Roadblock, Lozells Road during Handsworth disturbances
"Police had blocked off a lot of the streets, with all this going on, there were still moments of calmness. People are going about their business, trying to achieve some kind of normality." Pogus Caesar, ...
Roy Bunn interview
Roy Bunn was born in the Black Country in 1928. He moved to work at Hamstead Colliery in 1952, and often walked underground as far as Sutton Coldfield. He found that many of his fellow miners came from ...
Roy Hattersley MP, Handsworth disturbances
"Roy Hattersley was the MP for Sparkbrook at the time of the disturbances. Surrounded by photographers, he surveys the scene on Lozells Road. Press reports claimed that up to 45 shops were either burnt ...
Royal Wedding Re-Enactment
The wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer as re-created by Clifton Primary School. Prince Charles is Raymond Douglas and Lady Diana is Donna Titley.
Scout rally in Handsworth Park, Handsworth
Birmingham 35th Annual Scout Rally in Handsworth Park, Handsworth, July 3rd 1948. Field Marshal Sir William Slim taking the salute, accompanied by the Lord Mayor, Mr J.C. Burman.
Scout rally, Handsworth Park, Handsworth
Birmingham 35th Annual Scout Rally in Handsworth Park, Handsworth, July 3rd 1948. Field Marshal Sir William Slim took the salute.
Scrapped! Runcorn Scrapyard Is Finally Cleared
After 6 years of campaigning by local residents, the City's Development(Planning)Department officers, backed by the City Sheriff, six uniformed policemen and a large bulldozer, finally took possession ...
Seaside Photos 1980
The ever-popular "seaside photo" this version is from 1980
Seaside Photos 2006
The "Seaside Photo" again this time it's 2006 - 26 years on - and this time it's also the "throw things at people for charity" stall as well.
Sikh Demonstration
"Sikhs protesting against seige at the Golden Temple in Amristar, Punjab. Feelings were running high with protesters calling for a separate state in Khalistan." Pogus Caesar, February 2003.
Silver Jubilee street party preparations in Beach Avenue
In 1977 there were widespread celebrations for the silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Here on Beach Avenue the cookers have been brought outside... and also there is a tractor on hand! The large flag ...
Sinclair Spectrum (with chips?) 1984
"One year the St Pauls computer club built a micro-chip and put it on top of a mini so it was a mini-micro. That was the first float I got involved with building. Next year I wanted to go one better and ...
Sonia Stevenson, Remission, The Well Concert, Symphony Hall 2002.
Remission started as a junior choir in the 1970's. They recorded their first album "A Change is Coming" in 1990. Sonia is a member of the original choir.
Sound System Party, Mohammed Ali Centre
Getting ready for a party with sound system.
South African War Veterans
A reunion at the Palais De Danse of veterans of the Boer War. The man standing to the centre of the foreground group is Colonel L.J.A. Gay. The last British survivor of the Boer War was George Frederick ...
Steven McGregor, Remission, The Well Concert, Symphony Hall, 2002.
Remission is a Black British gospel group based at a Pentecostal church in Walsall. The group has worked for a number of charitable causes including the Roy Castle Cause for Hope Foundation and the Birmingham ...
Suffragette Activity in Handsworth
This article, taken from the Birmingham Daily Mail describes a suspected suffragette arson attack on the boathouse in Handsworth Park. In 1913 Suffragettes in the Women's Social and Political Union ('militant' ...