Fried Fish Shop, Newcombe Road
The photograph shows Irene and Ethel Jones standing outside the Fried Fish Shop owned by Harry Bayliss which stood at 113 Newcombe Road. The shop remained in business through to the 1950's under a number ...
Funday at the Fire Station
To promote the local fire service a Community Open Day was held on June 10th 2000, This was attended by many people from the community. Handsworth Community firestation has excellent facilities for holding ...
Funeral
Laying wreaths at bus drivers funeral.
Funeral
Funeral at Handsworth Cemetery
Funeral Car, Handsworth
This is the funeral of Vanley's Great Uncle, his Grandmother's Brother. The car is important in as much as the only time black people were ever seen in Rolls Royces were at weddings and funerals and ...
Funeral of a Bus Driver
Carrying the coffin at a bus drivers funeral
Funeral of a Bus Driver, Handsworth Cemetry
Funeral of Mr. Wainwright in Handsworth
In this diary entry, John Benjamin Stone MP recounts the day of Mr Wainwright's burial in Handsworth.
"Wed July 2nd 1902.
Letters from home saying Mr Wainwright would be buried today.
Left Euston ...
Funeral, Bethel United Church of Jesus Christ
Outside Bethel United Church, Gibson Road after a funeral service.
Funeral, Handsworth Cemetry
Hymns are sung round the grave at a funeral.
Funeral, Handsworth Cemetry
Gas Mask
Gas mask of type issued to the residents of Handsworth in World War Two. The threat of bombs exploding containing poison gas, or even a bomb exploding near gas piping were major concerns for Civil Defence. ...
Gasometer, Soho Foundry, Handsworth
The original gasometer at the Soho Foundry, Handsworth. It was constructed in about 1799 and was used continuously to supply the Soho Foundry with gas for lighting purposes until the gas could be purchased ...
General Election 1918 - Handsworth Poll Results
The totals as listed in this cutting from the Birmingham Gazette of Monday 30th December 1918 are:
E.C. Maysey-Thompson (Coalition Unionist) 12,019
Norman Tiptaft (Independent) 4,697
Henry Joseph ...
General Election Poll Notice 1918
Poll notice for the 1918 General Election held on December 14th. This election was contested by three candidates for Handsworth:
Ernest Claude Meysey-Thompson (Coalition Unionist)
Norman Tiptaft ...
General Election Poster 1922 - The Current Situation
Independent candidate Norman Tiptaft here invites the voters to attend a rally at Canterbury Road Schools. Tiptaft had been a councillor for Handsworth since 1919, which he hoped might give him an advantage ...
General Election Results December 1918
Front page of the Birmingham Gazette reporting on the results of the first election held after the First World War. The Handsworth result is featured on the page within the wider context of what happened ...
General Elections in Handsworth
This exhibition features ephemera on the Handsworth candidates for some of the General Elections since 1918. All of this material is held by the Local Studies Department of Birmingham Central Library; ...