ARP Shelter toilets at George Road
The toilet cubicles in the shelter are between the main rooms. All of the doors have now gone but some of the pans and cisterns remain, one or two still being apparently useable.
ARP shelter under George Road
The former air-raid shelter consists of a maze of corridors and rooms, unused since the end of World War II. This is one of the corridors with the painted "no smoking" sign still in evidence on the wall....
At Davos For The Duration
This article was printed in the Weekly Post. Davos was the home of Christian Kunzle who owned the Kunzle's factory and cake shops in Birmingham. Kunzle came from Davos in Switzerland and every year he ...
Baker's Builders
Mr Baker of Baker's Builders, Woodfield Road with his builder's handcart, a common form of transport for a number of local tradesmen in the 1930s and 1940s
Bakers Builders, Woodfield Road
W.E. Baker and Sons Ltd were based at 39 Wooodfield Road on the west side of the road between the junctions with Highgate Road and Ombersley Road. They were trading from there for many decades. The names ...
Bakers Builders, Woodfield Road
W.E. Baker and Sons Ltd were based at 39 Wooodfield Road on the west side of the road between the junctions with Highgate Road and Ombersley Road. They were trading from there for many decades. This is ...
Bakers Builders, Woodfield Road
W.E. Baker and Sons Ltd were based at 39 Wooodfield Road on the west side of the road between the junctions with Highgate Road and Ombersley Road. They were trading from there for many decades. The names ...
Bank clerks turned firemen
During World War Two it was common for people to take on extra work as part of the homefront. Here we see a pair of bank clerks operating a water pump.
Barbara Lewis - Liberal Candidate for Handsworth
Barbara Lewis contested the 1945 General Election as a Liberal. Her biography here tells us that Lewis was born in Smethwick and educated at Birmingham University. She had been widowed during the war ...
Barbara Lewis addresses the electorate 1945
Barbara Lewis was the Liberal candidate for Handsworth in the 1945 General Election. Her chances were slim as she was up against a large Conservative majority vote, buoyed it was thought by the end of ...
Barrows Stores, Corporation Street
Blanket making for the war effort at Barrows Stores, with Lady Mayoress W. Maretineau.
Barrows was on Corporation Street and apart from being a famous store in Birmingham in its own right it also ...
Bath Row Part One from 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
Also includes the following roads: Barrows Road, Bartholomew Row, Bartholomew Street, Barton Croft, Barton Street, Barton Lodge Road, Barton's Bank, Barwell Road, Barwick Street,
Bath Row Part Two from 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
Also including the following roads: Bath Street, Battenhall Road, Bayford Road and Bayswater Road.
Bell Barn Road - George V Jubilee Party
The residents are gathered at a street party to celebrate the 25th anniversary of George V's accession to the throne. The little girl in the foreground is Sheila Woolridge(with a girl with a headband ...
Bell Barn Road and Bellis Street 1939 Trade Directory entries
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Bell Barn Road in the Blitz
A landmine was dropped on Bell Barn Road in February 1941. This is one of several photographs showing the damage caused to housing in the road, Many people lost their homes and some also their lives as ...
Bernard Allen at work in Freeman and Ward
Freeman and Ward was located at the Bath Row end of Cregoe Street. They made equipment for the local hospital as well as brass and copperware. Bernard Allen started work there as a 14 year old. Here he ...
Bernard Allen on his bike in Lee Crescent
I was born in Lee Crescent in 1931. Lee Crescent ran parallel with Lee Bank Road; there was no Lee Bank area like today. One side of Lee Crescent and Lee Mount was demolished to make way for the Lee Bank ...