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Marcus Garvey Day Nursery

Children at Marcus Garvey Day Nursery. One of the first nurseries set up to take care of black children. It was run by the Harambee Housing Association.

Marjorie Sanders interview 1

Marjorie Sanders was born in 1915 in Hamilton Road, Handsworth. She lived in that road throughout her childhood, and her most vivid memories are of the nearby fields and streams: To listen to an extract ...

Marjorie Sanders interview 2

Marjorie Sanders was born in 1915 in Hamilton Road, Handsworth. She has many detailed memories of what it was like to go shopping in Handsworth in the 1920'2: To listen to an extract of this interview ...

Market

Handsworth Market, once a thriving busy part of life in Handsworth. After numerous fires to the remains, the site was left derelict, such an eyesore! Last year the bulldozer came and flattened the land, ...

Market Hall, Birmingham

The Market Hall, Birmingham, designed by Charles Edge and built at a cost of £100,000 in 1835. With its entrance from High Street its purpose was to tidy up the proliferation of market traders in the ...

Marroway Street

Marroway Street lies off Northbrook Street not far from Eddgbaston Reservoir. Here in 1968 it is a good example of the terraces which came off the main roads.

Marroway Street during the blitz

This image of the after effects of a German air raid was probably taken a few days after the event. Marroway Street is off Northbrook Street and close to the Reservoir.

Marroway Street, Ladywood

Terraces of houses off Marroway Street, Ladywood, in a photograph taken in 1968. Marroway Street, between Icknield Port Road and Northbrook Street, has several terraces of this sort.

Mary Anne Boulton (nee Wilkinson)

This miniature showns Mary Anne Wilkinson as a young girl. She was the daughter of William Wilkinson and the niece of John Wilkinson, the ironmaster. She married Matthew Robinson Boulton, the son of ...

Mary Street

The 2010 site of the original 144 Mary Street once the home of the Bartley Family. Balsall Heath Church Centre on the right of the photo, is situated at the corner of Mary Street and Edward Road. Sections ...

Mary Street

This photo features Sonny seated on Andy’s rigid framed ex-WD bike, along with daughter May. Here we have a shot straight down the entry leading to their back entrance and yard. These ‘Entries` were, ...

Mary Street School

Mary Street School, which opened in 1878, was the first Board school to be built in Balsall Heath. It was renamed Belgrave School in the 1960s. The school closed in 1970, the buildings were demolished ...

Mary Street School Road Safety Certificate

Produced by the Birmingham Accident Prevention Council. This Certificate of Merit was awarded to Keith Whitehouse. It was signed by the Lord Mayor of the time, Ernest Walter Horton.

Mary Street School/ Belgrave Primary Staff

The staff of Mary Street / Belgrave Primary; Front row L to R; Jean Kent, unknown, unknown, Mr Mundy (Head), Mrs Wildebore (Deputy Head), unknown, Pauline Davis, and Mrs Elder. “Mr Mundy was a helpful ...

Mary Street Schooldays

Keith Whitehouse (left) and sister Pamela (right) attended the ‘Girls’ Boys’ and 'Infants schools’ in Mary Street. Later the school came to be known as ‘Belgrave Primary’. Keith was there between 1959 ...

Mary Street Tram Terminus

Elizabeth McKeon (nee Bartley)has fond memories of the street bonfires in Balsall Heath. "About a month before bonfire night we kids in the street collected the materials for a ‘street bonfire’. The ‘gang`, ...

Maryvale Convent, Old Oscott

Interior of the chapel, Maryvale Convent, Old Oscott, from a postcard

Masonic Lodge on Severn Street

This grade A listed building stands opposite the Mailbox retail development. Prior to being a Lodge it was used as a Synagogue.