Perry Barr Mystery - Child's Body in a Box
A newscutting from the Handsworth Herald reporting the discovery of the body of a baby in a cardboard box on the Aldridge Road. The child was not identified and was found to have been strangled.
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Perry Barr School on Birchfield Road
Perry Barr Shopping Precinct
Perry Barr Shopping Precinct, Birchfield Road, Perry Barr. The 1960s shopping centre was subsequently demolished, to be replaced by the One-Stop Shopping Centre which opened in 1990.
Perry Barr Toll-gate
In 1831 a turnpike road to Walsall was made which incorporated Birchfield Road. A toll-gate was erected across the road near the junction with Aston Lane and Wellington Road. This toll-gate was finally ...
Perry Barr tram terminus (more details needed)
Perry Barr tram terminus.
Perry Barr Trams
This letter to the Editor of the Daily Post is from a resident of Birchfield Road agreeing with a previous writer. Both are complaining about the amount of steam and smoke generated by trams leaving ...
Perry Barr Trams
This letter is one of many about the Perry Barr trams. The writer is complaining of overcrowding on rush hour trams and asking why it is not possible to add extra services at peak times. This complaint ...
Perry Barr trams
Newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Daily Mail, January 25th 1908.
This is one of a series of letters written to the local press at this time on the subject of journeys into Birmingham and the neccessity ...
Perry Barr village
Perry Barr village, photographed in 1900
Perry Bridge - Sites and Monuments Record
A red sandstone bridge of 4 arches over the River Tame, with refuges on the cutwaters on both sides. Considerably repaired. It has 4 semicircular arches. The bridge is probably the one built by order ...
Perry Common Branch Library, Perry Barr
Ceremony at the opening of Perry Common Branch Library, Perry Barr, in 1933
Perry Common Branch Library, Perry Barr
The lending department of Perry Common Branch Library, Perry Barr, on opening day in 1933.
Perry Common Kingstanding and Kettlehouse Farm "Community News"
This local journal was issued from the community centre which was opened in January 1933 at the corner of Kings Road and Kingstanding Road.
Perry Common Library
Exterior view of Perry Common Library. This library served the nearby community of Kingstanding until 1964 when Kingstanding Library was opened.
Perry Hall
The home of Lord Calthorpe dates back from 1576 erected in the reign of Henry VIII by Sir Robert Stanford, Lord of the Manors of Perry barr and Handsworth
Perry Hall
Perry Hall was built in 1576 by Sir Robert Stamford who was Lord of the Manor of Perry Barr and Handsworth. This was in fact a re-building as there was already an existing building on the site dating ...