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 ...
Hill Street
This view is looking up towards Victoria Square. This still looks somewhat familiar to the view today with the Art Gallery, Chamberlain clock and Council House visible in the distance. The right hand ...
Hill Street and Navigation Street, Birmingham
The Midland Red bus in this city centre scene is turning into Hill Street, Birmingham, and heading towards Victoria Square. Navigation Street crosses from left to right. To the left is the premises of ...
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.
Holloway Circus
This island lies between Holloway Head, The Horsefair and Smallbrook Queensway. It contains a mosaic of The Horsefair in its heyday and a plaque to Councillor Thomas for whom the Thomas Gardens on the ...
Holloway Head
Holloway Head is to the bottom right of the photograph, the twin tower blocks of The Sentinels clearly visible. Other familiar Birmingham locations are there to be seen too such as The Central Library, ...
Holloway Head
Holloway Place, Holloway Head showing a street market, or perhaps a shop spilling out onto the street. It appears to be attracting a crowd. In spite of the shabby surroundings window-boxes are in evidence ...
Holloway Head
A postwar view of the area looking down towards the city. Unusual to see this view without the iconic Sentinels tower blocks.
Holloway Head in 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
Also including the following streets: Holliday Road, Holliday Street, Hollie Lucas Road, Hollier Street, Holly Avenue, Holly Grove, Holly Lane
Hope Street
View of Hope Street looking towards the twin tower blocks of Cleveland and Clydesdale Tower in the middle distance. The most notable establishment on Hope Street is the Birmingham School of Chiropody ...
Horse Fair at the Horsefair
Up into the early years of the twentieth century there used to be a horse fair held in Brick Kiln Lane. The Lane was renamed as the HorseFair in memory of the event. This is a rare picture of the event ...
Horse-drawn omnibus in St Vincent Street, Ladywood
This small horse-drawn 'family omnibus', as the caption on the original postcard calls it, was photographed in St Vincent Street, Ladywood, presumably around 1900. It belonged to the London & North Western ...
Horsefair in Kelly's 1939 Trade Directory
Use the zoomify button and plug in to read the page clearly. As well as The Horsefair this page also includes the following Birmingham streets:
Homer Street, Hooper Street, Hope Street, Hornsey Road, ...
Horsefair Mosiac
This colorful mural, executed in mosaics in 1966, measures about 30 yards long by twelve feet high, and depicts the Horse Fair that took place on the spot every year until 1911.
This is a closeup detail ...
Horsefair Shops in 1979
Another view of this row of shops with the wonderful Victorian top floor frontages. Visible in this picture to the left is the Gate Of India restaurant.
Horsefair Shops in 1979
The top floor frontages are the same as today giving away their Victorian origins. The shops themselves though have changed since but at the time they were: Horsefair Fish and Chips, Ted Rodgers Bookmakers, ...
House of the Baskervilles by Chris Upton
A riot, a back garden burial,the deepest canal in Birmingham, a giant dog with luminous eyes. The company that has just bought Baskerville House has also taken over an awful lot of history. The dog we ...