Leading a Horse on the Farm - Canada
Here we see one of the young emigrées working on the farm. John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in 1872 as a charitable concern. ...
Lee Crescent
This fascinating view of Lee Crescent is looking down the slope. What makes is unique is that it shows the houses on the left hand side which were demolished as part of the widening of Lee Bank Road. ...
Lightwoods Park, Edgbaston
The aviary in Lightwoods Park, Hagley Road West, Edgbaston. The fashions seem to suggest a pre-World War I date.
Lodge Road, Handsworth
Lodge Road, Handsworth. The board at second-floor level on the right appears to reveal the presence of the shoe shop Freeman, Hardy & Willis. A boy with a hoop stands idly in the middle of the road to ...
Lych Gate of Saint Mary's Church
As credited on the image, the church is often familiarly known as Handsworth Old Church.
Mary Jane, Ernest and Sydney S
Mary Jane, Ernest, and Sydney S before and after they were "received into the homes". John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in ...
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`, ...
Mine Fire At Hamstead Colliery
A postcard issued to commemorate the victims and heroes associated with the 1908 disaster at Hamstead Colliery.
The victims were:
Abner Williamson (44), Headingley Road, Handsworth
Ernest Jones ...
Mitchells & Butlers Brewery, Smethwick
Drawing of No.2 Brewery at Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, from a postcard.
Monument Road, Ladywood
Monument Road, Ladywood, looking north sometime around 1900. The gabled building on the left is the swimming baths, opened on 27th February 1883. The baths, for washing as well as swimming, lasted until ...
Moseley Road Baths, The First Class pool
Elizabeth McKeon remembers going here for a bath. "We went to the Moseley Road Baths across from the Arts school, for a bath ready to dress up and go out at the weekend. The attendants would fill the ...
Moseley Road Tram Depot
The tram depot was part of a showpiece service depot for a revitalised tram service begun in Jan. 1907. As part of a scheme of promotional architecture, it received more elaborate architectural treatment ...
Moseley School of Art
The School of Art, Moseley Road, designed by W.H. Bidlake. This elegant building was opened in 1900 for secondary pupils of exceptional artistic talent. Despite vehement protest it closed as a school ...
Motor -car accident in Perry Barr
Newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Daily Mail, July 25th 1908.
This cutting is one of many in the local press dealing with accidents.
It is unusual as it involves a motor-car rather than a tram or ...
Mr Edgar Evans
A newspaper cutting from the Despatch, July 21st 1905.
Familiar Figures no 691.
A caricature and account of the career of Mr Edgar Evans.
Mr Evans began in Business in Perry Barr as a maltster and ...
Mr Henry Hossell, J.P
A newspaper cutting from the Despatch, 29th May 1905.
Familiar figures no 645.
A caricature and outline of the career of Mr Henry Hossell,J.P.
Amongst many other duties Mr Hossell was a member of ...
Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary Magistrate for Birmingham
Portrait of Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary Magistrate for Birmingham from 1888 to 1905. Thomas Milnes Colmore was born in 1845 into the Colmore family who had been in Birmingham from around 1500 and ...
New Inns Cablecar
Tram outside the New Inns on Holyhead Road. The advert on the front are for two local firms "Reppingtons" and "Hurds" who sold poultry and game etc.