The Specials, Neville Staple
"Neville Staple sang with The Specials and was a founder member of Fun Boy Three. The Specials had a string of Top 20 hit's, the most famous being 'Ghost Town' (No 1 in 1981) and 'Too much to Young' (No ...
The stables at Soho House by John Phillp
This pen and ink drawing shows the stables at Soho House, the home of industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Bopulton (1728-1809). The image is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and ...
The Star Cafe on Mary Street
Mary Street corner with Strensham Road. The Star Cafe stands at the junction, with the beautiful iron balconies to the left, for which Mary Street is well known locally.
The Station Inn
The Station Inn at the corner of Monument Road and Cope Street. This pub was so called because the local railway station was directly opposite.The building to the right was at one time the home of the ...
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 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 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 view over Handsworth Wood from 39 Hamstead Hill
The visit of the Queen Mother - by Chris Sutton
On 2nd May 1957 H.M. The Queen Mother visited the new blocks of flats built between Great Colmore Street, Grant Street and Wynn Street. These blocks - Avon, Lansdowne and Nash - are still known locally ...
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