Plough and Harrow Hotel, Edgbaston
The Plough and Harrow Hotel on the Hagley Road, Edgbaston, from a postcard. There has been an inn on the site since 1704, although the present building dates from 1832. The name seems to suggest the rural ...
Plough and Harrow Hotel, Edgbaston
The Plough and Harrow Hotel, Hagley Road, Edgbaston. Although this postcard probably dates from around 1900 the building has changed little over the years. The hotel can trace its ancestry back to 1612, ...
Poppies behind Haddon Tower - Angela Maloney
Haddon Tower is on Bristol Street opposite St Luke's Church. Both buildings are set to be demolished as part of the urban regeneration of the Lee Bank area.
Private Harold Augustine Flynn (1439, Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
Private Flynn served in 14th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment and was just 19 when he was killed on 5th August 1916. The Weekly Mercury spells his surname wrong as "FLYLL" but it is definitely Private ...
Private W. Morgan (1981, Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
This man was featured in the "reported missing" section allocated each week during the war as a Weekly Mercury feature.
Private Morgan was reported missing on 1st of July 1916. His mother Mrs Morgan ...
Quartermaster Serjeant Martin Bayliss
Martin Bayliss (200083) served in the Royal Warwickshire regiment during World War One. He became a Quartermaster Serjeant and received three medals - the Victory, War and Territorial Efficiency medal. ...
Queen Mother waves to the crowd at Nash House
The Queen Mother waves to the crowd below and on the neighbouring balconies. She is on the top left balcony with Mayor Apps and a few other dignitaries and residents.
Queen's Stores Public House on Bath Row
This is the south side of Bath Row. Cregoe Street still runs down from here today and the junction with it is dwon in the distance. This pub stood on the corner of the junction with Piggott Street - what ...
Radio-cassette and chest of drawers
Lewis Green was evidently very fond of his radio cassette, it crops up in a few pictures and he even took it away on holiday with him. Here it is in his flat on top of a chest of drawers. Many people ...
Railings - by Year Five at Woodview
These railings were photographed during the walking tour of the area conducted with Year Five. The children took digital cameras and were invited to take pictures of whatever they found interesting.
Railings outside St James's Church - by Year Five at Woodview
This building used to be St James's church. It is apartments now. People are going to live in there.
Rats: Wartime Poster
Published by the Austin Motor Company Safety and Welfare Department. Many posters were published during WW2 for public information. This warning about keeping shelters tidy is one of the less commonly ...
Reflections at McDonalds - by Year Five at Woodview School
Picture taken during the walking tour of the area around the school. This reflective sign is on the front of the McDonald's drive through restaurant by the Lee Bank Middleway/ Bristol Road island.
Reredos and Holy Table in St Thomas's Church
Sadly destroyed by bombing in World War Two. The Reredos was erected in 1923 and served as a memorial to the men of the parish killed in the First World War. The Holy Table was a memorial to the late ...
Reservoir Road, Edgbaston
Reservoir Road, Edgbaston, is seen here in a photograph taken in 1967. The view is looking westwards towards the reservoir.
Reservoir Road, Edgbaston
View of Reservoir Road, Edgbaston, in the early 1900s, from a postcard. Almost entirely residential t his ime,Reservoir Road runs from Monument Road towards Edgbaston Reservoir.
Rev Oldham
The Reverend Oldham was the first Vicar of St Luke's Church on Bristol Street. He was there from 1842 to 1861.
Rev. J.P. Wilkinson, Vicar of St Luke's, Lee Bank
This portrait of the Rev. James Percy Wilkinson, Vicar of St Luke's, Lee Bank, was taken in 1930. He was instituted as vicar of St Luke's in Bristol Street on 22 September in the same year. While there ...