Lecture at St Asaph's Church 1893
Promotional card for a lecture at St Asaph's Parochial Hall. The lecture was by Luke J. Sharp on his "Trip To America" and cost one shilling to hear! In today's money the cost would be about £3.50.
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Ledsam Street dynamite conspiracy
"Head-master White distributes the prizes". This satirical cartoon is from The Dart and comments on the giving out of awards to the police following the arrest of those accused. The press seemed to take ...
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Henry Wilkinson
This is an abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download. Joseph Henry Wilkinson lived at "Elm Wood", on Hamstead Hill.
Mr Wilkinson was born in Bradford, ...
Lieutenant General The Honourable Somerset Gough Calthorpe
A Biography of Somerset Calthorpe, owner of Perry Hall in 1899, taken from the Handsworth Magazine.
Lieutenant General the Hon. Somerset Gough Calthorpe is the fourth son of Baron Calthorpe of Calthorpe, ...
Lithographs of Perry Hall by Charles Walter Radclyffe
Charles Walter Radclyffe (1817-1903). Radclyffe was born in Birmingham, the son of William Radclyffe, and lived and worked in Monument Lane for much of his life. His work is predominately of landscapes ...
Lodge Pool
Lodge Pool, Hamstead Hall, Hamstead. View of the pool in the lane leading to Hamstead Hall, by the side of Great Barr Station.
Lodge Road Mission Hall, Handsworth
Lodge Road Mission Hall, Handsworth, ca. 1900. Dating from 1895, it was built of red brick with stone details and included a reading room, library and refreshment room. In front of it stands a horse-drawn ...
Lodge Road, Handsworth
Lodge Road, Handsworth. The board at second-floor level on the right appears to reveal the presence of the shoe shop Freeman, Hardy & Willis. A boy with a hoop stands idly in the middle of the road to ...
Lozells Road, Handsworth
Old farm in Lozells Road, Handsworth, from a postcard of around 1860.
Luncheon Room in the Town Hall
This image is taken from the Illustrated London News and shows the luncheon room prepared for the visit of Queen Victoria. Where precisely this room was located is not stated. It does show though how ...
Mad dog at Perry Barr
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail, January 20th 1897.
This is the first in a series of news reports dealing with a suspected outbreak of Rabies In Perry Barr.
A collie was seen running madly ...
Mademoiselle Monte - Fortune Teller
An advert for one of the attractions held at the Saint Mary's Church Bazaar in favour of raising funds for the National Schools in Handsworth. Held over the period 14th-19th October 1893.
As neither ...
Mary Street School
Mary Street School, which opened in 1878, was the first Board school to be built in Balsall Heath. It was renamed Belgrave School in the 1960s. The school closed in 1970, the buildings were demolished ...
Maryvale Convent, Old Oscott
Interior of the chapel, Maryvale Convent, Old Oscott, from a postcard
Matthew Boulton's Bedroom, Soho House
This room was used as a bedroom by Matthew Boulton (1728-1809. The photograph was taken by Birmingham photographers Lewis and Randall in 1927 when Soho House was a hotel. Soho House is now a museum ...
Memorial plaque to Elizabeth Dale
This plaque is in St Luke's Church and commemorates Elizabeth Dale who died on May 7th 1864. Elizabeth's husband Frederick was Vicar of the church at the time and she was also the daughter of John Miller ...
Mitchells & Butlers Brewery, Smethwick
Drawing of No.2 Brewery at Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, from a postcard.
Mitchells & Butlers Brewery, Smethwick
Mitchells & Butlers Brewery, Cape Hill. A view of one of the malting floors.