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 ...
Grove Lane, Court Houses
Grove Lane court houses opposite Union Row July 24th 1968. The houses are in process of being boarded up for demolition.
Grove Lane, Union Row
Photograph taken in 1970. Interflora shop is visible to the left of the picture.
Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara
The Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara in Mary Street. The was the first Sikh temple in Balsall Heath and was opened in 1958
Gwen Hatton and Emily Hancox
Taken some years after the move to Faraday House. Gwen and Emily are photographed by the flower beds outside the block.
Gwen Hatton and family
Left to right are: Gwen Hatton, Doris (sister), Stan Hancox (brother-in-law), Emily Morton (mother), and Gladys (sister).
The background shows a nice view of the old shops which were eventually demolished, ...
Hagley Villas off Taunton Road
A typical terrace development: Hagley villas off Taunton Road dating from the 1890s. This part of Balsall Heath was one of the last areas to be developed. It was part of the estate of John Gregory Watkins ...
Hagley Villas off Taunton Road
These date from the 1890s. This part of Balsall Heath was one of the last areas to be developed. It was part of the estate of John Gregory Watkins who died at his home, Woodfield House, Ombersley near ...
Handsworth Cemetery
Model of a proposed shrine for Handsworth Cemetery viewd from the south/ front elevation. Undated.
This image is from the collection in Local Studies and History Department, Central Library, Birmingham.
Recreation ...
Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth
Model of the shrine in a garden of rest proposed for Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth. The view is from the south, showing the front elevation.
Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth
The gates at the Camp Lane entrance to Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth, on 18th July 1963. Land formerly belonging to The Leveretts was laid out as the new cemetery in 1909, the first burial taking place ...
Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth
The two lodges at the entrance to Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth, at the junction of Park Lane (to the left) and Camp Lane (to the right). The lodges, built in the Regency style, originally belonged ...
Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth
The entrance to Handsworth Cemetery in Camp Lane, Handsworth. The cemetery, covering 69 acres, opened in 1909 and was created from the grounds of The Leveretts (although the house itself was not demolished ...
Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth
Interior of Handsworth Cemetery chapel, Handsworth, in a photograph dating from 1925. The chapel is contemporary with the opening of the cemetery in 1909.
Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth
A view of the interior of the chapel at Handsworth Cemetery, photographed in 1925. The chapel was built in 1909, when the cemetery first opened.
Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth
A model, dating from the 1950s, of a proposed garden of rest to be laid out at Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth. The view is from the south, looking towards the shrine.