Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
The rear view of William Booth's farmhouse.
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
Rear view of William Booth's farmhouse.
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
View from the front of the property where William Booth lived and was arrested.
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
A general view of Booth's Farm and its outbuildings.
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
A general view of Booth's Farm and outbuildings.
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
Farm Labourers at Booth's Farm, Perry Barr.
Booth's Lane, Perry Barr
Booth's Lane, Perry Barr, in 1928. In what seems to be a remote, wintry landscape sheep farming appears to be the major economic activity.
Canterbury Cross School, Perry Barr
Canterbury Cross School, Canterbury Road, Perry Barr, in May 1981
Chamberlain Gardens, Perry Barr
Chamberlain Gardens, Perry Barr, showing The Beeches Care Home, 1963
Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth
Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth, from a postcard. Possibly of 14th-century date the buildings were demolished in 1930.
Child's Death at Perry Barr
A cutting from the Handsworth Herald relating to the death of two-month old Thomas Henry Adams of Well Head Lane.
From the G.H. Osborne newcuttings collection.
Christ Church, Perry Barr
Christ Church, at the junction of Walsall Road and Aldridge Road, Perry Barr. The view, dating from around 1920, is looking up Aldridge Road. The church was built in 1862. This area was completely transformed ...
Christ Church, Perry Barr
Christ Church was erected in 1862 as a mission church of St. John's Perry Barr. It was licensed until 1926 and is now demolished, having been used for many years as a timber merchants.
Christ Church, Perry Barr
Christ Church, Walsall Road, Perry Barr, from a tinted photograph. Built in 1862 as a mission church of St John's, the parish church, it was no longer used as a church after 1926 and was subsequently ...
Christ Church, Perry Barr
Christ Church, Walsall Road, Perry Barr, in April 1959 after it had ceased to be a church (in 1926) and had become a timber merchant's premises.
Christ Church, Perry Barr
Christ Church, Perry Barr, in 1906. Built in 1862 as a mission church of St John's it went out of use in 1926 and became the premises of a timber merchant before being demolished.
Church of England Schoolhouse, Perry Barr
Further information on this building would be most welcome.
Church Road, Perry Barr
Church Road, Perry Barr, in 1928. In this view, looking east, the pinnacled tower of St John's Church is just discernible behind the trees on the left.