Hamstead Colliery, Handsworth
Hamstead Colliery, Handsworth, after the accident on 4th March 1908 when 23 miners were trapped underground. The postcard draws attention to a message from the Queen.
Hamstead Mill
Hamstead water mill was used for a variety of purposes including milling flour, blades and as a slitting mill (cutting narrow rods from strips of metal which were then used to make nails). It was part ...
Hamstead Mill, Hamstead
Hamstead water mill was used for a variety of purposes including milling flour, blades and as a slitting mill (cutting narrow rods from strips of metal which were then used to make nails). It was part ...
Hamstead Village, Miners' Cottages
Derelict miners' cottages at Hamstead Village. Photograph taken on June 19th 1968. Miners who lived here worked at the nearby Hamstead Colliery.
Handsworth Dairies
Handsworth Dairies opened in 1910 at Woodville Cottage on the corner of Forge Lane, the proprietors being Valentine and Carleton White. In 1917 they moved to 138 Holyhead Road and then in 1924 onto Island ...
Handsworth Dairies
Handsworth Dairies opened in 1910 at Woodville Cottage on the corner of Forge Lane, the proprietors being Valentine and Carleton White. In 1917 they moved to 138 Holyhead Road and then in 1924 onto Island ...
Handsworth Dairy milk float
Handsworth Dairies opened in 1910 at Woodville Cottage on the corner of Forge Lane, the proprietors being Valentine and Carleton White. In 1917 they moved to 138 Holyhead Road and then in 1924 onto Island ...
Handsworth Market, Soho Road
This once thriving and popular market is now closed. At the beginning of 2003 it lies derelict.
Handsworth Market, Wig Stall
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.
Harrisons' Opticians
An advertisement for Harrisons' Opticians in the programme of the Saint James' Church Fancy Fair held on 20th till 23rd November 1929. Highlighting the advantages of non-pressure glasses invented by ...
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 ...
Henry Empson
This is a photograph of Henry Empson (1844-1925), a lithograph artist who drew illustrations for newspapers and magazines. Henry grew up in Belgrave House , 348 Moseley Road, Balsall Heath. (Kindly donated ...
Hickman's greengrocers on Monument Road
Mrs May Hickman is seen here in the foreground.
Hickman's greengrocers on Monument Road
Seen here are Ralph Hickman and staff at the Monument Road premises. In fact they had two seperate shops on Monument Road at their peak as well as one on King Edward's Road.
Hickman's the greengrocer
Hickmans was on the corner of Nelson Street and King Edward's Road. This view of the shop and staff was taken just before the outbreak of the First World War. The staff here include George Rafferty, May ...
History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire by William White (1834)
White's 1834 Directory includes a description and brief history of Handsworth. Local gentry and trades people are listed for the area along with the neighbouring Perry Barr.
Hollingsworth the Tobacconists
The shop was at 122 New Street. Above it, on the windows, can be seen the sign for Caswell and Bowden Ltd.