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 ...
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 ...
Waste Paper Warning!.
A poster issued by Birmingham City Council warning that the destruction of waste paper is an offence against the national war effort.
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. ...
Watercolour of variegated holly by John Phillp
This image is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). Phillp may have been Matthew Boulton's son but the evidence is inconclusive. He was born ...
Watercolour study of a cabbage leaf by John Phillp
This study is labelled
'Drawn by John Phillp, from a cabbage which grew in his garden at Handsworth, Staffordshire July 27th 1811.'
It is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches ...
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.
Waverhill House, Soho Rd, Handsworth
Waverhill House, Soho Road, Handsworth. The residence of James Rhodes. c.1875
Weary of Life - Shocking Case at Perry Barr
This newscutting from the G.H. Osborne Collection gives details of the case of eleven year old Edith Johnson. She lived with her father and stepmother in Franchise Street, Perry Barr and was a pupil ...
Weather Conditions at Soho
This meteorology book covers the years 1806 to 1810, page by page.
This is one of a series of notebooks that record in minute detail the daily weather conditions at Soho Manufactory. They were mostly ...
Weather Conditions at Soho - Page 101
This is one of a series of notebooks that record in minute detail the daily weather conditions at Soho Manufactory.
To see this volume in its entirety, page by page, go to 'Handsworth Histories' in ...
Weather Conditions measured at Soho Manufactory
This is one of a series of notebooks that record in minute detail the daily weather conditions at Soho Manufactory.
To see more of this volume, page by page, go to 'Handsworth Histories' in the 'Gallery' ...
Wedding at St John's in George Street
Christie (Christopher) Bartley the second eldest Bartley child gets married. Here the wedding party are outside the church of St John in George Street. Chris is just right of centre in the dark suit, ...
Wedding in West Bromwich
Bride and bridesmaid at a wedding in West Bromwich