The Queen's Hospital becomes the Accident Hospital
This cartoon appeared in the Birmingham Despatch. The caption notes that 50 beds are already occupied! The Accident Hospital has itself closed down since then. It was located at the top end of Bath Row ...
The Regent Cinema
The Regent was also known as The Ledsam due to it being on Ledsam Street. It was opened in 1910 and closed about 1959, which was when this picture was taken.
The Reverends Webster, Whicker and Sheppard (St Thomas's Church)
In 1898, the Rev F S Webster accepted the Living of All Soul’s Langham Palace, London, and he was succeeded by the Rev. W G S Whicker, whose devoted labours on behalf of both Church and Schools are well ...
The Royal Mint, Icknield Street, Ladywood
The Royal Mint public house stood at 200 Icknield Street, Ladywood, taking its name from the actual Mint that is on the opposite side of the road. Presumably people only became confused if they had been ...
The Royal visit to St Philip's Cathedral
Princess Diana planted a tree at St Philip's Cathedral in Birmingham while here to re-open Victoria Square. In this photograph a young man seems to be taking the chance to have a closer look at the Mayoral ...
The S. S. Franconia 1924
A group of children onthe deck of the The S. S. Franconia, on the way to Canada, 1924. John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in ...
The schedule for the Queen Mother at Nash House
The Queen Mother visited Nash House in 1957. This is the schedule for when she arrived at Nash House from the Council House.
The School Farm
A short extract from the "Five Ways Magazine" Summer 1941. Magazine of King Edwards School Five Ways.
This article refers to the whole school being evacuated to Monmouth at the start of the war and taking ...
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Icknield Street Senior Boys school magazine. The first wartime issue of this school magazine, produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 1 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 2 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 3 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 4 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 5 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 6 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 7 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 8 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 9 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.