Boulton & Watt Engine, Galton Street Locks, Smethwick
This engine was constructed c.1780 and after being dismantled, was later moved to the Birmingham Science Museum. Since the closure of that building the engine is now at Millenium Point, Birmingham in ...
Boy & Butcher Shop
This photgraph was taken because the striking stripey trousers that the boy is wearing look like they have been made out of the canopy material from the shop. This is Walter Smith butcher shop and it ...
Bradbury's
Model plane in Metal made at Bradbury's of Highgate Square, Sheet Metal Workers since 1859
Bradbury's
Inside the workshops of Bradbury's of Highgate Square, Sheet Metal Workers
Bradbury's
Inside the workshops of Bradbury's of Highgate Square, Sheet Metal Workers
Bradbury's of Highgate Square
Bradbury's of Highgate Square. Armour made for the Birmingham Pageant Bradbury's of Highgate Square. Armour made for the Birmingham Pageant. This would form part of episodes 4 and 5 of the pageant showing ...
Bradshaws - Shut after 54 years
The day Bradshaws closed only received this short report in the Evening Despatch. It closed at noon on 29th March 1958 after 54 years open in Cregoe Street.
Bradshaws awaiting demolition
The Cregoe/ Irving Street half of the shop closed and awaiting the bulldozers. The clock has noticeably gone already and to the right can be seen Wright and Platt who were on Irving Street for many years. ...
Bradshaw's closes - Queues for the last time
Article from the Evening Despatch on the closure of Bradshaw's Stores in Cregoe Street. The store closed in 1958 after 54 years open to the public. Bernard Bradshaw, the owner, had considered a new store ...
Bradshaws closing down Sale
First advert placed in the Evening Despatch by Bradshaws after they announced their closing down sale. The Lee Bank development compulsorily purchased many buildings in the area. The closure of Bradshaws ...
Bradshaw's of Cregoe Street
This 1935 advertisement for Bradshaw's of Cregoe Street - 'Bradshaw's Drapery and Boot Warehouse', as it says on the wall - is bound to appeal to someone writing captions. It is the kind of advertisement ...
Bradshaws of Cregoe Street
Bradshaws opened on Cregoe Street in 1904 and stayed there till 1958 when they were compulsorily purchased as part of the urban renewal of the area. The shop occupied sites on both sides of Cregoe Street ...
Bradshaw's of Cregoe Street, Lee Bank
As the big letters on the right-hand building say, 'This is Bradshaw's', the shop in Cregoe Street, Lee Bank, where you could buy just about anything for your home. H.B. Bradshaw Ltd began as drapers ...
Brick from Hamstead Colliery
An un-used brick from Hamstead Colliery held in the collection of the Handsworth Historical Society.
Bricked up window on Chesterton Road
This is at the junction of Chesterton and Ladypool Road. The bricked up window is one of those sites that is there to see but is often ignored. In many cases around the area it is where a business has ...
Brighton Road Bridge
Construction of the new railway bridge and the widening of Brighton Road, 1924
Bristol Road and Wellington Road
View of the local shops which stand on the junction of these two roads. The Washmore Launderette is instantly familiar but the picture is undated and the business has been there for many years. The Prudential ...
Bristol Road and Wellington Road, Edgbaston
A view of the little row of shops in Bristol Road, Edgbaston, at the junction with Wellington Road, coming in from the right. The photograph was taken in 1979, looking southwards. Facing the camera is ...