Lecture at St Asaph's Church 1893
Promotional card for a lecture at St Asaph's Parochial Hall. The lecture was by Luke J. Sharp on his "Trip To America" and cost one shilling to hear! In today's money the cost would be about £3.50.
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Ledsam Street in 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
Also including the following road on this page: Lea Hill Road, Lea House Road, Leach Street, Leach Green Lane, Leamington Road, Lease Lane, Leasowes Road, Leavesdon Grove.
Ledsam Street and Lee Bank Road in 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
Also including the following road: Lee Crescent, Lee Mount, Leek Street, Lees Street, Legge Lane, Legge Street.
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Ledsam Street dynamite conspiracy
"Head-master White distributes the prizes". This satirical cartoon is from The Dart and comments on the giving out of awards to the police following the arrest of those accused. The press seemed to take ...
Ledsam Street in Kelly's 1939 Trade Directory
Also includes the following roads: Lea Hill Road, Lea House Road, Leach Street, Leach Green Lane, Leamington Road, Lease Lane, Leasowes Road, Leavesdon Grove.
Part two of Ledsam Street is on another ...
Lee Bank
Industrial scene in Lee Bank, photographed on 27 October 1965. It is not stated where this picture was taken but the strongest likelihood is that this is on Lee Bank Road - later the Middleway.
Lee Bank
This image shows the rundown state of Lee Bank in 1999 just before the transfer of the area's housing to Optima Community Association. Since then the area has been, and still is being, substantially renovated. ...
Lee Bank
The picture was taken at the corner of Rickman Drive and Grant Street in 1999. The foreground area, looking for all the world like a bombsite, is in fact a washing area. It was conditions such as this ...
Lee Bank
Conditions in Lee Bank in the nineties had become so bad that residents launched a campaign to get something done.
Lee Bank As I Remember It by Bernard Allen
Bernard Allen is a former resident of the Lee Bank/ Edgbaston area. These are his memories of the area he grew up in.
The picture here is of Mr Allen at work in Freeman and Ward on Cregoe Street.
Lee Bank Development Area
An interesting view taken before work started on the central park area. To the right is Avon House. to the left is the lower half of Cregoe Street which subsequently vanished under the new park. In the ...
Lee Bank Graffiti - Help!
In 1999 tenant action in Lee Bank to get something done about their housing conditions reached a peak. Demonstrations and protests increased and pictures such as these were used to publicise the state ...
Lee Bank Playing Fields
The Lee Bank playing fields are now disused and awaiting redevelopment. In the foreground is the old running track and behind it is the long jump. In the distance is the spire of St Thomas's Church which ...
Lee Bank Pool
Another view of the pool in Lee Bank so fondly remembered by many local residents. Annette Tidman used to go down with her sister Yvonne when they were living at Charlecote House.
Lee Bank pool
View of Lee Bank pool in January 1973. In the distance left to right are the James Brindley School, Hogarth House, Faraday House, Chiswick House, Audleigh House and Chatsworth Tower. This photograph was ...
Lee Bank Primary School
Plan of the school as published in the brochure commemorating the opening of the school. The school is now called Woodview Junior and Infants.
Lee Bank Primary School
Promotional photograph taken to mark the school's opening.
Lee Bank Primary School Football Team
This team in 1974 won the Kalamazoo Shield knockout trophy as well as the third division of the Kings Norton League.