Lee Bank Video
Lee Bank Video was one of the stores at the end of Lee Bank Middleway near to the Bristol Street junction. Its fortunes probably declined with the erosion of the video rental industry by DVD. This sign ...
Lee Crescent - by Year Five at Woodview School
This view was taken by the children while on a walking tour of the area where they go to school. Lee Crescent is noted for it's beautiful Georgian houses. At one time the grass bank the middle and right ...
Leisure Centre
In June 1983 work started on the new leisure pool, which was to replace the old swimming baths in Grove Lane. The leisure centre has the following facilities, two swimming pools, (1) 15-metre small pool, ...
Lidl Supermarket on Moseley Road
Lion of Benmore
Outside a house in Murrell Close stands a pair of lions standing guard over the property.
Local History Field Trip - by Year Five at Woodview
A gallery of photographs taken by Year Five on their trip around the area looking for signs of the past and the changes in the present. Some of the captions here were also written by the children.
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Looking across Attwood Green
This is the view from the staff kitchen at the new Optima offices on Bell Barn Road. Behind the trees in the foreground can be seen Moonlit Park.
Looking down New Street during the VE Day 60th Anniversary celebrations
Note the modern smaller barrage balloon flying by the fountain.
Malvern Street Easter Fair
Malvern Street Playground Easter Fair 9 April 1977 Children enjoying activities on a site which three years later saw the development of Malvern Street Farm. In years gone by this was a terraced street....
Malvern Street Easter Fair
Malvern Street Playground Easter Fair 9 April 1977 Children enjoying activities on a site which three years later saw the development of Malvern Street Farm. In years gone by this was a terraced street...
Market
Handsworth Market, once a thriving busy part of life in Handsworth. After numerous fires to the remains, the site was left derelict, such an eyesore! Last year the bulldozer came and flattened the land, ...
Mary Street
Terraced housing on Mary Street featuring some stylish decorative brick work around the windows and doors.
Mary Street
The 2010 site of the original 144 Mary Street once the home of the Bartley Family. Balsall Heath Church Centre on the right of the photo, is situated at the corner of Mary Street and Edward Road. Sections ...
Masonic Lodge on Severn Street
This grade A listed building stands opposite the Mailbox retail development. Prior to being a Lodge it was used as a Synagogue.
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 ...
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 ...
McDonalds Drive-In Restaurant
The McDonald's restaurant occupies a site on the junction of Lee Bank Middleway and Bristol Road. Prior to the building of McDonald's this site was occupied by the Abc/ Bristol Cinema.
McDonald's Restaurant - by Year Five at Woodview
The restaurant is on the Bristol Road. This is a great picture from the class - the captured reflections are amazing.