Metal worker's store on Brunswick Road
Eric, from the Caribbean, is a well known local man who works with wire and metals from his lockup on Brunswick Road - near the Ladypool Road end. Eric can often be seen with his push cart wandering around ...
Metro Gates
Winson Green Metro Station gates. What I like best about them is the ornamental décor reflects the history of the Handsworth area: wheels, cogs, steam, and pumps, which were what the area was once famous ...
Metro Station
Handsworth has its own Metro station. I thought it would be nice to show some evidence of the environmental improvements to the area. Its quicker travelling by Metro, than by bus to get to Birmingham ...
Metro Train
The Metro stop in Handsworth is at Booth Street. As you move from the Winson Green stop you can see the surrounding area of James Watt School and what we would have viewed from the embankment as children....
Michael Manley, Jamaican Prime Minister
"Born 1924. Elected to Parliment 1967, he succeeded his father as PNP President in 1969. He had two terms as Prime Minister; the first in 1972-80. Manley was a Socialist and had close links with Fidel ...
Michael Manley, Jamaican Prime Minister
"Jamaica's most controversial leader; he was influenced by his father Norman Washington Manley, who he succeeded as PNP leader 1969. He was a socialist, and had close links with Cuba. He had two terms ...
Mickey Mouse gas mask
Publicity photograph to show children what the "Mickey Mouse" gas masks were
like. These were coloured red to make them more attractive to children. There does not though appear to be too much of a ...
Mid Autumn Festival
Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Sue Anderson, and the Vietnamese children's entertainment show.
Mid Autumn Festival
Girls dancing in traditional Vietnamese dress.
Mid Autumn Festival
Mrs Nga Ngoc Vuong, the Chair Person makes her speech to start the Mid Autumn Festival 1998.
Mid Autumn Festival
Outside of the hall, the Vietnamese children play games with the Thornhill local police officers.
Mid Autumn Festival
Mrs Nga Do, Community Chair, making a speech at the Mid Autumn Festival.
Mid Autumn Festival
The Lord Mayor, Sue Anderson, receives a huge lantern gift from the Vietnamese Community.
Mid Autumn Festival
The guests at the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Mid Autumn Festival
Mr Quy Chu introduces the new 8th Vietnamese Management Committee (1999-2001.
Mid Autumn Festival
Supt Geoff Rees and his colleagues from the Thornhill Police Station said the New Year greeting to the Vietnamese people.
Middleway to Bath Row
This view captures the changing face of the Lee Bank area. In the foreground we have two of the Middleway blocks built as part of the urban renewal of the nineteen fifties and sixties. The road running ...