All Saints Church (reverse of postcard)
This postcard was sent by a mother to her convalescing son, a World War One casualty. Private Harold Willey (16629) survived the War. his convalescence was at the Battenhall Red Cross Hospital in Worcestershire. ...
All Saints' Church, Hockley
View of the interior of All Saints' Church, Hockley, looking towards the altar. The church was on the west side of All Saints Street, between Lodge Road and Crabtree Road. This postcard view bears the ...
Allotments
The thriving and always popular Handsworth allotments. The best home grown food on the table! A way of life for many(a pastime for others). Part of the cultural heritage people bring with them when they ...
Alston Street
Coley's Privision Shop at the junction with Johnstone Street. Both streets have since been demolished but this crossroads lies near to Rodney Close.
Alton Ellis, Jamaican Vocalist
"Alton Ellis, originally a dancer, started singing in the 1950s, his unique vocal style was influenced by the black churches. Over the past 25 years he performed many times at the Santa Rosa / Rialto ...
Amex Wines on Mary Street
Serving "wines from the world".
'And Most Divinely Fair'
Photograph by Ruth Handley, nd. Process: plastika.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist in portrait photography. Mostly known for her photographs of actors and actresses who visited ...
Anderton Park Primary pupils
Pupils looking at the display of vegetables on sale at a greengrocers on Ladypool Road.The photograph taken by pupils from Anderton Park School as part of a project looking at how Ladypool Road has changed ...
Anderton Park Primary School
A piece of work written about Eric the scrap man whose premises are at the corner of Ladypool Road and Brunswick Road by a pupil from Anderton Park School as part of a project looking at how Ladypool ...
Anderton Street
Norman Bartlam writes that: This picture and others like it filled the pages of the local press as a prelude to a visit to the area by Housing Minister Richard Crossman. After the ministerial visit, which ...
Anderton Street
Josephine Codling lived at 115 Anderton Street. She is seen here holding her son Ricky and (on the right) her friend's son David Bannister.
Anderton Street celebrates
The residents are gathered to celebrate the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The boy on the right in the white peaked cap is Ernie Pearce. Leslie Checkley, who donated the photograph, recalled ...
Anderton Street Coronation celebrations
Street party celebrating the coronation of George VI on May 12th 1937 at Westminster Abbey. This photograph was taken in the yard of 2 back Anderton Street.
Anderton Street Recreation Ground
Taken circa 1955. The two little boys are Ray and Graham Usher.
Andy Hamilton, Saxophonist, Ralf DeCambre, Guitarist
"Andy Hamilton, saxophonist ,was born in 1918, Port Maria, Jamaica. His first exposure to music was through his family and the church, and he made his first saxaphone out of bamboo. In 1928 he formed ...
Aneurin "Nye" Bevan in Calthorpe Park
Labour politician Nye Bevan is seen here addressing the May Day Rally in Calthorpe Park. Bevan was Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1959 - 1960 (when he died). As Minister of Health in the post ...
'Anita in Black'
Photograph by Ruth Handley, nd.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist in portrait photography. Mostly known for her photographs of actors and actresses who visited her Handsworth studio.
This ...
Annual Fuchsia Show, St Thomas' School
Poster for the Annual Fuchsia Show held by the Birmingham and District Fuchsia Society at St Thomas' School on Great Colmore Street.