Nishkam Sewak Jatha Temple
Handsworth has a large Sikh population. The Temple started in 1974, It is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It has a free kitchen open to all members of the public. Throughout the year it holds services: ...
No Fireguards - Birmingham Children Burnt to Death
This newscutting deals with the inquests into the deaths of two children, one from Franchise Street, Perry Barr. The mother of two year old Kate West was upstairs when she heard Kate screaming in the ...
No recount in Ladywood - Decision of Mr Oswald Mosley, Too Costly
Article from the Birmingham Gazette following up on the 1924 election in Ladywood when Oswald Mosley came very close to defeating the sitting MP - Neville Chamberlain. The text is as follows:
Mr Oswald ...
Norman Tiptaft Election Poster 1922
Tiptaft had unsuccessfully contended the 1918 General Election as an Independent candidate, losing to the Unionist Ernest Meysey-Thompson. Since then in 1919 he had been returned as a Councillor for the ...
Norman Tiptaft Facts For Voters Poster 1918
Tiptaft contested the 1918 General Election as an Independent candidate. Here he sets out his "facts for voters" to consider before deciding who to vote for. Tiptaft lost the election to the sitting MP ...
Norman Tiptaft General Election Poster 1918
Norman Tiptaft contested the 1918 General Election for Handsworth as an Independent candidate. Tiptaft lived at 28 Wye Cliff Road in Handsworth and had been a cadet in the RFC (Royal Flying Corps) recently ...
Northbrook Street
The reason for the huge queue at what appears to be a tobbaconist is unknown. The photograph is provisionally dated at around 1918 so perhaps they are waiting for news from the war. The businesses open ...
Norvic Shoes
Advert for Norvic Shoes as sold by A.F. Hodges of Hagley Road. The proprietor is listed as being Dorothy Hamblin. Shoes were subject to rationing during and after the war and had to be paid for by coupons ...
Norvic Shoes of Hagley Road
An advert for Norvic Shoes from the Second World War. The shoes are said to be the best value for "your five coupons". The coupons being those used as part of rationing. Dorothy M. Hamblin is the proprietress ...
Notes on evacuation from St Thomas's School logbook
These notes were written as Britain approached declaring war on Germany in September 1939.
28th August
Several members of the staff arrived at school at 7:15am for the rehearsals of evacuation of ...
Number 55A Lee Crescent
In the distance are the tower blocks of Lee Bank. This photograph would appear to be the back of 55A on Lee Crescent.
Number 6 in Court 42, Grosvenor Street West
Early twentieth century view of Grosvenor Street West. It runs behind Broad Street up to Tescos and has much changed in a hundred years. Only the White Swan Public House and the wharf remain from this ...
Number 61 Bell Barn Road
Undated photograph of the back to back style housing which originally stood on Bell Barn Road. It is probably from the nineteen fifties which is when the majority of these Public Works photgraphs were ...
Number 7 Court in Camden Grove
Another court terrace off Camden Street in Ladywood. A very evocative image from the early part of last century.
Number nineteen Wynn Street
Two years after the war had finished. Wynn Street was completely flattened as part of the urban renewal programme and replaced with new housing.
Number One, Back of Number Seven on Tennant Street
Taken in 1905 when Tennant Street included many back to back style houses. Today Tennant Street forms part of the perimeter of the Five Ways Estate which consists of blocks of flats - a very different ...
Number Six Court in Camden Grove
Undated photograph but probably from the early part of the twentieth century. Camden Grove lay off Camden Street. In the far distance is the local church and a group of people standig at the end of the ...
Numbers 55-62 Edward Street
A.A.Howes' handyman's shop is on the corner of The Parade. The building to the right with the pointed roof is the Lyric cinema. The posters on the buildings include adverts for "Pintaman", Surf washing ...