The statue in place at the new church centre
Designed and carved by Des Berry the sculptor and installed at the Church Centre on the corner of Edward Road and Mary Road in 1980
The strain of the crane
At first sight one cannot believe that half a dozen men really expect to manhandle this heavy crane with any degree of success. The photograph, dated 21 March 1973, comes from the Birmingham Post and ...
The struggles at the trams - A disgrace to the city
These cuttings from the G.H. Osborne collection concern an ongoing problem with queueing for the trams. There seem to have been no organised queues so 'many persons were kept waiting in the rain for ...
The Swan Pool, Victoria Park, Handsworth
The Swan Pool, Victoria Park, Handsworth. A drawing by Hallsworth Waite
c1880
The temple in Key Hill Cemetery
The temple was designed by Charles Edge and was sited in the middle of the cemetery. Sadly it was demolished in 1966 due to being unsafe. There is a society called The Friends of Key Hill Cemetery who ...
The Three Sohos
The Three Sohos
by George Demidowicz
There has been considerable confusion by writers over the years in distinguishing between the three Soho sites:
The Soho Manufactory
The Soho Mint
The Soho ...
The Town Hall
This image was published in a series of photographs taken to commemorate the visit of Queen Victoria. It was in the Town Hall that the Queen received the official representatives from Birmingham. Note ...
The Tram Depot on Moseley Road
The last steam trams ran at New Year, 1906, so the depot on the Moseley Road which opened in 1907 was used only for electric trams. The building itself, with its magnificent appearance was specially designed ...
The Trees Hotel on Bath Row
The Trees Hotel (Formerly The Trees Inn) stodd on the corner of Wheeleys Lane at 98/100 Bath Row. Wheeleys Lane is the road running off to the left of the picture. Landlords of the pub include John Duller ...
The Uplands Hotel, Oxhill Road
The Uplands Hotel on the corner of Oxhill Road where it meets Sandwell Road and turns towards Handsworth Cemetery. This public house was opened in 1932.
The Victoria Public House on Runcorn Road
This has now closed down. It is still there in situ at the Moseley Road end of Runcorn Road.
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 Wallace Inn Public House
The Wallace, Longmore Street on the corner of Balsall Heath Road
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. ...