Old Farmhouse, Holyhead Road
This image is taken from a photocopy of the original which is missing.
Old Fire Station
The old fire station on the Moseley Road remains one of the finest buildings in Balsall Heath. During the blitz in the Second World War the station worked overtime in tandem with the auxiliary fire stations ...
Old friends
Beatrice Burton, Maurice Burton, Jimmy Phillips and Sylvie Shaw. The location is long forgotten but these four were photographed together sometime in the late 1960s. The Burtons ans Sylvie are known to ...
Old House, Park Road. May 30th 1968
Old Moseley Arms Public House
Old Moseley Arms Public House Homer Street centenary mural 1987
Old police station, Perry Barr
The old police station, Perry Barr. Situated near Birchfield Library, the building was removed in the early 1950s when the road was widened.
Old Town Hall by Helen Webb
After a drawing by J.Priddey.
Oldfield Road
Bomb damage in Oldfield Road , Balsall Heath during the Second World War
Oliver Locker-Lampson's Manifesto at the 1922 General Election
In this letter to the voters Lampson seeks to establish his credentials as a worthy candidate. Lampson was the Conservative (Unionist) candidate replacing the retiring MP Ernest Meysey-Thompson. Like ...
Oliver Stillingfleet Locker-Lampson MP
Locker-Lampson (1880-1954) was Conservative MP for Handsworth from 1922 to 1945. In common with many MPs of his generation he saw service as a ranking officer in the First World War. He rose to Commander ...
Opening of Birmingham Central Library
The speech making at the opening of the "new" Central Library in 1974. Harold Wilson, the then Prime Minister, is to the left of the picture. The lady making the speech is Marjorie Alice Brown, the Mayor ...
Opening of Handsworth Cemetery Chapel
Programme of proceedings for the opening of the chapel on Sunday 1st October 1910. Councillor Freeland was Chairman of the Cemetery Committee.
Opening of Lee Bank Primary School
The first pages of the school diary by the first headteacher Denis Lyons. The extract reads as follows (use the "zoom" button to read the original clearly):
"The new school began its life as a Junior ...
Opening of Lee Bank Primary School
HRH Princess Alexandra meets teaching staff and dignitaries during the official opening of Lee Bank Primary School.
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 ...
Opening of the Salvage Works on Rotton Park Street
This image is from the brochure commemorating the opening of the Salvage Works.
Opening the Carnival
The then Lady Mayor Theresa Stewart officially opening the Handsworth Carnival 2000. Supported by other Councillors.
Oral Histories of Handsworth - Interviews with Helen Lloyd
Helen Lloyd recorded interviews for BBC national and local radio for many years. In 1998, she was appointed West Midlands Producer for the BBC Oral History Project, “The Century Speaks”. ...