Norvic Shoes
Advert for Norvic Shoes as sold by A.F. Hodges of Hagley Road. The proprietor is listed as being Dorothy Hamblin. Shoes were subject to rationing during and after the war and had to be paid for by coupons ...
Norvic Shoes of Hagley Road
An advert for Norvic Shoes from the Second World War. The shoes are said to be the best value for "your five coupons". The coupons being those used as part of rationing. Dorothy M. Hamblin is the proprietress ...
Notes on evacuation from St Thomas's School logbook
These notes were written as Britain approached declaring war on Germany in September 1939.
28th August
Several members of the staff arrived at school at 7:15am for the rehearsals of evacuation of ...
Obituary of Alfred Joseph Knight VC of 45 Elvetham Road
Knight died on the 4th November 1960. The obituary is from the Birmingham Post. Use the zoomify plugin to see the cutting clearly, text of which reads:
"Mr. Alfred Joseph Knight, one of eleven Birmingham ...
Obituary of Arthur Vickers VC
Vickers died on the 27th July 1944. The obituary is from the Birmingham Mail. use the zoomify tab to read the original cutting, the transcription of which reads as follows:
Lance-Corporal Arthur Vickers ...
Oldfield Road
Bomb damage in Oldfield Road , Balsall Heath during the Second World War
Opening of the Hall Of Memory
From the programme for the opening of the Hall Of Memory. The top photograph is of Edward, Prince Of Wales (later Edward V111) who laid the foundation stone in 1923. The lower photograph is of Prince ...
Oratory Magazine October 1940
A snippet from the Oratory Church magazine from the Second World War. It reads: "Our beautiful green copper dome has "gone with the wind" of fashion, and has painted her face; in other words she is camouflaged, ...
Oratory Parish Magazine, October 1939.
A short extract from the Oratory Parish Magazine, which talks about the gold dome of the Oratory being camouflaged with green paint. Clearly there was great concern that the moonlit dome would act as ...
Pals Reunion 1965
Report on the annual reunion of the Birmingham Pals regiments of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. The 1965 reunion was held at The Imperial Hotel and was the first time that the 15th and 16th Battalions ...
Pantomime at the Prince Of Wales
A piece from the local press promoting the panto at the Prince Of Wales Theatre during the war. The theatre, on Broad Street, was destroyed by bombs and incendiaries during the war. Seen rehearsing for ...
Parachute and Harness
Part of the parachute and harness attached to the landmine dropped on Antrobus Road during the blitz. Unfortunately it is unknown exactly what year this was though it would have been between 1940-1942. ...
Pitsford Street in the blitz
Pitsford Street runs off Clissold Street and near to Warstone Lane and Key Hill Cemetery. Then as now it was home to small industrial premises and the area here was an obvious target for the Luftwaffe. ...
Plaque to commemorate the evacuation King Eaward VI, Five Ways, school
A plaque erected in Monmouth school as "a token of admiration for the high public spirit shown by the residents of Monmouth and in grstitude for the hospitality extended to hte boys who lodged in the ...
Prepared - The Birmingham ARP Journal
Front cover of the Birmingham ARP Journal from April 1939. This is five months before Britain and France declared war on Germany but the cover image is very evocative of the Blitz. Handsworth was heavily ...
Prepared: Handsworth in the Blitz
Handsworth endured heavy bombing during the Second World War due to its large number of munitions factories. Due to close proximity the local housing also suffered and the cycle of nighttime raids and ...
Private H. Rowley (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Private Harry Rowley was reported missing in the Weekly Mercury of September 2nd 1916. He had last been seen on 27th September 1915 at Loos. His mother asked for information from any comrades and could ...
Private Harold Augustine Flynn (1439, Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
Private Flynn served in 14th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment and was just 19 when he was killed on 5th August 1916. The Weekly Mercury spells his surname wrong as "FLYLL" but it is definitely Private ...