street and Faraday House. Both Gwen Hatton and her mother Emily Morton (seen here together) had grown up in the world of back to back housing with outside ...
New Hope Close off Rickman Drive
One of the first developments after the stock transfer which led to Optima COmmunity Association being formed. New Hope Close (a symbolic name) is located off Rickman Drive. Since it was built Rickman ...
New Inns
The New Inns Pub was converted into flats, alongside new houses built in 1994, preserving the original character of the old pub. At the rear of the pub, more houses have been built. They are made up of ...
New Inns Cablecar
Tram outside the New Inns on Holyhead Road. The advert on the front are for two local firms "Reppingtons" and "Hurds" who sold poultry and game etc.
New Inns Hotel, Handsworth
New Inns Hotel, Holyhead Road, Handsworth, looking down Sandwell Road.
Note walls covered with advertisements, including posters advertising Colman's Starch and El Destino cigars. From a photograph in ...
New Inns Public House
The New Inns is situated at 44 Holyhead Road and dates back in it's present form to 1798. Apart from being a publc house it also catered for banqueting and even had a ballroom. The original inn dated ...