Pool in Lee Bank
Promotional photograph taken for the Lee Bank area. This was used to advertise the appeal of the area to young families. The pool stood in the park area and was popular for many years with local children. ...
Portrait of a Body Builder
This photograph was taken at the gymn on Soho Hill next door to the Beehive. The bodybuilder's name is Colin.
Portrait of a Boxer
This photograph was taken at the Golden Gloves Boxing Club on Moseley Road.
Portrait photograph of lady parachutist
This lady was one of the parachutists employed by Handsworth aeronaut Lieutenant Lempriere. Lempriere conducted balloon ascents and descents at many events all over the United Kingdom. The portrait may ...
Preparing for the park
Before landscaping for the new park area in Attwood Green, Crest Nicholson had to excavate the ground on the site of the old park.
Prize fight at Handsworth
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Gazette, which gives details of a hearing at the West Bromwich police court for the offence of prize fighting.
A police constable Raven had come across the accused,Issac ...
Prize Fight at Handsworth
A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth Herald", 21st June 1890.
A short article giving an account of a prize fight that took place in a field near to where the G.W.R and L. and N.W.R. railway lines ...
Prize fight near Birmingham
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail 11th July 1884.
This article gives an account of a prize fight that took place in a field near Perry Barr.
The fight was between two Black Country men ...
Prize fight near Birmingham this morning
An account from the Birmingham Mail of a prizefight between 'Big Ben' and 'Stinger' in a field near Perry Barr. It was watched by about 200 people and won by 'Stinger'.
A later press cutting reports ...
Rotary Charity Ball at the Palais De Danse
7/6 and formal dress would have got you into the Rotarian's dance at the Palais De Danse. The Palais was on Monument Road and one of the most popular venues in the Ladywood area.
Rum Runner on Broad Street
The Rum Runner was located just along from where the Hyatt Hotel stands on Broad Street. A famous Broad Street music venue which will be forever remembered because Duran Duran played there so often in ...
Self Defence classes, Handsworth
"Open air martial arts in Handsworth Park." Pogus Caesar, February 2003.
Serenade at the Community Centre
Local chanteuse Ricki Duvay serenading Georgette Wright, Chris Sutton and Carol Woolley at a night of music and fun at the old Lee Bank Community Centre off Cregoe Street
Shell Pool and the Temple of Flora by John Phillp
This pen and ink drawing shows the Shell Pool and Temple of Flora, part of the landscaped park created at Soho by industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton. A more detailed watercolour of the Temple ...
Shell Pool, Handsworth
Shell Pool in Soho Park, Handsworth. Originally been part of the grounds of Matthew Boulton's Soho House, the area around this pool was relandscaped by the Boulton trustees in the 1880s and opened to ...
Shell Pool, Handsworth
Shell Pool in Soho Park, Handsworth. Originally been part of the grounds of Matthew Boulton's Soho House, the area around this pool was relandscaped by the Boulton trustees in the 1880s and opened to ...
Shot a friend instead of the rabbit
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail,July 12th 1895.
An article reporting on a case at the Birmingham County Court in which an action was brought against John Foden of Perry Barr by Samuel ...
Site of Dog Racing Track, Perry Barr by H Bailey
This watercolour by H Bailey shows the site of the Dog Racing Track at Perry Barr before it was developed. This would have been the first dog racing track which is now the site of the One Stop shopping ...