'The Patrician'
Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: bromesko.
Labels on reverse: 'Midland Salon of Photography, Accepted and Hung [at] The Art Gallery, Hanley. 1950’ & 'Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society. ...
The Perry Barr Drowning Case
A newscutting relating the the inquest following the death of Eliza Garland who drowned in the Tame Valley Canal. Two onlookers, Francis Perigo and Joseph Horton attempted to rescue her but did not get ...
The Perry Barr Drowning Case
A letter to the press following the inquest following the death of Eliza Garland who drowned in the Tame Valley Canal. Two onlookers, Francis Perigo and Joseph Horton attempted to rescue her but did ...
The Perry Barr Drowning Case
Some of the letters to the press following the inquest following the death of Eliza Garland who drowned in the Tame Valley Canal. Two onlookers, Francis Perigo and Joseph Horton attempted to rescue her ...
The Perry Barr Drowning Case
A letter to the press following the inquest following the death of Eliza Garland who drowned in the Tame Valley Canal. Two onlookers, Francis Perigo and Joseph Horton attempted to rescue her but did ...
The Perry Barr Drowning Case
A letter to the press following the inquest following the death of Eliza Garland who drowned in the Tame Valley Canal. Two onlookers, Francis Perigo and Joseph Horton attempted to rescue her but did ...
The Perry Barr Drowning Case - The need of a mortuary
A newscutting from the Handsworth Herald relating to the inquest of Charles Maybury of Derby who was found drowned in the River Tame. The Coroner took the opportunity to highlight the need for a mortuary ...
The Perry Barr Trams
This letter to the editor of the Daily Post is part of a series of ongoing complaints about the tram service to Perry Barr. The writer complains that a full tram had been held up that morning waiting ...
The Perry Barr Trams - A Complaint
This newscutting tells of a lady wishing to alight from a tram but unable to attract the attention of the conductor. In an effort to help her the writer of the letter pulled the bell and was immediately ...
The Plough and Harrow, Hagley Road, Edgbaston
Although an inn had been on the site of the Plough and Harrow in Hagley Road since the 18th century a new building was designed by John Fallows in a Tudor Revival style and was erected in 1832. This is ...
The Prince and Princess of Wales visit Birmingham
This beautiful image is from Picture World. Edward, Prince of Wales and his wife Princess Alexandra are travelling along New Street towards the Council House where they were received by the Mayor Joseph ...
The Prince of Wales in Florence Street
In October 1932 the then Prince of Wales (later briefly Edward VIII) visited Birmingham and is here seen in Florence Street in a picture entitled 'Prince welcomed in the slums'. He is seen wearing a hat ...
The Pump Tavern - 236 Soho Road
The Queen's Hospital becomes the Accident Hospital
This cartoon appeared in the Birmingham Despatch. The caption notes that 50 beds are already occupied! The Accident Hospital has itself closed down since then. It was located at the top end of Bath Row ...
The Railway Public House
The Railway stood on the junction of Clifton Road and Malvern Street. It was a Mitchells and Butlers pub. It has closed down but the building remains as it was converted into flats. It is still recognisable ...
The Railway Public House on Clifton Road
This pub was on the corner with Malvern Street, close to the railway bridge from where it takes it's name. It closed in the last ten years and is now a domestic residence. It is though still recognisable ...
The Records of Birmingham Book Club, 23 April 1864. MS 2571/4/3/1
A volume recording a Shakespearean Tercentenary Festival organised by the Book Club at the Plough and Harrow Hotel, Edgbaston. This event was reported in the local newspapers. The volume contains a programme ...
The Red House, Great Barr
The Red House, Great Barr from a postcard. It is shown as a convalescent home for children on the 1918 Ordnance Survey map. By the 1937 map the area was shown as Red House Park with a members golf club. ...