New Student Block on Benmore - by Year Five at Woodview
This is a building of a student accommodation; as you can see it is not fully built yet.
Newcastle, New South Wales in Australia by Joseph Lycett
Joseph Lycett painted the Australian colonies after he was transported there for forgery. Lycett was in fact sent to Newcastle as a consequence of further felonies in Sydney. Lycett eventually returned ...
Newton Place, Handsworth
Newton Place in the Hockley Brook valley, Handsworth, looking towards Soho Hill. On the skyline is St Michael's Church, dating from 1855, on the corner of Soho Hill and St Michael's Road. In this 1964 ...
Newton Smith
Newton Smith's shop selling fabrics stood on the corner of Rookery Road and Westbourne Road.
Advert taken from the programme for the Saint James' Church Fancy Fair held at the New Inns Assembly Rooms ...
Ni' Night
On the ninth night after a death men gather at the deceased's house. They chant readings from the bible intentionally in a long drawn out incoherent way. If someone sounds too clear, they will stop ...
Nineveh Road
This photograph was taken with a zoom lens to highlight how the houses in Handsworth were squeezed together. This and the way that front doors just opened onto the street seemed very strange to newly ...
Nineveh Road
Nineveh Road, near the Junction with Soho Road. This is a view of Court Number One.
Nineveh Road, Handsworth
Nineveh Road, Handsworth, looking towards Bacchus Road, 1906. Bull baiting was recorded on this site as late as 1829, the spectators allegedly watching from the tree.
Nineveh Road, Handsworth
Nineveh Road, Handsworth, from a drawing by Alfred Osborne. The view looks towards Boulton Road and shows the traditional site for bull-baiting, including the tree from which spectators supposedly watched....
Nineveh, Handsworth
A group of cottages known as Nineveh, Handsworth. The present-day Nineveh Road takes its name from them.
Nishkam Sewak Jatha Temple
Handsworth has a large Sikh population. The Temple started in 1974, It is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It has a free kitchen open to all members of the public. Throughout the year it holds services: ...
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 ...
No recount in Ladywood - Decision of Mr Oswald Mosley, Too Costly
Article from the Birmingham Gazette following up on the 1924 election in Ladywood when Oswald Mosley came very close to defeating the sitting MP - Neville Chamberlain. The text is as follows:
Mr Oswald ...
Norman Tiptaft Election Poster 1922
Tiptaft had unsuccessfully contended the 1918 General Election as an Independent candidate, losing to the Unionist Ernest Meysey-Thompson. Since then in 1919 he had been returned as a Councillor for the ...
Norman Tiptaft Facts For Voters Poster 1918
Tiptaft contested the 1918 General Election as an Independent candidate. Here he sets out his "facts for voters" to consider before deciding who to vote for. Tiptaft lost the election to the sitting MP ...
Norman Tiptaft General Election Poster 1918
Norman Tiptaft contested the 1918 General Election for Handsworth as an Independent candidate. Tiptaft lived at 28 Wye Cliff Road in Handsworth and had been a cadet in the RFC (Royal Flying Corps) recently ...
Northbrook Street
The reason for the huge queue at what appears to be a tobbaconist is unknown. The photograph is provisionally dated at around 1918 so perhaps they are waiting for news from the war. The businesses open ...
Norvic Shoes
Advert for Norvic Shoes as sold by A.F. Hodges of Hagley Road. The proprietor is listed as being Dorothy Hamblin. Shoes were subject to rationing during and after the war and had to be paid for by coupons ...