HRH Princess Alexandra at Lee Bank Primary School
Headteacher Denis Lyons on the day of the visit by the princess:
"Punctually at 1135 a car drove in which contained the princess and Ald. Harold Tyler, the Lord Mayor. Various people concerned with the ...
Hunters Road Blitz Damage
The back of this house in Hunters Road has been reduced to rubble. Upstairs a metal bed frame has been used to help prop up the wooden planking. Down to the left of the photograph the family's tin bath ...
Hunter's Road blitz damage
This photograph was taken on August 13th 1942. The building to the left has been nearly demolished during the air-raid although two vans appear to have survived to some degree.
Hunters Road during the blitz
The aftermath of another air-raid during 1942. This picture was taken on 13th August following another night raid by the luftwaffe.
Hunters Road from Nursery Road
This photograph taken from Nursery Road shows the junction of Hunters Road and Nursery Road. The bridge built above the lower end of Hunters Road was constructed to enable employees of H.Samuel to access ...
Hunters Vale Blitz Damage
Local residents surveying the damage from an air-raid.The photograph is dated 28th August 1942 but the raid was probably during the previous night.
Hunters Vale Blitz damage
This photo shows the aftermath of an air-raid during the blitz. There are several photographs of damage in Hunters Vale. This undated photograph is likely to date from the Summer of 1942 when the other ...
Hunters Vale Blitz damage
German air-raids targetted the industrial buildings of Handsworth in WW2. Most of the photographs taken by the Public Works Department are of damage to domestic buildings so this is a rare example of ...
Hunters Vale in the Blitz
Work in progress clearing the rubble from the air-raid. In the foreground is a small pile of belongings someone has salvaged including the ever resilient tin bath.
Hurchinson's Baby Car Manufacturer
Hutchinson's stood next to the Library at 100 Soho Road. The advert describes them branching out from "baby car manufacture" into the production of cabinets and upholstery.
Advert taken from the programme ...
Hurlingham Road - Kingstanding
An estate report in the 1930's described Hurlingham Road as: "The greatest achievement of the Public Works Department".
Hut in the Pleasure grounds of the Earl of Dartmouth by John Phillp
'Hutt in the Pleasure Grounds of the Earl of Dartmouth, at Sandwell... Sketch'd on the spot' by John Phillp, 1807.
This image is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by ...
Hyde Road, Ladywood
The Hyde Arms at 80 Hyde Road, Ladywood. The photograph was taken in 1968, when the area was evidently in a poor way. The pub does not seem in too bad a state itself but one wonders what sort of trade ...
I came to Birmingham from Dublin on an adventure...
‘I came to Birmingham from Dublin on an adventure and I’ve been here since January 17th 1966, in this flat. I fell in love with the place. I love Birmingham, I’ve been here nearly 50 years myself. I used ...
I grew up in Yardley...
"I grew up in Yardley, It’s a different country from when I was a lad. My playground was Chelmsley Woods, when it was a wood. It was beautiful, absolutely beautiful. They chopped the wood down to build ...
I love a parade
The Balsall Heath Carnival has been running since 1977 and the parade has always been a major part of it. The parade winds it way around the local streets and finishes at the carnival show ground. It ...
'I Ran The World' Marathon
"The 1986 'I Ran The World' charity marathon in Lozells. Following the worldwide success of 'Live Aid' in 1985, a number of events were organised around Great Britain, mainly to raise funds for Third ...
I was born in March 1933...
I was born in March 1933, and came to this country in October 1951 on the Santa Maria. I was only 18. It was a Spanish ship; rough, rotten. It was Spanish food and I wasn’t used to it, so asked if I could ...