Oriental Art Studio
Oriental Art Studio, 328 Soho Road, Handsworth
Oriental Art Studio
Stood at 328 Soho Road, Handsworth between Alfred Road and Rookery Road.
Oxhill Road and Rookery Road
The Oxhill Video Store photographed in 1996. Above the doorway are the worn details of a previous business on the site. Arthur Henry Diaper was a grocer and was apparently noted for his Danish butter ...
Pearce Brothers - General House Furnishers
Pearce Brothers seem to have been quite prominent in the Ladywood area. Their offices are listed as being on Shakespeare Road and at 307 Monument Road. The showroom is listed at 69 Monument Road.
Perry Barr Shopping Precinct
Perry Barr Shopping Precinct, Birchfield Road, Perry Barr. The 1960s shopping centre was subsequently demolished, to be replaced by the One-Stop Shopping Centre which opened in 1990.
Phone card display on Ladypool Road
International phone cards provide a cheap method of keepin in touch with family and friends in other countries. They are readily available in Balsall Heath, often on sale - as here - at stalls outside ...
Portrait of a Shopkeeper
Shopkeeper in off licence in Nottingham.
Produce from the Allotment
Selling produce from the back of a car in Handsworth
Purus Bakeries
Purus Bakeries traded on Rookery Road at numbers 261 to 267 inclusive. The advert is interesting as it employs an approach a little beyond the norm for the times of merely listing products and services. ...
R. Wright Pawnbrokers on Bell Barn and Upper Ryland Road
R. Wright's stood on the corner of these two roads. He was also a jeweller and clothier. The urban renewal of the area demolished all of Upper Ryland Road and the St Thomas Centre now occupies the site ...
Reakes Music Ltd
Reakes Music Ltd were located at 11 Suffolk Street, Queensway, Birmingham. This 1970's advert was published in the St Luke's Church magazine. St Luke's being located on Bristol Street opposite McDonalds ...
Recipe for Jalebi on sale on Ladypool Road
This popular sweet is sold by many Indian food outlets in Balsall Heath.
To make Jalebi:-
Ingredients:
2 cups self raising flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup yogurt
Vegetable/canola/sunflower cooking ...
Reflections at McDonalds - by Year Five at Woodview School
Picture taken during the walking tour of the area around the school. This reflective sign is on the front of the McDonald's drive through restaurant by the Lee Bank Middleway/ Bristol Road island.
Regal China Stores and W.Ralls - Gent's Outfitter
The Regal China Stores traded at 393 Soho Road next to the junction with Booth Street and Holyhead Road. William Ralls actually traded from 185-187 Soho Road which stood between the junctions with Marrowfat ...
Registration Certificate for Gower's Stores
The reigstration certificate for Albert Edwin Gower for "Gower's Stores" on the Soho Road. The shop is in use today as a newsagents.
Reservoir Road - Vaughan's Shop
Vaughans stood on the corner of Reservoir Road and Osler Street. The shopfront has many interesting adverts for product by Walls, R, Whites, Wills, Barbers etc. Next door to the shop can be seen a cafe. ...
Rickman Drive shops before urban regeneration of the area
These shops have now vanished following the redevelopment of Rickman Drive. Originally they were intended, along with the Bell Barn Shopping centre on Cregoe Street, to help meet the needs locally of ...
Royal Basmati Rice
East End Foods was formed in 1972 in Wolverhampton. It was founded by the Wouhra brothers who were originally from New Delhi, India. Having been established in Wolverhampton it moved on into Birmingham. ...