Site of Handsworth Golf Club
The Golf Club was built in 1895 on land surrounding The Austins (now Sandwell Recreation Ground). The view here is the approximate area where the golf course was laid out.
Site of St Thomas's School
Work commencing on the site of the new St Thomas's School. To the rear is the more progressed site of Lee Bank playing fields. The building on Holloway Head immediately to the rear of the playing fields ...
Site of St Thomas's School and Lee Bank playing field
A photograph taken during the development process. In the foreground is the site of the "new" St Thomas's School which replaced the Granville Street building. To the rear is the developing playing field ...
Skating Rink, Edgbaston Reservoir, Ladywood
The roller-skating rink, once one of the attractions of Edgbaston Reservoir. When the popularity of roller-skating waned the building became the Tower Ballroom which still survives on the south bank of ...
'Sketch of a boat' by John Phillp
This watercolour is labelled 'sketch of a boat belonging to '. The paper has been trimmed at some stage but it is almost certain that it was a boat belonging to the industrialist and entrepreneur ...
Soho Lake
This is a photograph of a lithograph of Soho Lake or Pool, Soho Park in 1854 by Jas. Corder, Lithographer, 83 New Street.
Soho Pool had formed part of Matthew Boulton's landscaped park around Soho ...
Soho Pool
A poster advertising the delights to be had at Soho Pool. This pool had formed part of Matthew Boulton's landscaped park around Soho House. His grandson Matthew Piers Watt Boulton moved away from Birmingham, ...
Soho Pool, Handsworth
Soho Pool, Handsworth. 1868. From a photograph in the posession of Sir J B Stone
Soho Pool, Knibbs Boating Lake
This photograph of Knibbs Boating Lake, Soho Pool was taken by by Mrs Brittain.
Soho Pool had formed part of Matthew Boulton's landscaped park around Soho House. His grandson Matthew Piers Watt Boulton ...
Sound System Party, Mohammed Ali Centre
Getting ready for a party with sound system.
St Luke's Church cycling club
Undated but certainly late nineteenth or early twentieth century. The original photograph was lost long ago so this copy was produced from an old photocopy hence the low quality of the image. Whether ...
Steam room at Monument Road Baths
This undated photograph is by H. Mason. It is probably from the original baths at Monument Road.
Sunken Garden, Handsworth Park. 1933
The park was opened in 1887 and originally called Victoria Park to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee
Sunset Park
Sunset Park was opened Summer 2006. It lies to the west of Moonlit Park which was opened in 2005. Both parks lie at the centre of the Park Central Development in the Lee Bank area of Birmingham.
Superprix Pass
Sponsor's pass for the 1989 Superprix event in Birmingham over the August Bank Holiday. Part of the track followed the middleway that runs through the Lee Bank area and along Bristol Street. The hospitality ...
The Balsall Heath Panthers
The origins of the club go back to 1947 when Charlie Humphrey, who lived in Balsall Heath Road and attended Dennis Road School, was shown a cycle speedway bike by one of his school friends and began laying ...