Community Summer School, Wolverhampton
Kids posed for a group photograph at a Summer School, held in Wolverhampton.
Computer Class
Classes on many different subjects are held in the MVCA offices in Charleville Road, in this picture a computer class is being held.
Congregational Chapel, Union Row, Handsworth
Congregational Chapel, Union Row, Handsworth. This photograph was taken in 1870. The chapel was remodelled and expanded by the pastor in residence a year after this image was recorded. The Rev. Robert ...
Congregational Church of Sparkbrook on Ladypool Road
The church was opened in 1894 as the Congregational Mission Church. The middle front of the building is now a shop.
Congregational Church, Soho Hill
Built in 1892 and was the home of the Soho Men's Movement
Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Handsworth
Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Hunters Road, Handsworth. Built to the designs of A.W. Pugin, St Mary’s Convent opened in 1841, a few months after St Chad’s Cathedral opened a mile down the road.
Benefactors ...
Conybere Street
Carol Arnall's book “Birmingham Girls” recalls her life growing up in the area.
"My sister Pauline and I lived in Coneybere Street, Balsall Heath, with our mom during the mid to late 1940s - up the ...
Cooks at Work
Cooks at work in a restaurant. One of the cooks is called Terry. This was one of the first Caribbean restaurants in Handsworth. It was near the corner of Soho Road and Holliday Road
Corbel Stone in St. Mary's Church
St Mary's Church features many fine architectural features such as this Corbel Stone set high on the wall. It would be difficult to see without the zoom facility on the video camera.
Coronation Day in Mary Street
It’s Coronation Day, June 2nd 1953. Wearing their party hats, Shay and his sister Elizabeth (Lily) are sitting on Andy’s first mode of transport, the rigid framed ex WD (War dept) motorbike. Note the ...
Cottage in Soho Hill, Handsworth
Old cottage in Soho Hill, Handsworth, 1906. At one time this house was occupied by one of Matthew Boulton's gamekeepers.
Cottage on Holyhead Road
Undated picture of cottage on Holyhead Road.
Cottages at Soho Foundry, Handsworth
Row of cottages at Soho Foundry, Handsworth (now W & T Avery Ltd), including number 13 where William Murdock lived for a while. He had originally come to join Matthew Boulton in the Soho Manufactory in ...
Cottages in Church Lane by Farquhar
These cottages were built in 1699 by the Smallwood family. Members of the Smallwood family occupied at least one of these cottages for several generations.
One of the last occupants was a Miss Katie ...
Cottages in Factory Road, Handsworth
Old cottages which stood by the brook where Factory Road joins Piers Road, Handsworth. May 1907.
Cottages in Malthouse Lane, off Booth's Lane.
Built in 1913 Malthouse Cottages in Malthouse Lane formed part of the estate of Booths Farm.
Council House, Birmingham
The Banqueting Hall in the Council House, Birmingham. Even this black-and-white postcard conveys the magnificence of the interior of Yeoville Thomason's building. The Council House was erected between ...
Council House, Birmingham
Postcard depicting the Council House in Birmingham illuminated to mark the coronation of King Edward VII. A crowd fills Victoria Square, although the message on the front of this early postcard makes ...