The building of Lee Bank Middleway
This aerial view shows the traffic on Lee Bank Road moving slowly around the deep building works for the Middleway. To the right of the crossroads with Bristol Street is the ABC Cinema which was formerly ...
The Byford family in Mary Street
Interior of 81 Mary St. Lillian Byford, with husband Bill, and son Patrick.Note the 60s Radiogram, wall covering, and net curtains.
The canal at Oozells Street
Panoramic view of the canal. The view is from the new "city living" properties over towards the surviving factory buildings. In the distance is the National Indoor Arena.
The canal walk
At the junction of Bath Row and Communication Row lies this stairway which leads down to the canal.The canal follows the trainline into the city centre and is a popular route used by many people.
The Cannon Hill Public House
The Cannon Hill pub Edward Road on the corner of Court Road. Since it closed as a pub it has become home to the Balsall Heath Women's Academy run by South Birmingham College
The Carlton Cinema in Taunton Road
A late cinematic arrival in the district, opening on Whit Monday, 28 May 1928. It was exceedingly luxurious, with a passenger lift to the balcony seats and a cinema organ. On 25 October 1940 it was bombed, ...
The Cave Arts Centre
After the Imperial cinema closed it re-opened as "The Cave Arts Centre" in 1985. It was funded by the Arts Council and run by the Probation Service.
The Changing Face of Ladywood
The logbook of St George's Primary School records: "December 21st 1961 School closed for Christmas Party. During this last year all the houses in Beaufort Road and Plough and Harrow Road have been demolished. ...
The Church in Union Row
Union Row Chapel, Handsworth, after being rebuilt in 1871 as Handsworth Congregational Church. The chapel was remodelled and expanded by the pastor in residence, The Rev. Robert Ann. A century later ...
The Cinerama in 1963
The Cinerama was formerly known as the Bristol and later as the ABC. For a while though it was the Cinerama.
Cinerama was the brain child of motion picture engineer Fred Waller. His work at the Paramount ...
The City Tavern
This pub stands on the junction of Bishopsgate and Tennant Street just off Broad Street. It is a superb example of a terracotta stonework Victorian building.
The Clifton Pub
The pub has been a fixture on the corner of Ladypool and Clifton Road for a hundred years. Famously in 1914 it was where local butcher Mr Stiles opined drunkenly that the Germans should win the war. He ...
The Clifton Public House
The pub stands on the junctions of Clifton Road and Ladypool Road. it is named after the road which is named after the area near to Bristol where the suspension bridge is located. The pub sign features ...
The Colwyn Pub
The Colywyn stands at the junction of Great Colmore Street and Wynn Street, its name is a contraction of Colmore and Wynn. Recently refurbished it will be the last public house within the "triangle" of ...
The Danger of Tinned meats.
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail August 3rd 1893.This is a report following the inquest into the death of of a young girl who died as a result of eating rabbit from a damaged tin. The tinned ...
The Dart looks at the Ledsam Street dynamite conspiracy
More illustrations from "The Dart" concerning the dynamite factory in Ledsam Street. Top left, looking sombre, is the chief protagonist in the case, Alfred Whitehead. Top centre is the "dynamite shop" ...
The Death of Mr G. Marsh Jones
This letter is a response to reports on the inquest into the death of George Marsh Jones of Wellington Road, Perry Barr.
Mr Jones worked as a dispenser at the Childrens Hospital in Steelhouse Lane. The ...
The Direct Furnishing Co - Soho Road
G.V. Hollidge and H.Daniels were the proprietors of this furniture store at 283 and 285 Soho Road. An interesting note is the listing of the trams which pass along the Soho Road - numbers 23, 28, 73, ...