Heath Mount School
Heath Mount School, built across Knutsford Street, replaced Belgrave School in Mary Street and opened in November 1970. The head was Godfrey Mundy.
Heley Works on Cregoe Street
Listed on the wall of this brassfounders factory are the firm of Freeman and Ward - metal spinners. This is the top end of Cregoe Street just before Bath Row. In the distance you can just about glimpse ...
Herbert Green returns to St Thomas' School
Some ten years after the closure was announced St Thomas' Primary School finally closed its doors for the last time on 20th July. The school was replaced in effect by two new schools - Lea Mason Secondary ...
Hickman's greengrocers on Monument Road
Mrs May Hickman is seen here in the foreground.
Hickman's greengrocers on Monument Road
Seen here are Ralph Hickman and staff at the Monument Road premises. In fact they had two seperate shops on Monument Road at their peak as well as one on King Edward's Road.
Highland Gathering, Handsworth Park 1971
Highland Gatherings were a regular feature at Birmingham Parks - they still take place at Cannon Hill Park. Many people will remember the ones which took place in Handsworth Park in the 1960s and 1970s....
HM The Queen Mother visits Lee Bank
Front cover of the official brochure for the Queen Mother's visit to the Y-Blocks - Nash House in particular.
Hogarth House and Lee Bank Road
This photograph was taken by City Engineers to show the retaining wall of Lee Bank itself. This is the white stretch of wall running along the middle distance. Behind it can be seen Lee Crescent and Lee ...
Holloway Circus
This island lies between Holloway Head, The Horsefair and Smallbrook Queensway. It contains a mosaic of The Horsefair in its heyday and a plaque to Councillor Thomas for whom the Thomas Gardens on the ...
Holloway Head
A postwar view of the area looking down towards the city. Unusual to see this view without the iconic Sentinels tower blocks.
Hollycroft Road
Semi-detached houses on the corner of Hollycroft Road.
Hollycroft Road, Handsworth
Hollycroft Road, Farcroft Estate, Handsworth. The original print is annotated: 'City of Birmingham Housing Schemes. Contracts 114 & 117 Farcroft Estate. Parlour-type houses, brick-built with slated roofs, ...
Holyhead Road
Situated at 82 Holyhead Road, J.W. Jones & Sons Ltd. were originally builders and decorators. By the early 1970's they had become specialists in bathroom conversion and the shop was called Jones the ...
Home in Mary Street
Shay Bartley, Andy’s younger brother poses with the Ford Zodiac parked outside the small factory, known as the ‘Locstitch`, just a few doors down from the Bartley’s home in Mary Street. Note the two-tone ...
Horsefair Mosiac
This colorful mural, executed in mosaics in 1966, measures about 30 yards long by twelve feet high, and depicts the Horse Fair that took place on the spot every year until 1911.
This is a closeup detail ...
Horsefair, Bristol Street
The west side of Horsefair, Lee Bank, in a photograph taken on 4 December 1950. The large industrial building belonged to F.A. Patterson Ltd, who were manufacturers of leather goods. The road on the ...