The visit of the Queen Mother - by Chris Sutton
On 2nd May 1957 H.M. The Queen Mother visited the new blocks of flats built between Great Colmore Street, Grant Street and Wynn Street. These blocks - Avon, Lansdowne and Nash - are still known locally ...
The volunteers come home
Birmingham volunteers from the Boer War marching up New Street for an assembly in Victoria Square. One Birmingham man was George Albert Ravenhill who had served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers and won ...
The Waggon and Horses
Originally built about 1700 and demolished in 1870. Handsworth Council House and Public Library were erected on the site in 1877.
In 1780 this was the place where James Watt's invention of the crank ...
The Warstone Public House
The Warstone, near the library in Icknield Street. The pub got its name from the large boulder which lies at the edge of the nearby Warstone Lane Cemetery, which is said to have been deposited by a large ...
The Wellington Public House
The Wellington Public House on Bromsgrove Street. This view in 1979 is almost unchanged today. Just visible to the left is The Diskery record shop and to the right is the now closed Starkey's the bakers....
The White Swan
An undated picture taken outside this Ansell's pub which stood on the corner of King Edward's Road and Stour Street. The landlord is the man to the right in the white apron.
The White Swan on Grosvenor Street West
The White Swan still trades on Grosvenor Street West. The street has changed dramatically over the last 100 years, going from back to back court housing to the advent of city living studio apartments. ...
The Woodman Inn
The Woodman Inn stands on Holyhead Road. This building is substantially renovated from the original Woodman Inn which occupied the site.
The Woodman Pub
The Woodman, now demolished, used to stand on Cregoe Street in Lee Bank by the old Bell Barn Shopping Centre. This picture was taken by Lewis Green who used to reside in one of the four blocks on Lee ...
The Woodview flood of 1973
Picture taken by the Evening Mail in and around the Woodview Drive area. This was not the first time the area had been flooded, in previous years it was the local canal which had caused problems.
The workroom of James Watt at Heathfield Hall
The workroom of James Watt at Heathfield, absolutely undisturbed since his death in 1819.
Theft of Boots at Handsworth
A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth Herald", 5th January 1895. This gives details of a case heard at the Staffordshire Sessions in which Ernest Hems,aged 14, was accused of stealing a pair of boots ...
Thomas Bates and Sally Hodgkinson, Lee Bank Road
Lee Bank Road newsagent Thomas Bates with family friend Sally Hodgkinson. Mr Bates was murdered on June 2nd 1962 while in his shop. Oswald Grey was convicted of the crime and was subsequently executed ...
Thomas Chatwin Great Tindal Street
Chatwin's metal engineers on Great Tindal Street, Ladywood. This advert dates from 1888.
Thomas Kendrick
An abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available for download.Pakington House was located at number 64 in Trinity Road.
Mr Thomas Kendrick, who has long resided at ...
Thomas Woolley retires from Burmans
Presentation ceremony for Thomas Woolley on his retirement from Burman's. Mr Woolley lived and worked in the local area for many years.
'Thornhill' House Sale Catalogue
Pages 1 and 2 of the sale catalogue for 'Thornhill' house and contents, Handsworth.
To see this catalogue in it's entirety, page by page, go to 'Handsworth Histories' in the Gallery section.
This ...
Thornhill House
Thornhill House from the fields, near to the railway line, showing also the rope-walk in the middle of the image.