Ladywood Secondary School, Freeth Street, Ladywood
These are the remaining pupils and staff at Ladywood Secondary School before it closed in July 1990. The school was only built in the 1970s, having been intended to open in 1972 although building delays ...
Lea Mason Secondary School
View from Hogarth House of Lea mason Secondary School. This was closed down and is today the St Thomas Centre including the James Brindley School. To the left of the school is Bell Barn Road with the ...
Lee Bank Primary School
Plan of the school as published in the brochure commemorating the opening of the school. The school is now called Woodview Junior and Infants.
Lee Bank Primary School
Promotional photograph taken to mark the school's opening.
Lee Bank Primary School Football Team
This team in 1974 won the Kalamazoo Shield knockout trophy as well as the third division of the Kings Norton League.
Lee Bank Primary School: Order of Ceremony
The Mayor was Harold Edward Tyler who asked Alderman Hall to present the listed dignitaries to HRH Princess Alexandra at the opening of Lee Bank Primary School.
Lee Bank Primary School: the football team's success
An extract from the school diary documenting sports success and staff changes...
23 Apr. School reassembles following the Easter holidays. The school football team has also won the Championship Shield ...
Lee Bank Primary School: The official opening
This brochure was published for the opening of the school and is reproduced here in full.
Lee Bank School Diary
The entry reads:
23 April: School reassembles following the Easter holidays. The school football team has also won the championship shield of Division III of the Kings Norton League.
May: Five candidates ...
Lee Bank Secondary School
The former Lee Bank Secondary School located just off Bell Barn Road. The site is now (2005) in use as the E.R. Mason Centre and James Brindley School. Rising in the middle distance is Haddon Tower standing ...
Left Promenade of the Tower Ballroom
This is taken from an official brochure for the Tower Ballroom during the 1920's. It is captioned as being the left promenade although it looks as though we are on the right hand side - perhaps it depends ...
Lloyd George escapes at Birmingham Town Hall
On 18 December 1901, giving a characteristically trenchant pro-Boer, anti-war speech at Birmingham Town Hall, Lloyd George was practically lynched by a patriotic mob and had to escape from the building ...
Local Schools
A series of pictures of local primary and secondary schools.
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 ...
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 ...
Main Entrance of Grove Lane Baths
The main entrance to the baths with the seperate entries for women and men clearly visible. The baths were opened on 28th January 1907.
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.