South Road, Handsworth
Rear view of housing in South Road, Handsworth, 2nd January 1945
Special Lantern Lecture at Kent Street Baths
This talk given by the Friends of The Soviet Union was on Soviet Planning. Wiliam Paul was also looking at Britain's distressed areas; on wonders if he included the area across the road which twenty to ...
Spittle's Boot Manufacturer
Frederick "Spittle's Noted Boots" traded at 155 Soho Road and 78 Hunter's Road. There are a few Spittle's listed in the Trade Directories of the period, all of whom lived in and around Handsworth. The ...
Spring Bank Road - by Year Five at Woodview School
This is a house on Spring Bank Road. This side of the road was built in the 60's as part of the last regeneration of the area. Opposite are the new build properties from the latest regeneration.
Spring Hill and Icknield Street, Ladywood
In this aerial view of the junction of Spring Hill (to the left) and Icknield Street (to the right) Spring Hill Library stands grandly in the centre, hemmed in by somewhat less grand Victorian development. ...
Spring Hill Library
This fine building survives because of the efforts of the Victorian Society in the 1970s to prevent its demolition. It was in the way of the proposed Middle Ring Road, but a last minute change of route ...
Spring Hill Library, Ladywood
Spring Hill Library, Ladywood, on the corner of Spring Hill and Icknield Street, was opened in 1893. A splendid Gothic affair in red brick and terracotta with a tower and steeple, it was designed by Martin ...
Spring Street, Lee Bank
Spring Street, Lee Bank, off Bell Barn Road, is on the left in this photograph, taken on 27th October 1965, and the street to the right is Spring Vale, which headed eastwards to join Bristol Road. Children ...
Spring Vale
Derelict shops awaiting demolition as part of the urban renewal of Lee Bank. In the background are the maisonettes which stood on Spring Street.
Spring Vale Hall
The Spring Vale shops and this hall were located on Lee Bank Middleway at the junction with Bristol Street. All of this area is part of the redevelopment plan for Lee Bank. The poster to the left reads: ...
Springfield Family Butcher - Cregoe Street
Advert from the St Luke's Church Magazine for Springfield's who were based on Cregoe Street.
St James' Church, Handsworth
Postcard view of the interior of St James' Church, Handsworth, showing the chancel and reredos. St James Church was erected 1838-1840 to adesign by R. Ebbles. A new Chancel was added in 1878 and then ...
St Mary's Church, Handsworth
Postcard view of St Mary's Church, Handsworth, from Hamstead Road. Matthew Boulton, James Watt and William Murdock are buried in this church.
St Mary's Church, Handsworth
Interior of St Mary's Church, Handsworth, looking east, from a postcard
St Alban's Church of England School
Keith Whitehouse progressed from Mary Street School to St Alban's C of E in Highgate (1964) to continue his education, and found a similar peaceful atmosphere conductive learning he had experienced in ...
St Andrew's Church, Handsworth
Postcard view of St Andrew's Church, in Oxhill Road, Handsworth. Designed by W.H. Bidlake, the church was consecrated on 30th January 1909.
St Andrew's Church, Handsworth
St Andrew's Church, Oxhill Road, Handsworth, with (presumably} the vicar standing at the door. The brick construction was a feature of the designs of W.H. Bidlake. The church was consecrated in 1909.