The Yurt, Balsall Heath City Farm
Here we see a group of school children making use of the Yurt which visited Balsall Heath in April 2000 as part of a country-wide project by the City Farms Federation to carry the message that everyone ...
Theft of Boots at Handsworth
A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth Herald", 5th January 1895. This gives details of a case heard at the Staffordshire Sessions in which Ernest Hems,aged 14, was accused of stealing a pair of boots ...
Thomas Bates and Sally Hodgkinson, Lee Bank Road
Lee Bank Road newsagent Thomas Bates with family friend Sally Hodgkinson. Mr Bates was murdered on June 2nd 1962 while in his shop. Oswald Grey was convicted of the crime and was subsequently executed ...
Thomas Chatwin Great Tindal Street
Chatwin's metal engineers on Great Tindal Street, Ladywood. This advert dates from 1888.
Thomas Kendrick
An abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available for download.Pakington House was located at number 64 in Trinity Road.
Mr Thomas Kendrick, who has long resided at ...
Thomas Woolley retires from Burmans
Presentation ceremony for Thomas Woolley on his retirement from Burman's. Mr Woolley lived and worked in the local area for many years.
Thornhill House
Thornhill House from the fields, near to the railway line, showing also the rope-walk in the middle of the image.
Thornhill House, Soho Road, Handsworth
Thornhill House, Handsworth. It was occupied in the eighteenth century by John Scales who worked at the Soho Manufactory. James Watt junior lived there prior to moving to Aston Hall, then Matthew Boulton's ...
Thousands are flocking to Bradshaws
Advert for Bradshaws in the Evening Despatch. Principally it outlines the reasons behind their closure. The cartoon at the top names the new scheme for the area as the "Bath Row Re-Development" which ...
Thunderbolt at Perry Barr
Newspaper cutting from the Evening Despatch June 4th 1908.
An account is given of the damage done by a thunderstorm on the night of June 4th 1908. In particular a lightning strike in Aston Lane is detailed, ...
Tibbitt's Fish and Poultry Market
Tibbitt's fish and poultry market stood on the Soho Road.
The advert is taken from the programme for the Saint James' Church Fancy Fair held at the New Inns Assembly Rooms November 20th to 23rd 1929.
Time Gentlemen Please!
Empty pint glass and cigarette packet left on a ledge outside the Craven Arms in Blucher/ Gough Street. The outside of this pub is a stunning example of Victorian tiling.
Tindal St School
Opened in 1880 to accomodate 813 children who paid fees ranging between 1d and 3d. Tindal Schools (boys, girls and infants) were regarded as shining examples of excellence and achieved consistently higher ...
Tindal Street Infant School
Children at Tindal Street Infant School in 1939. Several of these children were shortly to be evacuated. Amongst the group here is Alan Hemming.
Tindal Street Junior and Infant School
Tindal Street Junior and Infant School opened in 1880 to accommodate 813 children who paid fees ranging between Id and 3d. Originally the Boys, Girls and Infants were all treated as separate schools, ...
Toll Gate and Rose Hill House
Rose Hill House occupied a site at the corner of Soho Road and Rose Hill Road, opposite the former Methodist chapel. It was the residence of William Creighton who was an engineer employed at the Soho ...
Toll Gates on Hamstead and Villa Road
Watercolour sketch of the toll gates. This sketch was made in 1872, the year of the gates removal, and is copied from a contemporary photograph. The gates were originally installed in 1727. The house ...
Toll-gate in Hamstead Road, Handsworth
Toll-gate at the junction of Hamstead Road and Villa Road, Handsworth. The gate was removed in 1872 and the house subsequently used as a girls' school.