Malt and Hops Magazine February 1943. Front cover
Front cover of the Davenports Brewery magazine "Malt and Hops". This was an internal magazine for the brewery workers and although the cover shows Winston Churchill there is no article about him included....
Malthouse Gardens and Lozells Road
"Outside the Lozells Inn public house,the Fire Brigade were on alert, as some gas pipes still had to be disconnected, this element made the situation potentially dangerous." Pogus Caesar, February 2003....
Malvern Street Easter Fair
Children enjoying activities on a site which three years later saw the development of Malvern Street Farm. In years gone by this was a terraced street.
Malvern Street Easter Fair
Malvern Street Playground Easter Fair 9 April 1977 Children enjoying activities on a site which three years later saw the development of Malvern Street Farm. In years gone by this was a terraced street....
Malvern Street Playcentre opening ceremony
Lord Mayor, Councillor George Canning, opening Malvern Street Play Centre's farmyard. This was one of the last ceremonies performed by the Lord Mayor before completing his term of office.
Malvern Street Easter Fair
Malvern Street Playground Easter Fair 9 April 1977 Children enjoying activities on a site which three years later saw the development of Malvern Street Farm. In years gone by this was a terraced street...
Manku and Sons, Ladypool Road
Local children pose outside Manku which sells toys and childrens' wear.
Manwoods, Handsworth
Manwoods, Handsworth. Built on the site of an earlier house, the Manwoods farmhouse was built in a secluded position to the east of Park Lane in 1680.
Map of Handsworth Cemetery in 1910
Handsworth Cemetery's first interment was on Monday 22nd November 1909. The area occupies some 68 acres. This map is taken from the brochure for the opening of the Cemetery Chapel on 1st October 1910. ...
Marcus Garvey Day Nursery
This was one of the first nurseries set up specifically to care for young black children.
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:
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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:
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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.