Rookery Road Blitz damage
The aftermath of an air-raid in Rookery Road during WW2. It is open to conjecture what is going on in the foreground, is the queue of people waiting for essential supplies off the lorry? The picture dates ...
Rookery Road Blitz damage
The aftermath of an air-raid in Rookery Road during WW2. The photograph shows several recognisable themes from daily life in 1942 - a policeman stands guard over now dangerous buildings, mothers on the ...
Rookery Road Blitz damage
The aftermath of an air-raid in Rookery Road during WW2. As well as clearing the rubble from demolished housing, the locals also had to pull down unsafe buildings such as the house to the right of the ...
Rookery Road Blitz damage
The aftermath of an air-raid in Rookery Road during WW2. This photograph is one of several takne by the Public Workd Department in 1942 of bomb damaged housing in the war.
Rookery Road Blitz damage
Bomb damage in Rookery Road during the blitz of 1942. In the background stands Trinity Methodist Church which narrowly escaped being hit in this raid. The church was built in 1914 on the site of an old ...
Rookery Road Blitz damage
Bomb damage in Rookery Road during the blitz of 1942. The photographer's viewpoint is from just inside Uplands Road looking onto Rookery Road. The Uplands Road strreet sign is visible on the left hand ...
Rookery Road School
The Jones and Davies family at Rookery Road School, Handsworth. c.1925
Rookery Road School, Handsworth
To the rear of the class is the then headmaster Mr G. Challenor. The flag hanging at the back was presented to the school but the remaining inscription is too difficult to make out. The flag looks like ...
Rookery Road Wedding
This picture was taken outside Rookery Road Methodist Church. The bridesmaid is Eunice McGhie-Belgrave and she made both of the dresses. At the time Mrs McGhie was running a dressmaking business in Handsworth....
Rookery Road, Handsworth
Rookery Road, opposite Albert Road, Handsworth, 1898
Rookery Road, Handsworth
Rural scene with the corn harvested and in stooks, a photograph taken from the junction of Rookery and Albert Roads, Handsworth, 1898. In the distance the spire of the Asbury Memorial Church is visible....
Rope walk, Handsworth
Rope walk, Handsworth. The rope making business was owned by Mr Haines but ceased at his death c.1914. In the background is Soho Road railway station.
Rope walk, Handsworth
Rope walk, Handsworth, in 1898. The rope making business was owned by Mr Haines but ceased at his death c.1914. In the background Thornhill House is visible amongst the trees in its grounds.
Rope walk, Handsworth
Rope walk, Handsworth, 1898. The rope making business was owned by Mr Haines but ceased at his death c.1914. This view is from the platform of Soho Road railway station.
Roscoe Place in Church Vale
The demolition of Roscoe Place in Church Vale in July 1969.
Rose Hill Road, Handsworth
Rose Hill Road, Handsworth, featuring a range of posters on a vacant piece of land. The poster in the centre is advertising the public baths, where the facilities include Turkish baths.
Rose Hill Road, Handsworth
Rose Hill Road, Handsworth. Among the posters are an advertisement for a football match and list of forthcoming services at Villa Road Church.
Rose Villa Tavern, Warstone Lane
An interior view of the Rose Villa Tavern which is situated at the junction of Vyse Street and Warstone Lane. It was built in 1919 at a cost of £15,000, the architects being Wood and Kendrick.