Henry Price
By the demise of Mr Henry Price, the venerable parish clerk and rates collector, Handsworth has lost one of its most familiar figures. Mr Price had reached the almost patriarchal age of 72 years when ...
Henry Price - Parish Clerk and Rates Collector
This is an abridged biography from The Handsworth Magazine, the full version is available as a download.
By the demise of Mr Henry Price, the venerable parish clerk and rates collector, Handsworth ...
Herbert Bellamy, Perry Barr
Herbert Bellamy of Wellington Road, Perry Barr, c.1900.
Holliday Road, Handsworth
Procession passing along Holliday Road, Handsworth. The occasion is the celebrations marking Joseph Chamberlain's 70th birthday, 7th July 1906.
Holyhead Road Police Station
The original police station at number 65 Holyhead Road taken in 1937. One year later it was replaced by a new station built on the site next to it.
Holyhead School, Handsworth
"Members of the hockey team take a break from practising, Holyhead School in Handsworth, Birmingham." Pogus Caesar, February 2003.
Homestead - Canada
Homestead of Mr and Mrs Fred P both ex-Middlemore Homes Children. John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in 1872 as a charitable ...
House Front, Handsworth
This photograph was taken by Vanley because it was intriguing what people will do in an area where all the buildings look the same to make their home look a little bit different. The owner of this house ...
Housing Conditions
Cannon Hill Place, Balsall Heath which ran between Hallam Street and Jakeman Road. This is typical of the environment in parts of Balsall Heath in the 1970's as large swathes of decrepit housing was boarded ...
Housing conditions
November 1975. Residents of two streets, George Street and Homer Street in Balsall Heath went to court to force the council to re-house them. This was the cover story in the November 1975 edition of The ...
Housing Conditions
Housing conditions were so bad that a number of tenants were forced to take legal action against the Council.
This was the cover story in the November 1975 edition of The Heathan which can be accessed ...
Housing Conditions
Here we see the interior of one of the tenant's houses before they were forced to take legal action.
This was the cover story in the November 1975 edition of The Heathan which can be accessed at this ...
Housing Conditions
Several families in George Street and Homer Street forced the council to re-house them. These are the conditions of their original homes.
This was the cover story in the November 1975 edition of The ...
Housing Conditions
One toilet shared between several households in a shed at the back. And there's no door! Several families in George Street and Homer Street forced the council to re-house them. These are the conditions ...
Housing Conditions
Another variation on internal plumbing. Toilet and tin bath that would have to be filled from jugs and, if there was no heated water, kettles. Several families in George Street and Homer Street forced ...
'I Ran The World' Marathon
"The 1986 'I Ran The World' charity marathon in Lozells. Following the worldwide success of 'Live Aid' in 1985, a number of events were organised around Great Britain, mainly to raise funds for Third ...
Ingots of Gold Exchanged for Cigarettes at Handsworth
A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth Herald", 25th September 1896.
This cutting gives details of the finding of several gold ingots following a robbery at a jewellers in Hockley.
A Handsworth boy ...