The Ladywood Bugle
The front cover of the final issue of Ladywood School's newspaper, the Ladywood Bugle. The "Grim Reaper" look sover the building sketched by pupil Damien Carless.
The Lamp Tavern, Hamstead Road
Situated opposite the parish church of St Mary in Hamstead Road, the Lamp Tavern was originally built about 1750 and at times was also known as the Handsworth Tavern. In 1787 and in 1831 it was used ...
The Lamp Tavern, Handsworth Wood
This stood at number 300 Church Hill on Hamstead Road. It was built about 1750 and stood opposite to St Mary's Church. It was used by Local Magistrates and the trustees of the Turnpike Road. It was also ...
The Last Liberal by Chris Upton
In a recent quiz on Birmingham the question was posed, “Who was the city’s last Liberal MP?”
I regret that a few of us, with better long term memories than short, answered Joseph Chamberlain, before ...
The last of the floats 2006
This was the last year we could afford to put floats in the parade.
The last tram in Ladywood
The last tram in Ladywood ran on 30 August 1947, and everyone hangs out of the windows to be photographed on this historic occasion. The tram was on the 33 route which ran from its Navigation Street terminus ...
The Ledsam Picture House
Advert for the Ledsam Picture House under the owner Frank J. Robbins.
The Ledsam Street dynamite conspiracy
Another page from "The Dart" about the conspiracy in Ledsam Street. The page reproduced here shows Whitehead's kitchen where he allegedly worked with the nitro-glycerine and the front of the shop at 128 ...
The Ledsam Street dynamite conspiracy
The Ledsam Street dynamite conspiracy made national news. Alfred Whitehead was arrested at 128 Ledsam Street on April 5, 1883, on the charge of manufacturing nitroglycerine, or dynamite. Whitehead was ...
The Ledsam Street dynamite conspiracy
Pictures from The Dart (13th April 1883) of some of the police principals in the Ledsam Street dynamite conspiracy. Top left is Sergeant Price who was the first investigating officer. Mr MacReady is an ...
The Ledsam Street Post Office
This undated picture is of the post office which stood at the junction of St Vincent Street and Ledsam Street. It does not look from the picture that the post office had too long to go before closure ...
The Leveretts
The houses on the Leveretts estate, which were built as a council estate in 1969. The majority of properties are now privately owned. The area is mainly grass land, open space. One of the beautiful untouched, ...
The Leveretts, Camp Lane, Handsworth
The Leveretts, Camp Lane, Handsworth. The photograph shows the Leveretts at the time it was employed by the Birmingham Corporation as a centre for treating psychiatric disorders. The land had been known ...
The Light Observation Group
Optima residents are creating designs for artworks on Attwood Green in partnership with three artists (left to right) Nayan Kulkarni, Jorge Orta and Lucy Orta. The joint collaboration is called the Light ...
The Lodge to Browne's Green
Browne's Green lodge looking back towards Handsworth Wood Road.
This was the lodge to Browne's Green House which was probably built around 1800 by Mr Nathaniel Clarke KC. Subsequent occupiers included ...
The Lodge, Friary Road, Handsworth
The lodge at the Friary, Friary Road, opposite College Road, Handsworth, 1899. This was one of two lodges, the other being in Friary Road next to Hawthorn Tree Farm.
The Long Jump
Although disused, Lee Bank Playing Fields was still there as of Summer 2004 when this picture was taken. It is the remains of the Long Jump which must have seen many budding Carl Lewises over the years. ...
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham at the Children's Hospital, Ladywood
In this newscutting from the Birmingham Gazette for 28th August 1941 the Lord Mayor of Birmingham and the Lady Mayoress are seen in the new block of the Children's Hospital in Ladywood Road. They are ...