Procession into Moonlit Park
A band of drummers lead local dignitaries and children from Woodview Primary School into Moonlit Park for the official opening ceremony of the park. Councillor John Alden is the man to the middle of the ...
Produce from the Allotment
Selling produce from the back of a car in Handsworth
Proof Cartwheel 2d (obverse)
This is a proof cartwheel twopence made at Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint in 1797. A proof was made from a new, polished die onto a specially prepared blank, in this case gilt copper. Proofs were often ...
Proof cartwheel 2d (reverse)
This is a proof cartwheel twopence made at Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint in 1797. A proof was made from a new, polished die onto a specially prepared blank, in this case gilt copper. Proofs were often ...
Proof Truck Token, Pen-y-Darran Works, obverse
Truck tokens like this example were issued by employers as payment of wages and could only be exchanged at the company shop. This meant it was possible for the company shop to charge more for goods as ...
Protest outside Downing Street 1970's
This photograph was taken at a protest outside Downing Street in the late 1970's. Protesters were angry about issues around the new government in Zimbabwe.
Purus Bakeries
Purus Bakeries traded on Rookery Road at numbers 261 to 267 inclusive. The advert is interesting as it employs an approach a little beyond the norm for the times of merely listing products and services. ...
Pushing the dragon
Surprising what you can do with a shopping trolley.
Putrid Rabbits for Sale
A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth Herald", 2nd January 1897.
This cutting details the case brought against 2 shopkeepers on the Soho Road for selling skinned rabbits that where unfit for human ...
Quad Bikes in Pickwick Park
"My kids cost me a bomb on carnival day. They go off and spend it on quad bikes, food etc. There is free stuff too, the Children’s Centre have their stall where you can colour, paint and make cards and ...
Quartermaster Serjeant Martin Bayliss
Martin Bayliss (200083) served in the Royal Warwickshire regiment during World War One. He became a Quartermaster Serjeant and received three medals - the Victory, War and Territorial Efficiency medal. ...
Queen Henty, Handsworth
Queen Henty, queen of the gypsies who camped on the Black Patch, Handsworth, for many years. All but the oldest were turned off in 1905, although Queen Henty and a few of the older residents were allowed ...
Queen Victoria presenting medals to the police
The men are not named in this picture and all appear to be uniformed police. Honours were bestowed on several members of the police in the wake of the conviction of the Ledsam Street conspirators. Police ...
Queen Victoria visits Birmingham
On 23rd March 1887 Queen Victoria visited Birmingham to lay the foundation stone for the Victoria Law Courts on Corporation Street. This was in fact the day before her birthday and was her golden jubilee ...
Queen's College, Paradise Street
The college was situated in Paradise Street in the city centre. The project was directed by Josiah Mason and cost £170,000 in building costs and endowments. It was opened in 1880. Two of its earliest ...
Queen's Hospital, Bath Row
This print is by L. Tallis of London. The hospital was founded in 1847 on Bath Row becoming Birmingham Accident Hospital in 1941 and closing in 1993. The building frontage was listed and incorporated ...
Queen's Stores Public House on Bath Row
This is the south side of Bath Row. Cregoe Street still runs down from here today and the junction with it is dwon in the distance. This pub stood on the corner of the junction with Piggott Street - what ...
Quitclaim of lands with appurtenances in the town and fields of Handsworth
Quitclaim from William Segewycke of Birmingham, Henry Segewycke, son of the said William, Richard Swyft, Henry Shelton, William Colmore the younger and John Wyat, to Edward Warner, Robert Myddulmore, ...