Soho Road shopping
The Soho Supermarket with a colourful display of fruit and vegetables.
Soho Road Shops
Taken in June 1985 by the City Engineers Department.
Soho Road Station
Soho Road railway station on the London and North Western Railway Soho Perry Barr and Handsworth Line. The line was opened in 1896 and closed in 1941.
Soho Road Station, Handsworth
Soho Road railway station, Handsworth. Cars waiting outside c.1924
Soho Road Textiles
Dark shawl on sale in Soho Road. Beautifully designed shawls and other textiles are to be found in many shops along the road.
Soho Road Textiles
Beautiful blue material on sale in the Soho Road,lavishly decorated and highlighted with gold threads.
Soho Road Textiles
Sample of the range of textiles on sale in the Soho Road.
Soho Road Then and Now
A comparison picture of the same stretch of the road in the 1960s and 2003.
Soho Road Window and Lights
Shop window in Winter. Evergreen Flowers gift shop's sign is reflected in the window!
Soho Road, Handsworth
Numbers 193 to 201 Soho Road, Handsworth. A row of shops photographed c.1870
Soho Road, Handsworth
Parade in Soho Road, Handsworth, on the day when King Edward VII should have been crowned. The Coronation, planned for 26th June 1902, had to be postponed because of the King's sudden illness. However, ...
Soho Tavern
Soho Tavern stands on the corner of Park Road and Factory Road.
Soho Works, Handsworth
The workshops of E.G. Wrigley, Soho Works, Handsworth, c.1923 E.G. Wrigley and Co. Ltd made axles and components. They went into liquidation in 1924 and were bought by Morris Commercial Cars Ltd.
Somewhere in Hunland
Sunday Mercury article about Birmingham men being held prisoner by the Germans during the First World War. The men pictured are all in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. The original image was sent by Private ...
Soup from the Lord Mayor
Picture and article from the Birmingham Evening Mail showing the Lord Mayor, James Crump giving out soup at the British Legion on Windmill Street. Crump was in fact a local man as he was born and lived ...
Special Lantern Lecture at Kent Street Baths
This talk given by the Friends of The Soviet Union was on Soviet Planning. Wiliam Paul was also looking at Britain's distressed areas; on wonders if he included the area across the road which twenty to ...
Spittle's Boot Manufacturer
Frederick "Spittle's Noted Boots" traded at 155 Soho Road and 78 Hunter's Road. There are a few Spittle's listed in the Trade Directories of the period, all of whom lived in and around Handsworth. The ...
Spring Hill and Icknield Street, Ladywood
In this aerial view of the junction of Spring Hill (to the left) and Icknield Street (to the right) Spring Hill Library stands grandly in the centre, hemmed in by somewhat less grand Victorian development. ...