Indenture from Perry Hall
Perry Hall was built in 1576 by Sir Robert Stamford who was Lord of the Manor of Perry Barr and Handsworth. This was in fact a re-building as there was already an existing building on the site dating ...
Japanese Maples on display
Display at the Birmingham Show in Perry Park in 1985.
Johnstone Street, Perry Barr
The Old Malt Factory, Johnstone Street, Perry Barr, photographed on 21st June 1966.
Johnstone Street, Perry Barr
Disused malthouse, Johnstone Street, Perry Barr, on 21st June 1966
Kettlehouse Farm, Perry Barr
Kettlehouse Farm, Perry Barr. In the fields near the farm the pumping station can be seen in the background. The lady in the picture is Elsie Judd, one of the tenants of the farm in the 1920s.
Kettlehouse Farm, Perry Barr
At Kettlehouse Farm, Holly Lane, Perry Barr, the tenant farmer, George Judd, poses for the camera while his dog 'Mick' does one of his tricks on a snowy day sometime in the 1930s.
Kings Road, Perry Barr
Kings Road, Perry Barr, in April 1928, not long before the atmosphere of timelessness and remote isolation vanished for ever as new estates spread across the countryside.
Kingstanding Road, Perry Barr
The TSB bank (or, as it was then, the Trustee Savings Bank) in Kingstanding Road, Perry Barr, photographed in 1984. In the window to the right of the door can still be seen the key logo of its predecessor, ...
Lieutenant General The Honourable Somerset Gough Calthorpe
A Biography of Somerset Calthorpe, owner of Perry Hall in 1899, taken from the Handsworth Magazine.
Lieutenant General the Hon. Somerset Gough Calthorpe is the fourth son of Baron Calthorpe of Calthorpe, ...
Lithographs of Perry Hall by Charles Walter Radclyffe
Charles Walter Radclyffe (1817-1903). Radclyffe was born in Birmingham, the son of William Radclyffe, and lived and worked in Monument Lane for much of his life. His work is predominately of landscapes ...
Mad dog at Perry Barr
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail, January 20th 1897.
This is the first in a series of news reports dealing with a suspected outbreak of Rabies In Perry Barr.
A collie was seen running madly ...
Max Romeo, Jamaican Vocalist
"Born Max Smith, his initial job was cleaning out irrigation ditches on a sugar plantation. He soon turned to music and co-founded the short lived vocal trio 'Emotions'. As a solo artist he is best known ...
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 ...
Mrs Bellamy, Perry Barr
Mrs Bellamy of Wellington Road, Perry Barr, c.1900
New Draper's shop in Perry Barr
A cutting from the Handsworth Herald announcing the arrival of a new draper's shop in Perry Barr. J.T. Bowers of High Street, Aston were opening a branch six doors from Perry Barr station.
From the ...
New Post Office at Perry Barr
Newscuttings reporting the moving of the Perry Barr Post Office to the corner of Willmore Road and Birchfield Road and at least one user's response to it!
From the G.H. Osborne collection of newscuttings....
No Fireguards - Birmingham Children Burnt to Death
This newscutting deals with the inquests into the deaths of two children, one from Franchise Street, Perry Barr. The mother of two year old Kate West was upstairs when she heard Kate screaming in the ...