Great Hampton Street, Hockley
Industrial premises at 63 Great Hampton Street, Hockley. The signs over the shop window advertise 'W.J. Clarke. Authorised plumber, gas fitter, zinc worker, &c' and 'E. Swan. Brooch tongues, watch bows, ...
Great Tindal Street and St Mary Street
Great Tindal Street, Ladywood
Looking along Great Tindal Street, Ladywood, at the junction with St Mary's Street. In April 1960 this was a scene of dereliction. The construction of Ladywood Middleway and associated development erased ...
Grosvenor Street West, Ladywood
Numbers 3 and 4 in Court 40, Grosvenor Street West, Ladywood. The removal of back-to-back housing arranged round courts was one of the aims of the postwar redevelopment of this area. Grosvenor Street ...
Haddon Tower Blowdown (film footage)
This picture shows Haddon Tower on Bristol Street undergoing preparatory clearance for demolition. The top floors have already been stripped of fittings and fixtures and the contractors are working their ...
Hagley Road, Edgbaston
Hagley Road, Edgbaston, seen in postcard view in 1903. The location is the Ivy Bush, looking eastwards towards the city centre. However, the destination on the front of the bus reads 'New Street', an ...
Hanson Map of Holloway Head area in 1778
This is a detailed section of the map. Most of the area shown is filled with the orchards and fields which lined the route from Bath Row down into Holloway Head. Note that the very end of the route into ...
Harborne Branch Line: Withdrawal of passenger train service
Poster advertising the withdrawal of the service after Saturday November 24th 1934.
Stations listed as being affected are Harborne, Hagley Road and Rotton Park Road Stations.
Harold Colley VC
Harold Colley was born at 64 Winson Street on 26th May 1894. Winson Street lies off the Dudley Road in the Cape Hill area, not far from the Cape Hill Brewery. His parents were John (a Pattern Maker) and ...
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.
Harrison and Harrison Pianoforte Maker
Harrison's stood at the corner of Bennett's Hill and Colmore Row. The position of St Philips's in the background positions it at the top end of Bennett's Hill on the side nearest to the cathedral.
Harris's Lithographic Establishment, New Street
Harris's specialised in chalk drawings, maps, plans and writings as their advert proclaims. They were based at 88 New Street opposite the Society Of Arts. The Society is still there today at the top of ...
Harry and Arthur Sadler on William Street
The young Sadler brothers are pictured here outside their home on William Street. The Sadler family had no connection with Islington Motors, whose van they are posing next to. The company were based on ...
Heley Works on Cregoe Street
Listed on the wall of this brassfounders factory are the firm of Freeman and Ward - metal spinners. This is the top end of Cregoe Street just before Bath Row. In the distance you can just about glimpse ...
Henshall's plan of Birmingham
Detail from a much larger plan of Birmingham by J. Henshall. This section of the plan includes part of the Ladywood area and to the bottom right can be seen most of what we would now know as Lee Bank. ...
Herbert Green returns to St Thomas' School
Some ten years after the closure was announced St Thomas' Primary School finally closed its doors for the last time on 20th July. The school was replaced in effect by two new schools - Lea Mason Secondary ...
Hickman's greengrocers on Monument Road
Mrs May Hickman is seen here in the foreground.