VE Day party in Oldfield Road
This image was sent by Graham Partlett who lived in Oldfield Road. The group are outside number 6 Oldfield Road. VE Day parties were held all over the country to celebrate Victory In Europe at the end ...
VJ Day Party in Oldfield Road
Street party outside number 6 Oldfield Road to celebrate the victory over Japan in 1945. This image was sent by Graham Partlett. VJ Day was on 15th August 1945.
H Burnett Boys Brigade leader
Harold S Burnett M.B.E. captain of the 10th Birmingham Company who met at Moseley Road Methodist Church and Honorary President of the Birmingham Batallion of the Boys' Brigade.
Harold was a member of ...
Welcome to Cannon Hill Park
Cannon Hill was donated to the city by Louise Ryland in 1815 and laid out as a park by John Gibson. Over the years there have been many additions to the park.
The Boy Scout War Memorial
Originally dedicated to Boy Scouts who fell in World War 1. Updated in memory of Boy Scouts that lost their lives in the Second World War. Designed by William Haywood. It is located near to the Nature ...
The Old Grey House, Hamstead Hall Road
The photograph depicts the side of this grand house and some of the garden.
Little is known about the history of The Old Grey House, though a request for information has brought forward the description ...
The Heathan No. 5 December 1974
Reports from children at the Community School including several on the school's summer trips. Mount Pleasant School is closed due to dangerous construction and the pupils are moved elsewhere. Has anyone ...
The Heathan No. 4 June 1974
Feature on vandalism in the local area especially in disused factories. A campaign to save Moseley Art School. Balsall Heath Community School's first year.
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The Heathan No. 3 March 1974
A road safety campaign over the accident blackspot on Edward Rd. The Nursery returns to St Paul's after the council agrees to buy the hall. A visit to Buckingham Palace and a Royal Wedding. Click the ...
The Heathan No. 1 August 1973
The first issue campaigning to save St. Paul's Nursery in the Heathan Community Newspaper. Click the link below to download this issue.
The Heathan No. 8 November 1975
Campaign for better housing and against kerb crawlers. Click the link below to download this issue.
The Heathan No. 6 April 1975
Save Mount Pleasant and the Art School. The entire issue is attached for download. Click the link below to download this issue.
The Heathan No. 2 November 1973
Advice on Shopping, more about St. Paul's Nursery, Interview with Birmingham Housing on redevelopment. Click the link below to download this issue.
The Heathan No. 14 October 1977
St. Paul's Church moves out. Pictures of the Carnival. Click the link below to download this issue.
The Heathan No. 13 June 1977
Balsall Heath's first Carnival is coming. Programme inside. Click the link below to download this issue.
The Heathan No. 10 July 1976
To Pakistan and back by mini-bus. Click the link below to download this issue.
Balsall Heath Road 2002
Balsall Heath Road, looking towards the Five Ways. The high rise blocks in the background were, mostly, built in the early 1960s and refurbished in the 1980s and 1990s.
Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Handsworth
Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Hunters Road, Handsworth. Built to the designs of A.W. Pugin, St Mary’s Convent opened in 1841, a few months after St Chad’s Cathedral opened a mile down the road.
Benefactors ...