Baptist Church, Hamstead Road
Built in 1883 at a cost of £7,000, in the 14th century Gothic style, the architect was John P.Osborne.
Barbara Lewis - Liberal Candidate for Handsworth
Barbara Lewis contested the 1945 General Election as a Liberal. Her biography here tells us that Lewis was born in Smethwick and educated at Birmingham University. She had been widowed during the war ...
Barbara Lewis addresses the electorate 1945
Barbara Lewis was the Liberal candidate for Handsworth in the 1945 General Election. Her chances were slim as she was up against a large Conservative majority vote, buoyed it was thought by the end of ...
Barber Shop
"The Barber Shop, in black communities it is an essential part of everyday life. During the 1980's and early 1990's I would visit the barber's on a weekly basis. Waiting up to 2 hours for a 10 minute ...
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
Barber's pole on Ladypool Road
The traditional sign of a barber dates back to medieval times. The origin of the red and white pole is associated with the service of bloodletting and was historically a representation of bloody bandages ...
Bargain and sale from John Wyrley of Handsworth
Bargain and sale from John Wyrley of Hannysworth [Handsworth]to John of Smethwyke [Smethwick], yoman, of four crofts of land, a little meadow and a moor in the fee of Hannysworth. Consideration: £10. ...
Barker Street
Barker Street is named after George Barker. The Observatory Public House opened here in 1910.
Barretts ad from Oratory Church magazine
Barrett's were, as the advert says, based on St Vincent Street.
Barritt's Bootmakers on Holyhead Road and Crockett's Road
The is picture is from the early twentieth century. Next door to Barritts appears to be a shop specialising in clocks judging from the grandfather clock outside the door behind the bicycle.
Barrows Stores, Corporation Street
Blanket making for the war effort at Barrows Stores, with Lady Mayoress W. Maretineau.
Barrows was on Corporation Street and apart from being a famous store in Birmingham in its own right it also ...
Bates Newsagents, Lee Bank Road, Lee Bank
Bates Newsagents were to be found at 196 Lee Bank Road, Lee Bank, and the shop is seen here in a photograph dating from 1963. Thomas Bates' shop would have been on the east side of Lee Bank Road, but ...
Bath Row Part One from 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
Also includes the following roads: Barrows Road, Bartholomew Row, Bartholomew Street, Barton Croft, Barton Street, Barton Lodge Road, Barton's Bank, Barwell Road, Barwick Street,
Bath Row Part Two from 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
Also including the following roads: Bath Street, Battenhall Road, Bayford Road and Bayswater Road.
Bath Row Re-development
Original sketch plan for the Bath Row Re-development, later better known as Lee Bank. In this plan there is little to recognise other than St Thomas's Church at the middle top and St Luke's Church at ...
Bath Row, Lee Bank
The premises of Grosvenor Workman at 32 & 34 Bath Row, Lee Bank, photographed on 11 January 1955. Grosvenor Workman (also listed as Workman Grosvenor) were electro-platers, and 'chromium plating' and ...
Beauty Receiving the White Rose by Joseph Southall
A pencil sketch for Joseph Southall’s largest easel painting, Beauty Receiving the White Rose from her Father, held in the collections of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The folk tale of Beauty and ...
Beech Tree Cottages, Kingstanding
Beech Tree Cottages, Kingstanding, in 1929. This is one of a group of terraced cottages collectively known as Beech Tree Cottages near the Hare & Hounds public house.