Grove Lane Baths: Main Entrance Interior
The inside of the main entrance to Grove Lane baths with the ticket office to the right hand side of the picture. The baths were opened on 28th January 1907.
Grove Lane J & I
Gymn class at Grove Lane Junior and Infant School
Grove Lane, Court Houses
Grove Lane court houses opposite Union Row July 24th 1968. The houses are in process of being boarded up for demolition.
Grove Lane, Handsworth
Coal yard kept by Mr Brown in Grove Lane, off Soho Road, Handsworth. c1907
Grove Lane, Handsworth
Grove Lane, Handsworth, showing the extension to Handsworth Park that was opened in 1898. The view is from the old boundary of the park towards Kemp's Farm.
Grove Lane, Handsworth
Corner of Handsworth Park at the junction of Grove Lane and Holly Road, Handsworth, showing a wall damaged in a storm.
Grove Lane, Union Row
Photograph taken in 1970. Interflora shop is visible to the left of the picture.
Grove Lane: Members and Chief Officers of the Baths and Parks Committee
The committee responsible for opening the swimming baths are shown here. Note that the members standing have been montaged into the photograph and were not actually present.
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Grove Lane: The Diving Board of the First Class Swimming Bath
The diving board of the first class pool. In the background are the showers and above that the viewing gallery used for concerts. The baths were opened in 1907.
Grove Lane: The First Class Swimming Bath
Grove Lane's first class baths were superior to the second class in so much as they had private cubicles for changing in along the sides of the pool. The pool was used for concerts on occasions and the ...
Gurdip Gill interview 1
Gurdip Gill was born in Birmingham in 1969. His father is a Sikh who moved here from the Punjab around 1950, and has often talked to his son about what it was like when he first arrived:
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Gurdip Gill interview 2
Gurdip Gill was born in Birmingham in 1969. Gurdip Gill was 12 when riots broke out in Handsworth:
To listen to an extract of this interview select the link below.
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Gurdwara
Ravi Das Bhawan, on Grove Lane/Union Row.
Gurdwara Yaad Baba Deep Singh JI Shaheed
Stands on the Soho Road. Photograph taken one afternoon in Ocotber 2003.
Guru Nanak Gurdwara
Located on the Soho Road. The first was opened in 1970 in a former Polish nighclub. This building is an imposing feature of the Handsworth landscape.
Guru Nanak Temple
The Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara on the Soho Road named after the founding father of Sikhism. The first one in Handsworth was opened in 1970 taking over the premises of a Polish nightclub.
Guru Nanak Temple
The imposing front entrance of the Guru Nanak Gurdwara.
Guru Nanak Temple
The temple is a familiar part of the Handsworth skyline.