Lodge Corner, Handsworth
Lodge Corner, Handsworth, at the junction of Island and Sandwell Lanes, viewed from Sandwell Lane. 1906
Lodge Pool
Lodge Pool, Hamstead Hall, Hamstead. View of the pool in the lane leading to Hamstead Hall, by the side of Great Barr Station.
Lodge to the Friary, Handsworth
Lodge in Hawthorn Park, Friary Road, Handsworth, 1933. This is one of two lodges to the Friary, the other being also in Friary Road, facing the College Road junction.
Looking across Attwood Green
This is the view from the staff kitchen at the new Optima offices on Bell Barn Road. Behind the trees in the foreground can be seen Moonlit Park.
Looking down New Street during the VE Day 60th Anniversary celebrations
Note the modern smaller barrage balloon flying by the fountain.
Looking for Directions
Old signpost still standing at the island at Church Lane and College Road.
Lord Mayor James Crump retires
Article taken from the Birmingham Gazette. Text reads as follows:
"Presentation of a silver tea service to the retiring Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Birmingham Alderman and Mrs J. Crump was made in ...
Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Neville Chamberlain (1915-1917)
Arthur Neville Chamberlain first entered politics in 1911 when he was elected as a councillor to Birmingham City Council and immediately became Chair of the Town Planning Committee. Birmingham soon adopted ...
Louisa Ryland
Louisa Anne Ryland was born in 1814, the daughter of Samuel Ryland of The Laurels, Hagley Road, Edgbaston. The Ryland family is first recorded in Birmingham in the 18th century and made its money in the ...
Louisa Ryland
Portrait drawing of Louisa Ryland, autographed by Miss Ryland herself. Louisa Anne Ryland was born in January 1814 into the wealthy Ryland family at The Laurels in Hagley Road, Edgbaston, the house that ...
Lower Cregoe Street
"Lower" Cregoe Street - long since gone - on the site of what became the park and is soon to be the new park. To the middle of the picture at number 43 is J. Hobday the fruiterer. Further down at number ...
Lower Essex Street in the blitz
This street runs between Bromsgrove Street and Sherlock Street. This is likely to have been the same air raid that caused major damage and loss of life at nearby Kent Street Baths. Note the barrage balloon ...
Lozells Road looking towards Newtown
"Handsworth riots 1985. All members of the community survey the scene on Lozells Rd...an eerie calmness fills the air, but an uneasy atmosphere hangs over the entire city of Birmingham." Pogus Caesar, ...
Lozells Road, Handsworth
Old farm in Lozells Road, Handsworth, from a postcard of around 1860.
Lozells Street Hall, Handsworth
Lozells Street Hall, a Methodist chapel in Lozells Street, Handsworth. Designed by Crouch and Butler in 1893, this photograph dates from around 1950.
Luncheon Room in the Town Hall
This image is taken from the Illustrated London News and shows the luncheon room prepared for the visit of Queen Victoria. Where precisely this room was located is not stated. It does show though how ...
Lych Gate of Saint Mary's Church
As credited on the image, the church is often familiarly known as Handsworth Old Church.
Lych Gate, St Mary's Church by G.F.. Madeley
Watercolour dated 1927.