Outside Faraday House
Gwen Hatton posing with her brother-in-law Stan Hancox on the road outside Faraday House. Behind them to the left is Lee Bank Post Office and behind them to the far right is the shuttered frontage of ...
Outside the Middleway blocks
This view was taken by resident May Williams who lived in the blocks. The blocks are still there today, upgraded and renovated, at the top end of Lee Bank Middleway as you approach Five Ways.
Outside the White Swan
This is undated but probably post World War II. The crowd happily posing for the camera are outside the White Swan at the corner of King Edward's Road and Stour Street.
Outside toilet in Handsworth
"Quite a lot of people thought that outside toilets had disappeared...yet there were still some about in the 80's. Urban regeneration in Handsworth saw an end to such (in)conveniences." Pogus Caesar, ...
Overcrowding on Trains
A newscutting from the Birmingham Post reporting the case of two tradesmen Mr Heath and Mr Burton who sued the London and North-Western Railway Company for nine shillings. They had been waiting for a ...
Overcrowding Tramcars
This letter to the editor of the Daily Post is one of many complaining about the tram service. This writer tells of travelling from the Barton Arms and one of the tram company special officials allowing ...
Owen Street junction with Wheely's Lane
Taken in 1960 not long before demolition began of Owen Street. The park area of Lee Bank was built over the area.
Oxford Terrace, Icknield Square, Ladywood
A view of Oxford Terrace, off Icknield Square, Ladywood, in August 1967. Clearly the houses were still occupied for the washing is out (was the photograph taken on a Monday?) but redevelopment would soon ...
Oxhill Road
Herbert William and Kate Emma Tonks lived at 159 Oxhill Road in the early part of the twentieth century. Herbert's business was as a Brass Founder. Despite being the proud owner of a works van, Mr Tonks ...
Oxhill Road
A photograph taken from Oxhill Road, the rise in the road beyond the traffic lights is Sandwell Road.
Oxhill Road and Camp Lane, Handsworth
Corner of Oxhill Road and Camp Lane, Handsworth. Taken in June 1908, this photograph shows the site of the new Handsworth Cemetery, opened the following year.
Oxhill Road and Rookery Road
The Oxhill Video Store photographed in 1996. Above the doorway are the worn details of a previous business on the site. Arthur Henry Diaper was a grocer and was apparently noted for his Danish butter ...
Oxhill Road entrance to Handsworth Cemetery
The magnificent iron gates and the lodge at the Oxhill Road entrance to Handsworth Cemetery.
The photograph is taken from the brochure for the opening of Handsworth Chapel on October 1st 1910.
Oxhill Road, Handsworth
Oxhill Road, Handsworth c1905
Oxhill Road, Handsworth
Oxhill Road, Handsworth, in 1906
Oxhill Road, Handsworth
Oxhill Road, Handsworth, looking towards Sandwell Road. 1906
Oxhill, Handsworth
Oxhill, Handsworth, in 1922, showing a corner shop. The lettering on the shop window appears to be advertising Cadbury's, while above the door is an advertisement for Master boot polish.
Painful drowning case at Perry Barr
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail, 23rd November 1889.
This gives an account of the inquest into the death of Elizabeth Richards of Hawkes Lane, West Bromwich.
She had been found dead in ...