Icknield Street School, Ladywood
Inside Icknield Street School, Ladywood. The school opened as Icknield Street Board School in 1883 and became a Secondary Modern school in 1945.
Interior of the Reference Library
The old Reference Library was located at Ratcliff Place which was by the side of the Town Hall. This photograph was taken by George Whitehouse of Handsworth.
Interior of the Shakespeare Library
This view, by George Whitehouse,is of the Shakespeare Library which was located inside the old Reference Library at Ratcliff Place. When the library was demolished it was saved and removed to a new location ...
Introduction to the class
A new pupil is introduced to their class mates at St Thomas's School. Sadly the date, class and teacher are not noted on the back so any more information would be most welcome. The school was located ...
Jakeman Nursery
Jakeman Nursery School Jakeman Road
January 1967 at Lee Bank Primary School
The first two pages from the school diary for 1967. The entries read:
4 Jan: The new Junior School opened with about 5 classes, about 175 children. Although each block is now being used separately ...
Jill Knight MP at St Thomas Junior and Infant School
The then MP for Edgbaston, Jill Knight, opening a play scheme for local children at St Thomas Junior and Infant School on Great Colmore Street. This was only the second one of it's kind to be opened in ...
Joseph Chamberlain 6th Form College
After seven years as part of Highgate School the old Mount Pleasant became Joseph Chamberlain 6th form college in 1983. The reduction in pupils meant that other buildings including Moseley Road Art School ...
Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College
The college opened in 1983, housed in the buildings formerly used by Mount Pleasant School.
Julius Alfred Chatwin - Architect
Julius Alfred Chatwin, (1830-1907) was educated at King Edward VI School in New St, started work with the local building contractors Branson & Gwyther. In 1851 he was articled to the firm of Charles Barry. ...
Kent Street Baths Opening Ceremony
Ticket of invitation to the opening ceremony of the "bathing reconstruction" - presumably it had been substantially refurbished. The invitation was sent to H.M. Cashmore - City Librarian of Birmingham. ...
Khalsa House, Asian Advice Centre, Handsworth
"An advisory and welfare centre, which provided support and information for the Asian community." Pogus Caesar, February 2003.
King Edward VI Grammar School for Girls Handsworth
After the closure of the Gild of the Holy Cross, and the confiscation of its property at the time of the Reformation in 1547, a petition from some Birmingham men in 1548 requested that part of the endowment ...
King Edward VI Grammar School for Girls Handsworth
After the closure of the Gild of the Holy Cross, and the confiscation of its property at the time of the Reformation in 1547, a petition from some Birmingham men in 1548 requested that part of the endowment ...
King Edward VI Grammar School for Girls Handsworth
The magnificent assembly hall of King Edward VI Grammar School for Girls in Rosehill Road. On the platform at one end of the hall stands a large impressive wooden armchair of Tudor style, resembling ...
King Edward VI Grammar School for Girls Handsworth
A photograph taken from the Villa Road end of Rosehill Road, this is King Edward VI Grammar School for Girls Handsworth. The school was opened in 1911 to accommodate pupils moving from Summer Hill and ...
King Edward VI Grammar School for Girls Handsworth
A rear view of King Edward VI Grammar School for Girls Handsworth in Rosehill Road.
Because the school is built on an incline, the basement level at the back of the building is quite substantial, giving ...
King Edward VI Grammar School for Girls, Handsworth
This is a rear view of the main building of King Edward VI Grammar School for Girls in Rosehill Road.
The photograph has been taken from the lower playground and shows the entrance to the 'playroom' ...