Arden Road, Perry Barr
Arden Road, off Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, from a postcard
Arlington House off Charlotte Road
Located on the Woodview estate and built as part of the new council house estate in that area. Woodview is undergoing (2005) massive transformation as part of the Optima Community Association's redevelopment ...
ARP Holyhead Road Area in Handsworth
Hand-drawn Sketch plan of streets and area covered by ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Holyhead Road Sub-division Group C26, with a hand-written list of roads and corresponding numbers of houses, and location ...
ARP Log Book August 18th 1940
A page from an Air-Raid Warden's logbook during the blitz.
No 7.
Aug 18/1940
Sirens sounded at 22.44/45 hrs.
Very dark night.
Wardens again on the alert having previously heard plane and observed ...
ARP Log Book October 17th to 18th 1940
Raid No 107 October 17th 1940
Warning sounded at 19:58 hours, three red
flashes from Aston side of the city at 20.00hrs
20:24 incendiary bomb toward Aston side
Raider passed 23:00 hours
S1 ...
ARP Shelter toilets at George Road
The toilet cubicles in the shelter are between the main rooms. All of the doors have now gone but some of the pans and cisterns remain, one or two still being apparently useable.
ARP shelter under George Road
The former air-raid shelter consists of a maze of corridors and rooms, unused since the end of World War II. This is one of the corridors with the painted "no smoking" sign still in evidence on the wall....
Arthur Heard and Dennis Perks with giant Delphiniums
Taken in Handsworth Park.
Arthur Rose - Butcher and S. Darlington - Newsagent
Two adverts from the programme for the Saint James' Church Fair held at the New Inns Assembly Rooms between November 20th to 23rd 1929. Arthur Rose simply conveys he is a butcher while S. Darlington expands ...
Article on James Watt's attic
This cutting is included in the Pemberton album held by the Handsworth Historical Society. It gives useful background information on much of the equipment featured in the photographs from that album.
The ...
Ashbourne Road
Ashbourne Road lies off Shenstone and Rotton Park Road not far from the Cape Hill Brewery. The houses are not so different today. This is one of the Nightingales postcard series.
Asian dresses on Ladypool Road
Picture of an asian clothes shop on Ladypool road taken by pupils from Anderton Park School as part of a project looking at how Ladypool Road has changed over the last 100 years.
Asian Resource Centre
Built in 1904 and known as "Ye Olde Toll Gate House". It is a 3 story building with mock timber framing. I remember it as being Anne's West Indian food store, then Focus Housing had it as offices. In ...
Asian Youths, Holyhead School
"It is summertime, and Asian pupils from Holyhead School, Handsworth playfully pose for the camera." Pogus Caesar, February 2003
Aston Church Institution
Aston Church Institution, despite its name, stood on Villa Street in the Soho Ward.
Aston Lane, Perry Barr
Aston Lane, Perry Barr, on 25th February 1959. The plaque on the left reads rather grandly 'Beaufort Villas'. The archway leads to the premises of Bill Switchgear Ltd.
Aston Lane, Perry Barr
Aston Lane, Perry Barr, looking east towards Witton on 25th July 1939. Wellhead Lane is on the left, with a corner shop adorned with cigarette advertisements.
At bay in Mary Street
Andy’s camera encapsulated his younger brother’s early life being brought up in Balsall Heath.
It is 1949, Shay is 7 years old and is dressed for Holy Communion. This picture was taken outside the Bartley’s ...