ARP Log Book October 17th to 18th 1940
Raid No 107 October 17th 1940
Warning sounded at 19:58 hours, three red
flashes from Aston side of the city at 20.00hrs
20:24 incendiary bomb toward Aston side
Raider passed 23:00 hours
S1 ...
The Birmingham Carnival 2003
Costumed leader of a troupe in the Birmingham Carnival procession, on Church Lane, Handsworth.
The Birmingham Carnival 2003
Food stall at the Birmingham Carnival fair at Perry Park, Perry Barr.
The Birmingham Carnival 2003
Barbeque in the beer garden of the Calthorpe Arms public house, with the Birmingham Carnival procession passing behind, on Wellington Road, Handsworth.
The Birmingham Carnival 2003
A cycling onlooker of the Birmingham Carnival procession, as it passes through Church Lane, Handsworth.
Handsworth "Through My Eyes" - by Dorrette Hanson
Dorrette Hanson was born and grew up in Handsworth and decided to record her life and experience there after winning a Millenium Award. She later recieved funding from HART- Handsworth Regeneration Trust. ...
Soho Foundry 1897 Inventory
This inventory appears in its entirety, page by page.
'Inventory of the Plant and Machinery in the Engineering, Foundry, and Smithy Departments (including tools, &c. in Smithy), at the Soho Foundry, ...
Hamstead Colliery Disaster March 1908
In 1875 the Hamstead Colliery Company purchased the Hamstead estate to look for coal; the colliery, by Great Barr station, was launched in July. Coal was essential for industry, and for domestic heating. ...
Hamstead Colliery, Handsworth
Hamstead Colliery, Handsworth, after the accident on 4th March 1908 when 23 miners were trapped underground. The postcard draws attention to a message from the Queen.
Lodge, Thornhill House
The Lodge House to Thornhill Road which was the house of Miss Anne Boulton, daughter of Matthew Boulton, built in 1826. In 1881 Thomas Wetherley, a 55 year-old gardener lived here with his wife and son....
Hamstead Colliery Disaster March 4th 1908
The deaths of 29 miners in the disaster shocked the local community. Funds were raised in a variety of ways for families of the victims. Several commemorative postcards were issued such as this one which ...
Hamstead Colliery, Hamstead
Sketch of Hamstead Colliery, Hamstead, taken from the Birmingham Daily Mail, 1898. Land was acquired for the colliery from the Hon. G.C. Calthorpe of Perry Hall in 1875 and slow progress was made until ...
Hamstead Colliery, Hamstead
Pamphlet published to invite 'the many business friends of Hamstead Colliery (1930) Limited' and interested members of the public to view the pithead baths at Hamstead Colliery on the weekend of 22nd/23rd ...
Hamstead Colliery, Hamstead
General view of Hamstead Brickworks, Old Walsall Road, Hamstead. The brickworks were a department of Hamstead Colliery (1930) Limited.
Hamstead Colliery, Hamstead
Hamstead Brickworks, Old Walsall Road, Hamstead. The brickworks formed part of the colliery and were located between Old Walsall Road and the Tame Valley Canal.
The Handsworth Herald and the Hamstead Colliery Disaster
The Handworth Herald followed the events at Hamstead Colliery. George Henry Osborne of Perry Barr collated several volumes of newscuttings from this paper and they can be seen in the Local Studies Department ...
George Hallett: Handsworth through Southern Eyes
George Hallett came to Handsworth in 1971 and 1972, when he was commissioned by the Times Educational Supplement to take photographs of the black community in the area. This gallery contains some of ...
Matthew Murray: Wrestlers at Holyhead Leisure Centre
Matthew Murray - text by Addie Vassie at hug, Amsterdam
Matthew’s images are universal in their insight and unintentionally have a tendency to make the viewer smile, by essentially capturing ...