Annual General Meeting
Placing a vote for the Management Committee of the MVCA.
Anti Nazi Demonstration, High Street, Deritend
Police protect the Digbeth Civic Hall where the Nazi National Front are meeting.
Anti-Aircraft Gun Emplacements (Hill Top) - Sites and Monuments Record
Two re-inforced concrete gun emplacements, with the remains of 6 magazines in each, together with mounting holes for guns. A concrete service road circles around them. The remains of two concrete structures ...
Antrobus Road in the Blitz
Backs of bomb damaged houses in Antrobus Road, Handsworth on the morning of February 13th 1941.
Antrobus Road in the Blitz
Front of houses in Antrobus Road the morning after a night-time air raid. This photograph was taken on February 13th 1941.
Apache Indian, Reggae / Bhangra Artist
"Steven Kapur aka Apache Indian born 1967, Handsworth, Birmingham. For well over a decade he has skillfully fused Bhangra and Reggae to achieve international chart success, including seven British Top ...
Archdale and Company, Ledsam Street
Front of a catalogue for the Manchester Works site of James Archdale and Company. The site was on Ledsam Street. Many Ladywood locals were employed here.
Arden Road, Perry Barr
Arden Road, off Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, from a postcard
Arlington House off Charlotte Road
Located on the Woodview estate and built as part of the new council house estate in that area. Woodview is undergoing (2005) massive transformation as part of the Optima Community Association's redevelopment ...
ARP Holyhead Road Area in Handsworth
Hand-drawn Sketch plan of streets and area covered by ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Holyhead Road Sub-division Group C26, with a hand-written list of roads and corresponding numbers of houses, and location ...
ARP Log Book August 18th 1940
A page from an Air-Raid Warden's logbook during the blitz.
No 7.
Aug 18/1940
Sirens sounded at 22.44/45 hrs.
Very dark night.
Wardens again on the alert having previously heard plane and observed ...
ARP Log Book October 17th to 18th 1940
Raid No 107 October 17th 1940
Warning sounded at 19:58 hours, three red
flashes from Aston side of the city at 20.00hrs
20:24 incendiary bomb toward Aston side
Raider passed 23:00 hours
S1 ...
ARP Shelter toilets at George Road
The toilet cubicles in the shelter are between the main rooms. All of the doors have now gone but some of the pans and cisterns remain, one or two still being apparently useable.
ARP shelter under George Road
The former air-raid shelter consists of a maze of corridors and rooms, unused since the end of World War II. This is one of the corridors with the painted "no smoking" sign still in evidence on the wall....
Arthur Heard and Dennis Perks with giant Delphiniums
Taken in Handsworth Park.
Arthur Rose - Butcher and S. Darlington - Newsagent
Two adverts from the programme for the Saint James' Church Fair held at the New Inns Assembly Rooms between November 20th to 23rd 1929. Arthur Rose simply conveys he is a butcher while S. Darlington expands ...
Article on Soho House by Arthur T Bolton, page 1
This article on Soho House by Arthur T Bolton was published in Country Life on 6th November 1913. This page includes photographs of the Entrance Hall and Dining Room. The plan shows it as it was in ...
Ashbourne Road
Ashbourne Road lies off Shenstone and Rotton Park Road not far from the Cape Hill Brewery. The houses are not so different today. This is one of the Nightingales postcard series.