School Days - by Joan Brady
Joan talks about her own memories of school in the area and that of her mother, Jose.
Jose went to St Thomas’s School, between about 1921 and 1930, and she always said that her favourite teacher was ...
Serenade at the Community Centre
Local chanteuse Ricki Duvay serenading Georgette Wright, Chris Sutton and Carol Woolley at a night of music and fun at the old Lee Bank Community Centre off Cregoe Street
Shops and Things - by Joan Brady
When Auntie Emily and Uncle Jack moved to the flat over the barber’s shop in Rickman Drive, the block was brand new.From left to right, facing the shops, there was an off-licence – I can’t remember who ...
Singers Hill Synagogue, Lee Bank
Interior of the Singers Hill Synagogue, Blucher Street, Lee Bank. The Synagogue was built in 1856 to the Italianate designs of H. R. Yeoville Thomason. In 1937 the building was modernised and the seating ...
Site of St Thomas's School
Work commencing on the site of the new St Thomas's School. To the rear is the more progressed site of Lee Bank playing fields. The building on Holloway Head immediately to the rear of the playing fields ...
Site of St Thomas's School and Lee Bank playing field
A photograph taken during the development process. In the foreground is the site of the "new" St Thomas's School which replaced the Granville Street building. To the rear is the developing playing field ...
Soup from the Lord Mayor
Picture and article from the Birmingham Evening Mail showing the Lord Mayor, James Crump giving out soup at the British Legion on Windmill Street. Crump was in fact a local man as he was born and lived ...
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 Asaph's Bazaar
Programme for 1893 Church Bazaar. This states that the parish consists of 11,000 people. Mentioned on the leaflet are the following people: A.J.Binnie (the Vicar), A.P. Roberts (Curate), T.H. Birks (Curate), ...
St Asaph's Church
St Asaph's Church stood at the junction of Great Colmore Street and Latimer Street. This would be just about where Lytham Croft meets Great Colmore Street today. It was built in 1869 to a design by Yeoville ...
St Asaph's Church
Thanksgiving pamphlet from St Asaph's Church, Great Colmore Street. As the text refers to a Thanksgiving service on 8 December the occasion must be a church anniversary: St Asaph's was consecrated on ...
St Asaph's Church on Great Colmore Street
This letter to the parishioners of St Asaph's Church, Great Colmore Street, announces that a Thanksgiving Service is to be held on 8th December 1901. The date is the 33rd anniversary of the consecration ...
St Catherine of Siena
The church in 1979 with the Sentinels tower blocks (Clydesdale and Cleveland) looming behind. The church offered mass for the first time on 20th December 1964 and was a replacement for the demolished ...
St Catherine's Church and Birmingham city centre, from Lee Bank
In this 1995 view looking towards the city centre from Lee Bank the green domed roof of the church of St Catherine of Siena stands out. The Roman Catholic church in Bristol Street opened in 1965, replacing ...
St Catherine's from Essex Street
St Catherine Of Siena had it’s origins in 1872 when Father Fenn acquired seven properties in Windmill Street with a deposit of £35 on the total price of £350. These properties covered an area of 440 sq. ...