School trip to London from St Thomas's School
This photograph is circa 1956/57 and shows pupils enjoying a boat trip on the River Thames. It appears courtesy of Pat Jones (nee Rogers)who remembers the pupils as: 1st Left - Kenny ?, 4th Left - Susan ...
Selwyn and Gillot Road
Junction of Selwyn ang Gillot Road during the Blitz. It would seem likely that this was a mistaken target or one of the cases where bombs were offloaded on the return flight home.
Selwyn Road in the blitz
The sign says "road under repair". It is hard to tell which section of Selwyn Road this is but it may be the turn off into Wheatsheaf Road or Hannafore Road.
Sheet 214 bottom
1889 Ordnance Survey map covering the central housing/ shopping area of Edgbaston B15 - later Lee Bank.
Sheet 214 Top
Section of 1889 Ordnance Survey map covering the Bath Row and St Thomas's Church area.
Ships from the Adriatic at Venice - Joseph Southall
This painting by Joseph Southall is in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. It was presented to them by Anne Elizabeth Southall in 1945. The Gallery note that: "Southall's brilliant draughtsmanship ...
Silver Service
A consignment of 60 sacks of silver paper collected by children from Lee Bank Primary School. The paper was sold to raise money for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Teacher George Evans (pictured) said: "The ...
Singers Hill Synagogue, Lee Bank
Interior of the Singers Hill Synagogue, Blucher Street, Lee Bank. The Synagogue was built in 1856 to the Italianate designs of H. R. Yeoville Thomason. In 1937 the building was modernised and the seating ...
Singing specialist on Pershore Road
This advert is for Mr Cola D'Ore - a "teacher of voice production and singing in the true old Italian method". Mr D'Ore gives some useful references to follow up. John Sims Reeves was an English vocalist ...
Site of St Thomas's School
Work commencing on the site of the new St Thomas's School. To the rear is the more progressed site of Lee Bank playing fields. The building on Holloway Head immediately to the rear of the playing fields ...
Site of St Thomas's School and Lee Bank playing field
A photograph taken during the development process. In the foreground is the site of the "new" St Thomas's School which replaced the Granville Street building. To the rear is the developing playing field ...
Skating Rink, Edgbaston Reservoir, Ladywood
The roller-skating rink, once one of the attractions of Edgbaston Reservoir. When the popularity of roller-skating waned the building became the Tower Ballroom which still survives on the south bank of ...
Sleeping area in a public air-raid shelter
This room would have had long bunk bed style beds in it and was capable of holding many people during an air-raid. Note the grill on the left hand wall for ventilation and the supproting iron beam in ...
Soup from the Lord Mayor
Picture and article from the Birmingham Evening Mail showing the Lord Mayor, James Crump giving out soup at the British Legion on Windmill Street. Crump was in fact a local man as he was born and lived ...
Spring Bank Road - by Year Five at Woodview School
This is a house on Spring Bank Road. This side of the road was built in the 60's as part of the last regeneration of the area. Opposite are the new build properties from the latest regeneration.
Spring Street, Lee Bank
Spring Street, Lee Bank, off Bell Barn Road, is on the left in this photograph, taken on 27th October 1965, and the street to the right is Spring Vale, which headed eastwards to join Bristol Road. Children ...
Spring Vale Hall
The Spring Vale shops and this hall were located on Lee Bank Middleway at the junction with Bristol Street. All of this area is part of the redevelopment plan for Lee Bank. The poster to the left reads: ...
Springfield Family Butcher - Cregoe Street
Advert from the St Luke's Church Magazine for Springfield's who were based on Cregoe Street.