Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth. This photograph shows the North West aspect of the church prior to one of the church's restoration projects.
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
This photograph shows specimen pages of the Handsworth Parish Church Registers. Entry no. 446 has an unusual name - Robsart. The register featured dates from 1584.
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Photograph of a page from the first register volume of Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth. The registers featured date from 1566/7. One entry features the baptism of the son of a Minstrel.
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
This photograph shows two pages of the earliest registers of Saint Mary's Church, dating from 1558. The Vellum that makes up the writing surface can be clearly seen in this image.
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
This photograph shows the last page of the second Parish Register volume, covering the year 1602.
Saint Mary's College, Oscott
An engraving of the north-east view of St Mary's College, Oscott. The college was founded in 1794 for the training of Catholic priests. This building opened in 1838 and is still in use today.
Saint Mary's Schools, Hamstead Road, Hamstead.
Saint Michael's Church, Handsworth.
This photograph shows the top of Saint Michael's Hill before redevelopment. All the trees in the picture were removed by 1913.
Saint Peter's Church, Grove Lane, Handsworth
Saint Peter's Church, Grove Lane, Handsworth. The gathered throng of people were there to witness the laying of the foundation stone of the church by local M.P. Ernest Masey-Thomson.
Saint Peter's Church, Grove Lane, Handsworth
This photograph shows the time capsule that was placed under the foundation stone of Saint Peter's Church at the laying ceremony performed by local M.P. Ernest Mesey-Thomson.
Saint Peter's Church, Grove Lane, Handsworth.
Saint Peter's Church, Grove Lane, Handsworth. The gathered throng of people were there to witness the laying of the foundation stone of the church by local M.P. Ernest Masey-Thomson.
Salvage depot Rotton Park Street.
Billy Codling is the man in the middle of this trio of workers at the salvage depot. Taken in the late 1990's.
Same Day Dry Cleaning and Laundry Service - by Year Five at Woodview
A good laundrette which lots of people go to. This is facing onto Bristol Road just round the corner from Stone Road.
Samuel M. Goldstein - lecturer and writer
This profile, from the Sunday Mercury, is of one of their regular writers. Goldstein, of 35 Holloway Head. There was at this time a large Jewish community in the Holloway Head area with two synagogues ...
Samuel Ward Graham - Ironmonger of Villa Cross
Samuel Graham must have been very successful as he doesn't list his address in this advert! The reference to his wares being sold at "town prices" clearly points to a growing trend for people to shop ...
Sandon Road, Edgbaston
The fountain at the junction of Hagley Road (to the left) and Sandon Road (to the right). This remarkable fountain, of medieval design, was an Edgbaston landmark during the Victorian and Edwardian periods....
Sandwell Lane, Handsworth
This postcard shows Sandwell Lane with The Austins on the left and Farcroft on the right.
Sandwell Lane, Handsworth
View in Sandwell Lane, Handsworth, from the bottom of the hill. 1906