Rotton Park Street Salvage Works - canteen
This view of the canteen looks like something out of a Dickens novel. A very serious looking picture indeed. The image is from the brochure commemorating the official opening of the depot in 1932.
Rotton Park Street Salvage Works, Ladywood
Wide angle view of the works which was opened on 5th October 1932.
Rough Road, Kingstanding
Rough Road, Kingstanding, an untouched rural lane in 1928
Rough Road, Perry Barr
Rough Road, Perry Barr, on 14th September 1932 when new housing had spread along one side and the road had been kerbed and surfaced.
Round Room at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
The famous Round Room looking very different to how it is today. It still has paintings on the walls and the floor looks to be the same. In this view from the early part of last century the main difference ...
Roy Bunn interview
Roy Bunn was born in the Black Country in 1928. He moved to work at Hamstead Colliery in 1952, and often walked underground as far as Sutton Coldfield. He found that many of his fellow miners came from ...
Roy Douglas and his art
Roy Douglas, Handsworth artist and sculptor is seen here on the doorstep of his home where he created his work. Almost every piece of his art has a use, sculptures will open at the back to reveal small ...
Roy Douglas and the "Lawman"
Roy Douglas Handsworth sculptor began sculpting when he was at home recovering from an illness and a friend brought him a coconut. Coming from a background where a use had to be found for everything, ...
Roy Douglas with his 'family and friends'.
Roy Douglas, a self taught artist and sculptor lives in Handsworth. Roy was born in Jamaica and came to England in 1959.The works he creates often use coconut shells, as well as wood, creating figures, ...
Roy Hattersley MP, Handsworth disturbances
"Roy Hattersley was the MP for Sparkbrook at the time of the disturbances. Surrounded by photographers, he surveys the scene on Lozells Road. Press reports claimed that up to 45 shops were either burnt ...
Royal Basmati Rice
East End Foods was formed in 1972 in Wolverhampton. It was founded by the Wouhra brothers who were originally from New Delhi, India. Having been established in Wolverhampton it moved on into Birmingham. ...
Royal Visit of George V and Queen Mary
Following the end of the First World War George V expressed a wish to make a visit to Birmingham. He had last been in 1915 to see facilities for wounded soldiers at Bournbrook and was known to have a ...
Royal Warwickshire Regiment - World War One
A collection of images from the website relating to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in World War One. Due to the nature of local recruitment many of the men were from Birmingham and this exhibition concentrates ...
Royal Warwickshire Volunteers
This picture is of the Royal Warwickshire Volunteers during the First World War. The photograph is dated 1914. It has been has pointed out that: "the vague semblance of military uniforms the men (as opposed ...
Royal Wedding Re-Enactment
The wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer as re-created by Clifton Primary School. Prince Charles is Raymond Douglas and Lady Diana is Donna Titley.
Ruby Turner, Vocalist
"Ruby Turner , born in Montego Bay, Jamaica and moved to Birmingham in 1967. She recorded her first single, 'Every Soul', for a local label, before being offered a contract with Jive Records. In 1987 ...