Hyde Arms
At the junction of Hyde Road and Clark Street.
"When I was at school Mr Pitty was the landlord. On the Clark Street side you used to have to go down some steps as it was on a hill. Next to the Hyde ...
Hyde Road, Ladywood
The Hyde Arms at 80 Hyde Road, Ladywood. The photograph was taken in 1968, when the area was evidently in a poor way. The pub does not seem in too bad a state itself but one wonders what sort of trade ...
Icknield Street
View of Icknield Street in the nineteen fifties. To the left is Spring Hill Library, a fine redbrick Victorian structure still there to this day. The shops have now long gone but they include Walter Smith ...
Icknield Street (part 2) and Icknield Port Road (Part 1) in 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
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Icknield Street part 1 in Kelly's 1939 Trade Directory
First part of the entry for Icknield Street. Also included on this page are entries for Hurst Street (part of), Hutton Road, Hyde Road, Hylda Road, Hylton Street, Icknield Square.
Icknield Street part 3 in 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
Also including the following streets: Idbury Road, Ilmington Road, Ilsley Road, Imperial Road, Inchcape Avenue, Inge Street, Ingestre Road, Ingleby Street, Ingleton Road, Inkerman Street.
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Icknield Street railway bridge
The bridge was at the junction of Icknield Street and Pitsford Street. The bridge has since been replaced and now carries the Metro en route between Snow Hill and Wolverhampton. To the right is an advert ...
Icknield Street School, Ladywood
Inside Icknield Street School, Ladywood. The school opened as Icknield Street Board School in 1883 and became a Secondary Modern school in 1945.
Ideal Home Exhibition at Bingley Hall
Cartoons by Larry in the Evening Mail which capture the Ideal Home Exhibition as remembered by many Brummies. This used to be at Bingley Hall off Broad Street and featured all the latest timsesaving gadgets ...
In Memoriam by Raymond Mason
The painting came about as a consequence of Mason's return to Birmingham when his mother had passed away. The area of his youth was itself now "dying" too, bulldozers moving in to demolish the old housing ...
Inside The Woodman
Two customers enjoying a drink at The Woodman in Cregoe Street. The pub has since been demolished as part of the urban renewal of the area. Helen White notes that: "The lady, who is my aunt, is Mrs Barbara ...
Interior of St John's Church
A view looking towards the alter. The inset photograph is of the Reverend Runnels-Moss who was vicar from 1888-1921. The reverend was of Anglo-West Indian descent which was unusual for that time. He is ...
Interior of the Municipal Bank on Broad Street
The first Municipal Bank in Brimingham was opened in 1916 but the head office branch was only opened a few years later on Broad Street. It still stands today - opposite the Hall Of Memory - but is now ...
Interior of the Reference Library
The old Reference Library was located at Ratcliff Place which was by the side of the Town Hall. This photograph was taken by George Whitehouse of Handsworth.
Interior of the Shakespeare Library
This view, by George Whitehouse,is of the Shakespeare Library which was located inside the old Reference Library at Ratcliff Place. When the library was demolished it was saved and removed to a new location ...
Interior view of St Patrick's Church on Dudley Road
Looking towards the alter and screen.
International Convention Centre, Birmingham
The International Convention Centre, Birmingham, seen here at dusk. The ICC was intended to attract business, both national and international, to the city and was erected on land on the north side of ...
Irving Street - Another view of the VE Day Party
One of the two photographs we have of the party which took place on Irving Street to celebrate the end of the war in Europe. Nobody on this photograph has been named as yet.