Kunzles Chocolates
Double page spread from Kunzles catalogue. Kunzles were located on Broad Street for many years and were famous for their cakes and chocolates. This spread is from the 1939 catalogue, use the zoomify button ...
Labourers at Soho Foundry
Ladypool Road
Ladypool Road from the Brighton Road/Taunton road Junction looking towards Church Road. Picture taken by pupils from Anderton Park Primary School as part of a project looking at how Ladypool Road has ...
Ladypool Road
A poem written about a visit to Ladypool Road by a pupil from Anderton Park School as part of a project looking at how Ladypool Road has changed over the last 100 years.
Ladypool Road Post Office
As named on the sign this was run by J. Hill, chemist and druggist, who ran it as Ladypool Road Post Office. Despite the name it actually stood on the junction of Church Road and Newport Road.
Ladypool Road street sign
One of the older style street signs along the road. Probably not replaced due to being located above the ground floor windows. Picture taken by pupils from Anderton Park Primary School as part of a project ...
Laundry Services - South Staffordshire Laundry Co. Ltd
An advert for the South Staffordshire Laundry Co. Ltd, Brewery Street, Handsworth. It is taken from the programme of the Saint James Church Fair held on the 20th till 23rd November 1929.
Lawrence's High Class Laundry
Lawrence's were on Monument Road near the Baths. Before the advent of the washing machine in your house laundrys such as this did a good trade from people who had been brought up with the backyard "brew ...
Lea Hall Farm
Lea Hall Farm was demolished around 1930. At the time of the 1839 tithe survey it consisted of 25 acres 3 rods and 6 perches of land which was a mixture of arable, pasture, meadow and orchard.
Lea Hall Farm, Wood Lane
Lea Hall Farm was demolished around 1930. At the time of the 1839 tithe survey it consisted of 25 acres 3 rods and 6 perches of land which was a mixture of arable, pasture, meadow and orchard.
Lee Bank Road and Ryland Road, Lee Bank
At the junction of Lee Bank Road and Ryland Road, Lee Bank, stands Hall's Grocery. This photograph of an entirely deserted street scene dates from around 1958 to 1960. Ryland Road is heading off to the ...
Lee Bank Video
Lee Bank Video was one of the stores at the end of Lee Bank Middleway near to the Bristol Street junction. Its fortunes probably declined with the erosion of the video rental industry by DVD. This sign ...
Lilian - Lingerie and gown specialist
Lilian's under the ownership of I.L. Peevor trade at number 35 Hamstead Road. This was located between the junctions of Terrace Road and Norwood Grove.
From 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. ...
Luncheon Room in the Town Hall
This image is taken from the Illustrated London News and shows the luncheon room prepared for the visit of Queen Victoria. Where precisely this room was located is not stated. It does show though how ...
Mad dog at Perry Barr
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail, January 20th 1897.
This is the first in a series of news reports dealing with a suspected outbreak of Rabies In Perry Barr.
A collie was seen running madly ...
Malvern Street Playcentre opening ceremony
Lord Mayor, Councillor George Canning, opening Malvern Street Play Centre's farmyard. This was one of the last ceremonies performed by the Lord Mayor before completing his term of office.
Manku and Sons, Ladypool Road
Local children pose outside Manku which sells toys and childrens' wear.
Mary Anne Boulton (nee Wilkinson)
This miniature showns Mary Anne Wilkinson as a young girl. She was the daughter of William Wilkinson and the niece of John Wilkinson, the ironmaster.
She married Matthew Robinson Boulton, the son of ...