Church Road, Perry Barr
A scene in the grounds of The Grove, the home of G.B. Lloyd, in Church Road, Perry Barr. This grotto was one of the features of the Tea Garden.
College Road Canal Bridge, Perry Barr
The sign to the left displays the weight restrictions for the bridge.
College Road, Perry Barr
The corner of College Road and Kingstanding Road, Perry Barr, on 10th March 1932. The shop went under the name of 'J and E' and advertised dry goods and fancy goods. Kingstanding Road is in the background ...
College Road, Perry Barr
College Road, Perry Barr, looking to the north from the roof of Perry Common branch library on 20th August 1938. In the foreground is the forecourt of the Crossways public house, on the corner of Hawthorn ...
College Road, Perry Barr
Shops on College Road, Perry Barr. Newly built when this photograph was taken on 10th March 1932, the shops have no names over their fronts and are seen through a forest of freshly planted saplings.
College Road, Perry Barr
College Road, Perry Barr, looking north-east towards Sutton, near to the Witton Lodge Estate, in April 1928.
College Road, Perry Barr
The forecourt of a Shell petrol station in College Road, Perry Barr, on 18th May 1931. This was presumably the Perry Garage, located where College Road crosses the Tame Valley Canal. At this date work ...
College Road, Perry Barr
College Road, Perry Barr, seen on 27th May 1927 with a row of bungalows enjoying a pastoral setting. Magnification reveals that the building on the left did not just gets its income from advertising Colman's ...
College Road, Perry Barr
College Road, Perry Barr, at the junction with Kingstanding Road (then called Holly Lane), looking north on 2nd March 1927. College Road (on the right) is signposted to Sutton Coldfield. The shop with ...
College Road, Perry Barr
College Road, Perry Barr, in 1929 when the road was being widened and new estates were being built.
College Road, Perry Barr
Bridge in College Road, Perry Barr, where the road crosses the Tame Valley Canal. 1931
Councillor A. Lane
This is an abridged biography from The Handsworth Magazine. The full biography is available as a download.
Councillor Alfred Lane, of Tudor House (Birchfield Road), Perry Barr, was born at Halesowen, ...
Councillor Edgar Evans - Brewer and Maltster
This is an abridged version of his biography from The Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download. Mr Evans address was given as Well Head Brewery, Well Head Lane, Perry Barr. Interestingly ...
Councillor George Baines
A newspaper cutting from the Despatch, 22nd November 1905.
Familiar Figures no 797.
A caricature and brief description of the career of George Baines of Handsworth.
He owned 2 of the "best farms in ...
Denise Lewis, Athlete
"Denise Lewis was born in Wolverhampton, 1972. A member of the Alexander Stadium's Birchfield Harriers, she has become one of the most successful heptathletes in the world. In 1994 Lewis won gold at ...
Domesday Book entry for Perry Barr
TRANSLATION:
"Drogo holds 3 hides from William in Perry (Barr). Land for 3 ploughs. In lordship 1 plough; 4 villagers and 3 smallholders. A mill at 16d; meadow, 4 acres; woodland 1 league long and ...
Fatal Tram Accident
There were a number of fatal accidents involving trams. This one was particularly poignant. Five year old Leonore Sandbrook and her brother had been on an errand and stopped at Corporation Street on ...
Fell into a cellar
This newcutting from the G. H. Osborne collection relates the story of Mrs Charlotte Lawrence of Well Head Lane, Perry Barr. Mrs Lawrence was putting a saucepan on the fire when the floor near the hearth ...