St Thomas's Church - A Century of Church Life by E.R. Mason
This is a history of the church's first 100 years by Ernest Mason. It is famous today for being bombed in World War Two, the surviving church tower was kept as a monument to peace and the grounds around ...
St Thomas's Church and Gardens
St Thomas's Church after completion of the clearance of the area for bomb damage from the war. The tower alone survived the bomb that hit the church, although it had to be shored up as is just about visible ...
St Thomas's Church and School
An engraving from 1865. The Vicar at this time was the Reverend C.T. Wilkinson who took over from the Reverend G.S.Bull. Bull had overseen the setting up of the churches of Immanuel (on Broad Street) ...
St Thomas's Church Interior
A very scarce view of the interior of the church on Holloway Head which was largely destroyed in the Blitz. This is looking towards the tower end of the church with the stained glass window. Today this ...
St Thomas's Church Tower
The tower, on Bath Row, photographed over the summer of 2006. There used to be an iron cross on the top of it at one time. Apparently a man climbed to the top of this tower and doffed his cap at the time ...
St Thomas's School
Miss Ford's classroom at St Thomas's School, looks quite jolly in this 1947 photograph with its vases of flowers and the frieze of rocking horses. The school was on Bath Row, facing what were by now the ...
St Thomas's School construction site
View of the site as construction was about to commence on the new school on Great Colmore Street - replacing the original school on Granville Street.
St Thomas's School on Great Colmore Street
St Thomas's School will be 40 years old in 2007 at the Great Colmore Street location. Prior to that it had been located at the junction of Bath Row and Granville Street.
St Thomas's Schools - Senior Mixed Dept concrete extension
In 1911, the accommodation of the schools being exceeded, it was felt that further extension was imperative; and the largest scheme of all was contemplated, viz: the Concrete Extension in Granville Street, ...
St Thomas's Schools, Bath Row
The schools were built in 1831, when they consisted of a two storey building for the Boys’ and Girls’ Departments and a single storey for the Infants, the premises affording accommodation for about 700 ...
St Thomas's Tower
The spire of St Thomas's Tower on Bath Row. This spire is visible from some distance in all directions. It has survived the blitz and also the last re-development of the area and is now "overseeing" the ...
St. Andrews Church Magazine - "The Messenger"
The Church Hall of Saint Andrew's on Oxhill Road was used by Shades Of Black for their meetings. St. Andrews would advertise and promote theie activities through their magazine "The Messenger" and also ...
St. Barnabus' Church
The side of St. Barnabus' Ladypoool Road. Picture taken by pupils from Anderton Park Primary School as part of a project looking at how Ladypool Road has changed over the last 100 years.
St. Michael's Church - Sites and Monuments Record
The Architect was Mr Bourne (of Dudley).The church was consecrated on 23rd July 1855. A large sandstone church with ashlar dressings, comprising chancel, aisles and nave, west transepts, south-west tower ...
Stafford Mandle & Leonard Davies about 1905
The men are riding early motorbikes built in Handsworth.
Taken in Devonshire Road by Philip Whitehouse.
Stained Glass
Birmingham Glass Studios Ltd, Edward Road. The owner Colin Brittle claims to be the only supplier of stained glass within 100 miles.
Starling Garage - "Automobile Engineers"
An advertisement for "Starling Garage"
in the programme of the Saint James Church Fancy Fair held on 20th till 23rd November 1929.
Starling offered overhaul services, motorcar repair, automobile accessories, ...
Station Inn, Monument Road, Ladywood
The Station Inn, 373 Monument Road, Ladywood, at the junction with Cope Street (on the left). At the bottom right of the picture is the start of the now-vanished Shakespeare Road. At this point Monument ...