Moseley Road Methodist Church
The ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone at the church.
Moseley Road School of Art
Designed by W.H. Bidlake. It was opened in 1900 for secondary pupils of exceptional talent. It was closed in 1975 and was then owned by the British Association of Muslims.
Moseley Road Tram Depot
The tram depot was part of a showpiece service depot for a revitalised tram service begun in Jan. 1907. As part of a scheme of promotional architecture, it received more elaborate architectural treatment ...
Moseley Road Tram Depot
A line-up of trams at the Moseley Road depot showing the route numbers serving Balsall Heath and Highgate in the 1940s. Today the building is still there and is a wall climbing activity centre.
Moseley School of Art
The School of Art, Moseley Road, designed by W.H. Bidlake. This elegant building was opened in 1900 for secondary pupils of exceptional artistic talent. Despite vehement protest it closed as a school ...
Motor -car accident in Perry Barr
Newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Daily Mail, July 25th 1908.
This cutting is one of many in the local press dealing with accidents.
It is unusual as it involves a motor-car rather than a tram or ...
Moving in to Faraday House - 1962
Gwen Hatton and her family moved from 142 Edward Street (near Spring Hill Library) to Faraday House in 1962. Faraday was one of the four blocks erected on the Lee Bank estate at the top end of the Middleway ...
Mr Edgar Evans
A newspaper cutting from the Despatch, July 21st 1905.
Familiar Figures no 691.
A caricature and account of the career of Mr Edgar Evans.
Mr Evans began in Business in Perry Barr as a maltster and ...
Mr Henry Hossell, J.P
A newspaper cutting from the Despatch, 29th May 1905.
Familiar figures no 645.
A caricature and outline of the career of Mr Henry Hossell,J.P.
Amongst many other duties Mr Hossell was a member of ...
Mr Jolly's House 224 Wellington Road
Nothing else is known about this property on Wellington Road. Any further information would be gratefully received.
Mr Partridge explains....
Children from Woodview Primary School on a school trip to "Dig For Victory". Mr Partridge explains (not for the first time) that he was: "In the first lot you know..." The first lot being the First World ...
Mr Partridge on Dig For Victory Day
Woodview Primary School had a school trip to experience some of the aspects of evacuation. Mr Partridge is here explaining how he was was "in the first lot you know" and "still has shrapnel in his leg"....
Mr Punch?
A punch and judy show from the 1978 carnival.
Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary for Birmingham
Portrait of Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary Magistrate for Birmingham. Thomas Milnes Colmore was born in 1845 and, after being educated at Rugby School and Brasenose College, Oxford, he was called ...
Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary Magistrate for Birmingham
Portrait of Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary Magistrate for Birmingham from 1888 to 1905. Thomas Milnes Colmore was born in 1845 into the Colmore family who had been in Birmingham from around 1500 and ...
Mr Vale, an employee at Soho
This photograph is labelled 'Mr Vale, the last employee of Soho Manufactory'. However it cannot have been taken at Soho Manufactory as it was demolished in the 1860s and this photograph is later than ...
Mrs Bellamy, Perry Barr
Mrs Bellamy of Wellington Road, Perry Barr, c.1900