Man and woman sat on chairs wearing wedding attire taken at studio
From The Ernest Dyche Collection.
Man and woman, both well dressed, standing in front of blank studio backdrop
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
Man and woman, holding hands in front of woodland studio backdrop
From The Ernest Dyche Collection.
Man in suit without tie with woman and two girls in traditional South Asian attire
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
Man wearing blue suit waistcoat and blue shirt with child in suit without jacket
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
Man wearing grey suit with blue shirt holding baby
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
Man wearing suit and woman wearing traditional Asian dress,
sat in front of table with flowers on.
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
Manku and Sons, Ladypool Road
Local children pose outside Manku which sells toys and childrens' wear.
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. ...
Map reading on the Lickey Hills
Local Edgbaston residents Bernard Allen and Raymond Yardley are among the group of army cadets shown here. B Company of the 10th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment were based at Thorpe Street. They ...
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.
Marcus Garvey Day Nursery
This was one of the first nurseries set up specifically to care for young black children.
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.