St Thomas on Holloway Head
A year after the war ended St Thomas's still shows signs of the bomb that hit it with rubble and debris . Of note here are the graves still present which were subsequently removed along with the rubble....
St Thomas' School
The children in the reception class at St Thomas' Schools look quite well-behaved in this 1947 photograph, but one has to wonder how long it was before the vase of flowers on the table got knocked over. ...
St Thomas's Church - A Century of Church Life by E.R. Mason
This is a history of the church's first 100 years by Ernest Mason. It is famous today for being bombed in World War Two, the surviving church tower was kept as a monument to peace and the grounds around ...
St Thomas's Church and Gardens
St Thomas's Church after completion of the clearance of the area for bomb damage from the war. The tower alone survived the bomb that hit the church, although it had to be shored up as is just about visible ...
St Thomas's School
Miss Ford's classroom at St Thomas's School, looks quite jolly in this 1947 photograph with its vases of flowers and the frieze of rocking horses. The school was on Bath Row, facing what were by now the ...
St Thomas's School construction site
View of the site as construction was about to commence on the new school on Great Colmore Street - replacing the original school on Granville Street.
St Thomas's School on Great Colmore Street
St Thomas's School will be 40 years old in 2007 at the Great Colmore Street location. Prior to that it had been located at the junction of Bath Row and Granville Street.
St Thomas's School wins garden competition
The school came up with a unique idea for a garden on the rooftop playground. Plants were grown inside used tyres instead of pots. This of course had the advantage of reducing risk of injury should a ...
St Thomas's School, Lee Bank
St Thomas's School in Lee Bank was on the corner of Bath Row and Granville Street. In this photograph, dating presumably from the late 1940s, new children are being introduced to the class. The classroom ...
St Thomas's Schools - Senior Mixed Dept concrete extension
In 1911, the accommodation of the schools being exceeded, it was felt that further extension was imperative; and the largest scheme of all was contemplated, viz: the Concrete Extension in Granville Street, ...
St. Andrews Church Magazine - "The Messenger"
The Church Hall of Saint Andrew's on Oxhill Road was used by Shades Of Black for their meetings. St. Andrews would advertise and promote theie activities through their magazine "The Messenger" and also ...
Stafford Mandle & Leonard Davies about 1905
The men are riding early motorbikes built in Handsworth.
Taken in Devonshire Road by Philip Whitehouse.
Stained Glass
Birmingham Glass Studios Ltd, Edward Road. The owner Colin Brittle claims to be the only supplier of stained glass within 100 miles.
Standard bearer party for the Alfred Knight Way official ceremony
The guests for the ceremony were received for a brief service in Sunset Park where this impressive group of ten ex-service personnel waited for them. Knight won the Victoria Cross in 1917 at Ypres and ...
Starkey's Bakery
Starkey's, as this advert from St Luke's Church Magazine says, had several shops in the Birmingham area. The ones covered geographically by this project, and listed in the advert, are at 74 Bristol Street ...
Starling Garage - "Automobile Engineers"
An advertisement for "Starling Garage"
in the programme of the Saint James Church Fancy Fair held on 20th till 23rd November 1929.
Starling offered overhaul services, motorcar repair, automobile accessories, ...
Station Inn, Monument Road, Ladywood
The Station Inn, 373 Monument Road, Ladywood, at the junction with Cope Street (on the left). At the bottom right of the picture is the start of the now-vanished Shakespeare Road. At this point Monument ...
Statue of Christ
Des Berry the sculptor with the original block that will become the statue of Christ which was installed at Balsall Heath Church Centre on the corner of Edward Road Mary Street in 1980