Parkfield House
Located just past Speedwell Road going out of the City Centre along the Pershore Road. It was owned and built by an architect named Cranston. This house is typical in size and status of so many houses ...
Parliamentary Election Card 1922
The parties would deliver cards to householders gving them instructions on where and when they could place their vote. Of course they also suggested how exactly you might like to place your vote! Note ...
Particulars of Cherry Orchard Farm to be sold by auction [1st page]
Front page of particulars of the Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth, now in the occupation of Sarah Heathcote, to be sold by auction 23 December, 1812. Accompanying plan.
Creation: 23rd December 1812; ...
Particulars of Cherry Orchard Farm to be sold by auction [2nd page]
Second page of particulars of the Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth, now in the occupation of Sarah Heathcote, to be sold by auction 23 December, 1812. Accompanying plan.
Creation: 23rd December 1812; ...
Particulars of Cherry Orchard Farm to be sold by auction [accompanying plan]
Plan that accompanies the particulars of the Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth, now in the occupation of Sarah Heathcote, to be sold by auction 23 December, 1812.
Creation: 23rd December 1812; paper. ...
Passion Beyond Reason
Side window of the newsagents' shop on Holloway Head near Clydesdale Tower. The poster changes on a regular basis but this one seemed intriguing below the old windows above.
Pattern Halfpenny (obverse)
Matthew Boulton was lobbying the British government from the mid 1780s to allow him to produce the national coinage. He eventually succeeded and went on to produce the cartwheel penny from 1797.
This ...
Pattern halfpenny, reverse
Matthew Boulton was lobbying the British government from the mid 1780s to allow him to produce the national coinage. He eventually succeeded and went on to produce the cartwheel penny from 1797.
This ...
Pearce Brothers - General House Furnishers
Pearce Brothers seem to have been quite prominent in the Ladywood area. Their offices are listed as being on Shakespeare Road and at 307 Monument Road. The showroom is listed at 69 Monument Road.
Peckham Road School, Kingstanding
The Senior Girls Festival in 1934. The two girls to the bottom left are in the top of an upturned vaulting horse.
Peckham Road School, Kingstanding
Peckham Road School, Kingstanding, 1955
Peggy Gilbert interview
Peggy Gilbert was born in Yorkshire in 1928. Her father was a miner, and when she was 8 he got a job at Hamstead Colliery on the outskirts of Handsworth:
To listen to an extract of this interview select ...
Pen and ink desgn for handles by John Phillp
This pen and ink drawing shows six alternative designs for handles on silver or Sheffield plate items.
It is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). ...
Pen and ink drawing by John Phillp
Pen and ink, recumbent sleeping male with semi-draped female figure.
This image is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). Phillp may have been ...
Pen and ink drawing by John Phillp
Pen and ink with ink wash. Double headed eagle bearing a shield with George and the dragon, the dragon holding an orb and sceptre.
This image is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours ...
Pen and ink drawing of a classical play by John Phillp
This image is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). Phillp may have been Matthew Boulton's son but the evidence is inconclusive. He was born ...
Pen and ink drawing of a lyre backed chair by John Phillp
This pen and ink drawing of a lyre backed chair is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). Phillp may have been Matthew Boulton's son but the evidence ...
Pen and ink drawings of eagle perched on finial by John Phillp
The purpose of these pen and ink sketches of an eagle with outspread wings perched on a finial is not clear. They may be sketch designs for a piece of metalwork to be prodyced at the Soho Manufactory.The ...