Something on stage
An unusual stage performance from the 1980 Balsall Heath carnival.
The end of the parade 1980
The parade arrives at Seven Streets park in 1980 during the Balsall Heath Carnival.
Something Big 1993
This is a Youth Theatre puppet from a dramatisation of a book called "Thunder King". Balsall Heath Carnival
Tug o' war 1978
The tug o' war from the 1978 Balsall Heath Carnival
It's a knockout 1980
One of the regular "It's a knockout" games at Balsall Heath Carnival 1980
Team Spirit
One of the "It's a knockout" teams from the Cave in 1982.
The Scoreboard
The It's a knockout scoreboard from the 1982 Balsall Heath carnival
Balloon Launch
An early balloon launch from Cannon Hill Park in the 1880's
Tornado damage in Pickwick Park
This tree was uprooted in the park. It was located on St Pauls Road just opposite Clifton School. The size of the roots and trunk illustrate just how much force swept across the area.
Delivering the statue
Des Berry the sculptor with the statue of Christ on it's way to being installed at Balsall Heath Church Centre on the corner of Edward Road Mary Street in 1980
A Flying Visit
Prince Philip on a visit to Balsall Heath in December 1977
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
A Flying Visit
It's December of 1977 and this is a queue outside a carpet shop on the corner of Ladypool Road and Highgate Road. It is possible that the people are looking at Prince Phillip who visited the area at this ...
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.
Anderton Park Primary School
A piece of work written about Eric the scrap man whose premises are at the corner of Ladypool Road and Brunswick Road by a pupil from Anderton Park School as part of a project looking at how Ladypool ...
Fruit and Vegetables on sale on Ladypool Road
Roadside displays of food produce have been a feature of shopping on this road for over a hundred years. The range of fruit and vegetables has changed a lot but there are still many that the Victorians ...
The Clifton Pub
The pub has been a fixture on the corner of Ladypool and Clifton Road for a hundred years. Famously in 1914 it was where local butcher Mr Stiles opined drunkenly that the Germans should win the war. He ...
Barbers on Ladypool Road
Children from Anderton Park Primary School looking into a Barber's Shop on Ladypool Road as part of a project looking at how the road has changed in the last 100 years