Handsworth Rectory
Handsworth Rectory (Front quarter view)as seen from the grounds. This building stood in what is now Handsworth Park. If it were still standing today, half of the Rectory would be in the main pool. It ...
Handsworth resident's claim to be Jack The Ripper
Mr Albert Blanchard confessed to being Jack The Ripper and was arrested and appeared at Birmingham Magistrates. Blanchard was clearly not Jack at all but his conduct concerned the police enough to arrest ...
Handsworth Riots, 1985
Burnt out car on Lozells Road and corner of Lozells Street. Universal shoe store is visible behind the car.
Handsworth Riots, 1985
Morning after the riots. Lozells road.
Handsworth Students at St Philip's Cathedral
School students from Handsworth in performance at St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham City Centre.
Handsworth Urban Regeneration
"A tractor demolishes a building in Handsworth as part of Birmingham Council Urban Regeneration Scheme. During the early part of the 1980's it was claimed that up to £20 million had been invested in Handsworth ...
Handsworth Wood Boys' School
Handsworth Wood Boys' School opened in 1958 at the same time as the adjoining Handsworth Wood Girls' School, the entrance to both schools being situated on Church Lane. In 1998 the Boys' School was closed ...
Handsworth Wood Boys' School
Promotional leaflet.
Handsworth Wood Girls' Drama Production
"The Lord Mayor of Birmingham was invited as a guest at Handsworth Wood Girls' Mental Health drama production".
(Mrs McGhie-Belgrave)
Handsworth Wood Girls School
"Some of the puoils involved in the Mental Health drama production at Handsworth Wood Girls School". (E.McGhie-Belgrave)
Hansom cab outside Laurels School
This photograph of a Hansom cab was taken outside the Laurels School at the corner of Handsworth Wood Road and Wood Lane.
The Laurels had been known as Hunts Green in the late eighteenth century. ...
Harold Wilson at Birmingham Central Library
The image shows Wilson making his speech about the history of Birmingham Library Services at the official opening of the Central Library. The library had in fact been open since the previous year.
Harry Richardson - District Surveyor
Harry Richardson's biography comes from the Handsworth Magazine, and is also available as a download file. Mr Richardson lived at 166 Oxhill Road.
Mr Harry Richardson, A.M.I.C.E., who was appointed ...
Hasluck Family crypt at Key Hill Cemetery
The Hasluck family lived in Handsworth, most famously at The Austins. Elizabeth Hasluck's paintings of the Austins can be found elsewhere on this site. Key Hill Cemetery in the city centre is the location ...
Haycart - Canada
Here we see one of the young emigrées working on the farm. John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in 1872 as a charitable concern. ...
Heathfield Hall Visitors Book
Two pages of a Visitors Book, from Heathfield Hall. Part of one entry speaks of the Post Office in Greenock, Scotland, trying to contact descendents of James Watt in order to carry out repairs to James ...
Henry C
Henry C before and after he was "received into the homes". John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in 1872 as a charitable concern. ...
Henry Odell Election Notice 1918
Odell was the Labour party candidate for the 1918 General Election. All of the candidates specifically tried to appeal to female voters; in this poster Odell asks them to attend a meeting at Canterbury ...