Letters to William Knight Junior
The Smalbroke family are first recorded in the Birmingham area in 1425/6, when William Smalbroke is recorded as a trustee of charitable property at Yardley [584318 DV 860]. They appear to have remained ...
Letters written to Canning & Co. by Private R. Smith of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment
These letters are from a series of letters written to Canning & Co. by their employees. This particular series of lettters were written by Private R. Smith of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
"In ...
Lewis Green - Local Photographer
Lewis Green lived at Hogarth House and took a large number of photographs of the Lee Bank area. As was common at the time he had them developed as slides and would show them in his living room to interested ...
Liberal candidate in the field at Ladywood
In the nineteen twenties it was still unusual for there to be three candidates at a poll. The "third" candidate was felt to be a "vote splitter"- in much the same way as is nowadays. In the 1924 General ...
Lidl Supermarket on Moseley Road
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Henry Wilkinson
This is an abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download. Joseph Henry Wilkinson lived at "Elm Wood", on Hamstead Hill.
Mr Wilkinson was born in Bradford, ...
Lieutenant General The Honourable Somerset Gough Calthorpe
A Biography of Somerset Calthorpe, owner of Perry Hall in 1899, taken from the Handsworth Magazine.
Lieutenant General the Hon. Somerset Gough Calthorpe is the fourth son of Baron Calthorpe of Calthorpe, ...
Lieutenant George P. Lempriere
George Lempriere died at his home in Wilton Road, Handsworth aged 93 - one week short of his 94th birthday. He was from his early twenties famed as a balloonist and aeronaut around the world, enlivening ...
Lieutenant Herbert James VC
Herbert James was born in Ladywood on 13th November 1888. His civilian occupation was as a school teacher at Smethwick Central School, then Bearwood Road School, and finally Brasshouse Lane School. James ...
Lightwoods Park, Edgbaston
The aviary in Lightwoods Park, Hagley Road West, Edgbaston. The fashions seem to suggest a pre-World War I date.
Lilian - Lingerie and gown specialist
Lilian's under the ownership of I.L. Peevor trade at number 35 Hamstead Road. This was located between the junctions of Terrace Road and Norwood Grove.
From 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. ...
Lime Grove
This undated photograph shows bomb damage in Lime Grove during the Second World War.
Elizabeth Mckeon says, "My friends and I joined the Girl Guides and Brownies in Tindal Street, and later a youth ...
Lithographs of Perry Hall by Charles Walter Radclyffe
Charles Walter Radclyffe (1817-1903). Radclyffe was born in Birmingham, the son of William Radclyffe, and lived and worked in Monument Lane for much of his life. His work is predominately of landscapes ...
Liverys and Wages allowed to Men Servants, cover
This is the cover of a memorandum setting out the wages and livery for male servants at Soho House. The memorandum intself is also available on the site. By this date Soho House was the home of Matthew ...
Liverys and Wages allowed to Men Servants, Soho House
This memorandum sets out the wages and livery for male servants at Soho House. By this date Soho House was the home of Matthew Robinson Boulton and his young family.
William Newbold the Coachman who ...
Lloyd George escapes at Birmingham Town Hall
On 18 December 1901, giving a characteristically trenchant pro-Boer, anti-war speech at Birmingham Town Hall, Lloyd George was practically lynched by a patriotic mob and had to escape from the building ...
Local Schools
A series of pictures of local primary and secondary schools.