Particulars of Cherry Orchard Farm to be sold by auction [1st page]
Front page of particulars of the Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth, now in the occupation of Sarah Heathcote, to be sold by auction 23 December, 1812. Accompanying plan.
Creation: 23rd December 1812; ...
Particulars of Cherry Orchard Farm to be sold by auction [2nd page]
Second page of particulars of the Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth, now in the occupation of Sarah Heathcote, to be sold by auction 23 December, 1812. Accompanying plan.
Creation: 23rd December 1812; ...
Particulars of Cherry Orchard Farm to be sold by auction [accompanying plan]
Plan that accompanies the particulars of the Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth, now in the occupation of Sarah Heathcote, to be sold by auction 23 December, 1812.
Creation: 23rd December 1812; paper. ...
Passion Beyond Reason
Side window of the newsagents' shop on Holloway Head near Clydesdale Tower. The poster changes on a regular basis but this one seemed intriguing below the old windows above.
Pearce Brothers - General House Furnishers
Pearce Brothers seem to have been quite prominent in the Ladywood area. Their offices are listed as being on Shakespeare Road and at 307 Monument Road. The showroom is listed at 69 Monument Road.
Peckam Road, Kingstanding
Street party in Peckam Road, Kingstanding, to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
Peckham Road School, Kingstanding
Peckham Road School, Kingstanding, 1955
Peckham Road School, Kingstanding
The Senior Girls Festival in 1934. The two girls to the bottom left are in the top of an upturned vaulting horse.
Peggy Gilbert interview
Peggy Gilbert was born in Yorkshire in 1928. Her father was a miner, and when she was 8 he got a job at Hamstead Colliery on the outskirts of Handsworth:
To listen to an extract of this interview select ...
Penny token by William Booth (obverse)
This penny token was manufactured by William Booth, the notorious forger. He moved to Perry Barr in the early eighteenth century and produced tokens such as these as a cover for his forging activities.
Various ...
Penny Token by William Booth (reverse)
This penny token was manufactured by William Booth, the notorious forger. He moved to Perry Barr in the early eighteenth century and produced tokens such as these as a cover for his forging activities.
Various ...
Percy Shurmer School, Longmore Street
The school was built in 1962-3 and named after Percy Shurmer, City Councillor and MP for Sparkbrook, who lived locally in Belgrave Road. This school now also accommodates The Play House, a Theatre in ...
Percy W. Cox - Building Contractor
Percy W.Cox traded as a builder from 54 Grove Lane, one door from the junction with Grove Avenue.
Advert taken from the programme for the Saint James' Church Fancy Fair held at the New Inns Assembly ...
Perrott's Folly
The Folly in Waterworks Road which was built by John Perrott in 1758.
Perrott's Folly with the Weather Observatory
In 1884 Abraham Follett Osler, the renowned inventor of the self-regulating anemometer, decided it would be the ideal place to do accurate meteorological readings. So for the next 95 years, under the ...
Perry Hall by Charles Walter Radclyffe
The image is taken from a book of lithographs of Perry Hall published by Wrightson and Webb of New Street in Birmingham. Charles Walter Radclyffe (1817-1903)was born in Birmingham. His work is predominately ...
Perry Barr Crematorium
Illustration from the Mercury of the newly opened crematorium.