Walter Langley: 'O! for the touch of a vanish'd hand...'
Walter Langley (1852-1922) was a genre painter favouring fishing village scenes which are a far cry from his childhood in Irving Street, Edgbaston (now in Lee Bank). From 1882 he lived in Cornwall at ...
Warren Farm
Warren Farm photographed for the Perry Hall auction catalogue in 1921.
Warren Farm Estate, Perry Barr
Warren Farm Estate, Perry Barr, on 16th September 1929, showing the site being prepared for construction to begin.
Warren Road, Perry Barr
Warren Road, Perry Barr, in a scene that would have seemed timeless were it not for the presence of telegraph poles. The photograph was taken in 1928.
Warship Week
Advert from the Birmingham Post for the city's "Warship Week" in 1941. Ten million was trying to be raised for HMS King George V to be adopted by the city for the war.
HMS King George V launched on ...
Warstone Pool, Handsworth
Cottage at Warstone Pool (also known as Swan Pool), near Forge Lane, Handsworth, 1899. A sign on the small building to the left of the cottage advertises horehound beer for sale.
Warstone Pool, Handsworth
Warstone Pool (also known as Swan Pool), near Forge Lane, Handsworth. 1899
Wartime wedding at St Catherine of Siena
The wedding in April 1916 of Private J. Devaney of the 3rd Worcestershire Regiment to Catherine Hayes of Edgbaston. Having checked the Medal Cards at Kew there is no Private Devaney listed for the Worcesters ...
Warwickshire Laundries, Ladypool Road
Advert for the company reading: "Open the door to freedom, by using the Warwickshire Laundries fully finished service". The laundry was baed at 96 Ladypool Road and had delivery offices from as far away ...
Washday on Hogarth House
For these two ladies (one is Lewis Green's mother) this was a very different washday experience. Both would have remembered the "brew 'us" in the yards of the back to back housing and the network of lines ...
Washington Street and Holloway Head
Washington Street is running off to the left while Holloway Head is in the foreground. This picture was taken just before the major rebuilding of the area as part of the Bath Row Redevelopment Scheme. ...
Wasiffa Sound System, Handsworth Park
Waste Is Wanted For War Weapons
Publicity poster asking the public to save their waste for the war effort. Suggested material is rags, paper, bones and metal. the poster goes on to point out that: "this week and every week salvage is ...
Watercolour of The Austins, Handsworth
By Elizabeth Jane Hasluck. Elizabeth was the wife of Daniel Sidney Hasluck and they lived at the Austins. Elizabeth presented a bound volume of her watercolours to her son Ernest for Christmas in 1885. ...
Watsons Ltd of Broad Street
Watsons were "your local Leyland superdealer" based on Broad Street in the days before it was full of hotels and restaurants. Apart from the new ranges of cars you could buy, including the Allegro and ...
Watson's Ltd of Broad Street
Watson's were "Your local Leyland super dealer" trading in Minis, Allegros, Princesses and Marinas. This advert was from the St Luke's Church Magazine.
Watt Chapel, St Mary's Church
Statue Of James Watt in his chapel of rest at St Mary's Church. Watt was a partner of Matthew Boulton, and is renowned for his development of the steam engine. The unit of electrical power is named after ...
Waverhill House
This was the home of John Rhodes who funded the Rhodes Almshouse which still stand along the Soho Road today.The house stood in Waverhill Road.