Necklace and pendant in Asian Jewellers' shop
There is a great tradition of asian jewellers in Balsall Heath. These items are on display in Ladypool Road.
The Indian subcontinent has the longest continuous legacy of jewellery making anywhere since ...
Nelson Mandela Primary School
The school stands on Colville Road and was named in honour of the South African president while he was still in prison. Nelson Mandela Primary School in Birmingham opened it's doors to pupils on 7th September ...
Nelson Mandela's visit to Handsworth
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Nelson Street School
The school was opened in 1876 as Nelson Street Board School and modified on several occasions. This image was donated by John Landon.
Neville Chamberlain - MP for Ladywood and Edgbaston
In the 1918 General Election Chamberlain was elected as the Conservative MP for Ladywood. He refused office under David Lloyd George but accepted the posts Postmaster-General (1923-24) and Minister of ...
Neville Chamberlain - Picture Post front cover
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on the cover of Picture Post in October 1938. Chamberlain had returned from Munich where he had signed the famous agreement with Adolf Hitler which ratified the Sudetenland ...
Neville Chamberlain at the Town Hall
Neville Chamberlain speeking at Birmingham Town Hall. The photograph is dated as 1938 but in fact it has to date from September 1939 onwards. Chamberlain appointed Winston Churchill as First Lord Of The ...
Neville Chamberlain: Ladywood election poster
1923 poster for Neville Chamberlain who represented the constituency at evey General Election from 1918 to 1924. At the 1924 election he narrowly won for the Unionists by 77 votes over the Labour candidate ...
New classroom at Lee Bank Primary School
Promotional picture taken for the brochure for the newly opened Lee Bank Primary School.
New Draper's shop in Perry Barr
A cutting from the Handsworth Herald announcing the arrival of a new draper's shop in Perry Barr. J.T. Bowers of High Street, Aston were opening a branch six doors from Perry Barr station.
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New Era on Lee Bank Middleway
Faraday and Hogarth House on Lee Bank Middleway during the urban renewal. To the right Chiswick House can be seen still under construction. Also some of the old housing on Lee Bank Road (as it was) is ...
New home
There were big differences between living in Edward Street and Faraday House. Both Gwen Hatton and her mother Emily Morton (seen here together) had grown up in the world of back to back housing with outside ...
New Hope Close off Rickman Drive
One of the first developments after the stock transfer which led to Optima COmmunity Association being formed. New Hope Close (a symbolic name) is located off Rickman Drive. Since it was built Rickman ...
New Inns
The old New Inns hotel on the Soho Road.
New Inns
The New Inns Pub was converted into flats, alongside new houses built in 1994, preserving the original character of the old pub. At the rear of the pub, more houses have been built. They are made up of ...
New Inns Cablecar
Tram outside the New Inns on Holyhead Road. The advert on the front are for two local firms "Reppingtons" and "Hurds" who sold poultry and game etc.
New Inns Hotel
The New Inns at 42 Holyhead Road, on the corner of Sandwell Road. This photograph seems to have been taken before the Princes Suite, an Edwardian extension which contained a banqueting hall, was built. ...
New Inns Hotel, Handsworth
New Inns Hotel, Holyhead Road, Handsworth, looking down Sandwell Road.
Note walls covered with advertisements, including posters advertising Colman's Starch and El Destino cigars. From a photograph in ...