Lance Sergeant Archie Cross (270064, Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
Reported missing in the Weekly Mercury of 7th October 1916. He had at that time been missing since 1st July and his mother Mrs Cross of 4 Back 85 Irving Street was desperate for news of him.
Sadly, ...
Latimer Street in 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
As well as Latimer Street this page also includes: Lansdowne Road, Landsdowne Street, Larches Pass, Larches Street, Laundry Road, Laurel Road, Lavendon Road, Law Cliff Road,Lawden Road.
Laxey Road, Edgbaston
A scene in Laxey Road, Edgbaston, in its heyday. Laxey Road runs from City Road to Shenstone Road, just visible in the background. The architectural detailing shows up well in this photograph. There is ...
Laxey Road, Edgbaston
Laxey Road, Edgbaston, off City Road. The street has been decorated to celebrate an unnamed event which is perhaps most likely to be the coronation of King George V in 1910. The costumes and the apparent ...
Lee Bank
Industrial scene in Lee Bank, photographed on 27 October 1965. It is not stated where this picture was taken but the strongest likelihood is that this is on Lee Bank Road - later the Middleway.
Lee Bank As I Remember It by Bernard Allen
Bernard Allen is a former resident of the Lee Bank/ Edgbaston area. These are his memories of the area he grew up in.
The picture here is of Mr Allen at work in Freeman and Ward on Cregoe Street.
Lee Bank Road
This view of Lee Bank Road is the section coming up to the junction with Lee Mount. Today Lee Bank Road is of course Lee Bank Middleway. The number 8 bus still runs up this road but the shops and houses ...
Lee Bank Road
Taken during the urban renewal of Lee Bank, at this time still known as Edgbaston B15. The road was widened and is now Lee Bank Middleway.
Lee Bank Road and Ryland Road, Lee Bank
At the junction of Lee Bank Road and Ryland Road, Lee Bank, stands Hall's Grocery. This photograph of an entirely deserted street scene dates from around 1958 to 1960. Ryland Road is heading off to the ...
Lee Bank Road, Lee Bank
A view of Lee Bank Road, Lee Bank, with redevelopment under way. The area was eight years into a massive programme of demolition and redevelopment when this photograph was taken on 26 July 1960. Grassy ...
Lee Bank School Diary
The entry reads:
23 April: School reassembles following the Easter holidays. The school football team has also won the championship shield of Division III of the Kings Norton League.
May: Five candidates ...
Lee Bank Secondary School
The former Lee Bank Secondary School located just off Bell Barn Road. The site is now (2005) in use as the E.R. Mason Centre and James Brindley School. Rising in the middle distance is Haddon Tower standing ...
Lee Bank sports ground
The sports ground at Lee Bank off Holloway Head seen not long after it was nearly finished. Nearly finished because the developers at this time were struggling to get the last occupant out of the building ...
Lee Crescent
Bernard Allen and friend in Lee Crescent. Lee Crescent was somewhat different in those days to how it is now as it had another line of houses between it and Lee Bank Road (now the Middleway).
Lee Crescent
This fascinating view of Lee Crescent is looking down the slope. What makes is unique is that it shows the houses on the left hand side which were demolished as part of the widening of Lee Bank Road. ...
Lee Crescent
This view was taken in the fifties. At this time the left hand side (not in view) still comprised of a row of houses too. Since then this side has been demolished.
Lee Crescent, Edgbaston
Lee Crescent, Edgbaston, was a late Georgian/Regency development, approached from Ryland Road. This photograph was taken in 1954 before the conservation movement had made an impact on the area. It was ...
Lee Crescent, Lee Bank
Two of the houses in early 19th-century development of Lee Crescent, Lee Bank, are seen here in 1954. Subsequent designation as a Conservation Area and restoration as Birmingham's contribution to European ...