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Waggon & Horses Public House

The Waggon & Horses on the corner of Moseley Road and Balsall Heath Road. This was one of the oldest public houses in the area, built in about 1835, but has now sadly been demolished

Waggon & Horses Public House

This pub was built in about 1835 and stood onthe junction of Moseley Road and Balsall Heath Road. It was a Mitchells & Butlers house and was the location of the public meeting in 1852 when it was decided ...

Waiting for Churchill

Children from St George's and The Oratory Ladywood Schools waiting for the arrival of "Winston Churchil" at the 60th Anniversary of VE Day celebrations at St John's Church in Ladywood.

Waiting for school to open

Two pupils of St Thomas's School (Granville Street) peer through the railings as work begins on the new school in Great Colmore Street. To the rear is the spire of St Thomas's Church and just to its left ...

Waiting for the number 8

A familiar site is the people waiting and looking down Lee Bank Middleway for a number 8 bus going up to Five Ways. Lewis Green took this picture from his flat across the road. Its an ordinary everyday ...

Walking and talking

The first of two pictures. Lewis Green took this picture from his flat of a couple deep in conversation. The outcome in the second picture shows them walking with a suitcase. The story behind it though ...

Walsall Road, Perry Barr

Walsall Road, Perry Barr, looking north in March 1947,when floods were caused by the thaw after one of the worst winters of the century.

Walsall Road, Perry Barr

Walsall Road, Perry Barr. This March 1947 view, looking south, shows flooding caused by the thaw after the extremely severe winter of 1947.

Walter Langley - artist from Irving Street and Lee Crescent

Walter Langley was the first major artist to settle at Newlyn in Cornwall, and as such was one of the most important of the colony of artists there. While to some extent overshadowed by Stanhope Forbes, ...

War Memorial in Handsworth Cemetery

Commemorating the dead of both World Wars.

Warren Farm

Warren Farm photographed for the Perry Hall auction catalogue in 1921.

Warren Road, Perry Barr

Warren Road, Perry Barr, in a scene that would have seemed timeless were it not for the presence of telegraph poles. The photograph was taken in 1928.

Warship Week

Advert from the Birmingham Post for the city's "Warship Week" in 1941. Ten million was trying to be raised for HMS King George V to be adopted by the city for the war. HMS King George V launched on ...

Warwickshire Laundries, Ladypool Road

Advert for the company reading: "Open the door to freedom, by using the Warwickshire Laundries fully finished service". The laundry was baed at 96 Ladypool Road and had delivery offices from as far away ...

Washday on Hogarth House

For these two ladies (one is Lewis Green's mother) this was a very different washday experience. Both would have remembered the "brew 'us" in the yards of the back to back housing and the network of lines ...

Washington Street and Holloway Head

Washington Street is running off to the left while Holloway Head is in the foreground. This picture was taken just before the major rebuilding of the area as part of the Bath Row Redevelopment Scheme. ...

Wasiffa Sound System, Handsworth Park

Waste Is Wanted For War Weapons

Publicity poster asking the public to save their waste for the war effort. Suggested material is rags, paper, bones and metal. the poster goes on to point out that: "this week and every week salvage is ...