Essex Street towards Clydesdale Tower
This is the view looking up Essex Street, across The Horsefair, with Clydesdale Tower in the distance. the shops on either side are still recognisable from the early twentieth century. Up till 1961 you ...
Essington Street - George V Jubilee
Local residents posing for a photograph during celebrations for the jubilee of King George V. The King celebrated 25 years on the throne on May 6th 1935.
Evacuation at New Street
Evacuation from Birmingham commenced on September 1st 1939, two days before the British Govt declared war on Germany. On September 1st Germany invaded Poland and in Birmingham 75,000 children were evacuated ...
Evacuation at New Street
75,000 schoolchildren were evacuated from Birmingham on September 1st. In this scene at New Street Station the army are helping out with loading luggage onto the train. The background street is hard to ...
Excerpts from the log book of Nelson Street Schools
An interesting series from the school log. This was originally published in the "Brew 'Us Bugle". Amongst the topics discussed are the evacuation of children from Castle Bromwich railway station to Worksop. ...
Exeter Passage off Holloway Head, Ladywood
Exeter Passage photographed by Public Works in 1968. The road is still there today, albeit only just, as it is one of the last parts of the Lee Bank area to closely resemble a world war two bombsite. ...
Exeter Passage off Holloway Head, Ladywood
Exeter passage lies on the side of Holloway Head where Blucher and Marshall Street are located, down towards Cleveland Tower. This area still features some of the industrial buildings that were a feature ...
Exeter Place, Ladywood
Exeter Place was located just off Holloway Head on what we might now refer to as the "mailbox side". The picture apparently was taken on 1st January 1965 and is an interesting snapshot of urban living ...
Extracts from "Osmag"
"Osmag" was the magazine or chronicle of Osler Street Secondary Modern Boys' School. These extracts from the school log namecheck several pupils including L. Lantham, F. Frazier, M. Cox and Michael Atkinson.
The ...
F.H. Simms - Family Grocer
An advert for the shop which, as the advert says, was at 29 Monument Road. As well as being a grocer it supplied tea and other provisions.
Father Christmas comes to Lewis's
Advert printed in the Birmingham Evening Mail. Every year Lewis's Department Store in Birmingham City Centre would welcome Father Christmas. His arrival at the Grotto was preceded by a tour across Birmingham. ...
Father Joseph V. Hymers - St. Catherine of Siena
Father Hymers took over at St Catherine's after the death of Father Fenn. This was not immediate as Dr. E. Berry succeeded Father Fenn first but left in February 1908 after only a few months. Apart from ...
Father Patrick Maguire - St Catherine of Siena
Father Maguire came to St Catherine's from Tile Hill in Coventry during October 1961. Father Maguire oversaw the move from the old St Catherine's to the new building which stands to this day. He also ...
Faulkes Furriers
Faulkes Furriers stood near Five Ways on Calthorpe Road not far from the statue of Joseph Sturge.
Feast of Tabernacles at Singers Hill Synagogue 1915
This picture, from Picture World newspaper, shows the congregation gathered around the Succoth.
Feast of Tabernacles at Singers Hill Synagogue in 1915
The minister and helpers. The Reverend J. Finck in the centre with, to his right, the Reverend B. Alperowitz and, to his left, the Reverend and Mrs A. Cohen. Services were conducted each day during the ...
Field Marshall Sir Claude Auchinleck
This statue of Sir Claude Auchinleck was commissioned and paid for by the Murrayfield Real Estate Company Ltd., the developers of Five Ways Shopping Centre. It is believed that Auchinleck sat for a bust, ...
Fire at Clement Street, Ladywood
This article was in the Weekly Post. It concerns a fire at the premises of Mr. S. Peacock, Stamper and brassfounder of 55 Clement Street, Parade. The blaze was controlled by the local fire brigade but ...