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 ...
Extracts from "The Oracle" - magazine of the Oratory Secondary Modern School
The original magazine from which these extracts were sourced was loaned by former pupil Jim Cunningham who became caretaker at the modern Oratory Primary School. These extracts were published in the "Brew ...
Farm Cottages, Wood Lane
Undated photograph but most of the pictures in the original date from circa the 1960s.
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 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.
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, ...
First Day At Lee Bank
Happy looking pupils attending Lee Bank Junior School on 19th April 1966 - the school's first day.
Five Ways, Edgbaston
In this aerial view of Five Ways, Edgbaston, the new Five Ways traffic system is at an advanced stage of construction. The island itself is in use, although the single vehicle heading for the underpass ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
This view of Five Ways, Edgbaston, dates from 1969 and brings out the scale of the redevelopment in the 1960s. The construction of the underpass is in progress, the view being from Hagley Road towards ...
Flooding at Woodview
Picture from the Evening Mail of the floods around the Nightingale/ Brambling Walk area. The Headteacher of Lee Bank Primary School recorded his thoughts on the incident, which are also on the website. ...
Flooding at Woodview in 1973
The headmaster of Lee Bank Primary School recorded his thoughts on the flooding of May 21st 1973 in the school diary. The pictures are cuttings from the Birmingham Evening Mail. The diary entry reads ...
Frederick Wilkes - Greengrocer
A portrait of Frederick William Wilkes, greengrocer of Lee Bank. In the 1901 Birmingham directory F.W. Wilkes makes his first appearance trading at 123 Great Colmore Street and for a short time afterwards ...
Freeman And Ward next to the Doctors on Cregoe Street
There were many small factories in the back streets, manufacturing a large variety of products. I started work at 14 years of age in one of these in Cregoe Street. This was Freeman and Ward, which made ...
Freeth Arms, Icknield Port Road, Ladywood
The Freeth Arms on the corner of Freeth Street and Icknield Port Road, Ladywood. The Freeth Arms was evidently an Atkinson's pub. Freeth Street was named after poet John Freeth, who wrote a song to celebrate ...
Freeth Arms, Icknield Port Road, Ladywood
The Freeth Arms, an Atkinson's pub, was at 314 Icknield Port Road, Ladywood, on the corner of Freeth Street. This view must date from the 1960s, when the licensee was Mrs Annie Houghton. The pub was not ...