Children in Grove Lane
Children from Grove Junior & Infant School in Grove Lane
Chitraleka Bolar, Baratanatyan Dancer
"Chitraleka Bolar, a well respected dancer in the Indian classical dance style of Baratanatyan. Bolar has made a major contribution to the West Midlands region's cultural and artistic development. She ...
Church Hill Road Vicarage
This photograph is taken from the Victoria Park (Handsworth Park) Lodge on Hamstead Road, looking across the fields towards the Vicarage at the junction of Church Hill Road and Gibson Road.
Church Lane
Looking west along Church Lane on March 1st 1926.
Church Lane & Hamstead Road, Handsworth
This photograph is a view from Wellington Road, looking to the junction of Church Lane and Hamstead Road.
Church Lane and Old Cottages
The old cottages in Church Lane dated back to 1699 but were sadly demolished in the 1950s. The cottages are just about visible on the right hand side of the road.
Church Lane cottages and Dixons
Dixons stood opposite the cottages at number 50 and can be seen to the extreme right. They were a poultry, pigeon and dog medicine manufacturer.
Church lane next to St Andrew's Hall
Church Lane, Handsworth
Cottages in Church Lane, Handsworth. A winter scene from a hand-coloured postcard.
Church Lane, Handsworth
Cottages in Church Lane, Handsworth, 1933. The cottages could be dated back to 1699 but were demolished c.1958.
Church Lane, Handsworth
Church Lane, Handsworth, in a photograph taken on 1st March 1926
Church Lane, Handsworth
Old Cottages in Church Lane looking towards the direction of the junction of Wellington and Hamstead Roads. These cottages are referred to as 'old cottages' even at the end of the 1890s, the earliest ...
Church Lane, Handsworth
Church Lane, Handsworth, in a hand-coloured postcard view
Church of St Francis of Assisi, Handsworth
Church of St Francis of Assisi, Hunters Road, Handsworth. A postcard view of the Roman Catholic church built to the designs of Canon Scoles and opened in 1894.
Church of St Francis of Assisi, Handsworth
Interior of the Church of St Francis of Assisi, looking towards the altar, from a postcard. The Catholic church, in Hunters Road, was opened in 1894.
Clare Short MP, Councillor Phil Murphy, Handsworth disturbances
"Clare Short was still in Birmingham at the time of the disturbances and visited Handsworth with Cllr Phil Murphy. In the 1970's Short was heavily involved in setting up regular immigrant advice sessions ...