View of the Soho Manufactory, near Birmingham
The factory was finished in 1765 at a cost of £9,000, and by 1769 employed 700 people making toys, trinkets and silver plate. In 1788 a Coining Mill was erected and this mint made 40,000 coins per hour....
View of trees in Perry Park by Charles Barber
Charles Barber (1783 - 1854). Charles Barber went to Liverpool to teach drawing and painted in oils and watercolours. Charles exhibited regularly at the Liverpool Academy of Arts of which he was a member ...
View of Wretham Road New Church
The church was opened on 22nd November 1876 and eventually sold in 1974 when a new centre was was established at Oaklands in Winleigh Road, Handsworth. The sect to which Wretham Road New Church belonged ...
Villa Cross cinema, Handsworth
The Villa Cross cinema, Heathfield Road, Handsworth, at the junction with Lozells Road. Opened as the New Picture House in 1915, the cinema closed in April 1970. The photograph was taken in September ...
Villa Cross Picture House
Interior view looking back from the screen of this picture house. It was built 1914-1915 by M. Round and Sons. It stood in Heathfield road and was built on the site of Shorts Carriage Works. The cinema, ...
Villa Cross Public House, Handsworth
"Villa Cross Public House. It was near this location that a young man was arrested for a minor traffic offence. Crowds gathered and the situation quickly escalated. The community would eventually witness ...
Villa Cross public house, Handsworth
The Villa Cross public house, Handsworth, in around 1985. The view is looking east along Lozells Road. Heathfield Road is just out of sight on the left.
Photographer unknown.
Villa Cross, Handsworth
Villa Cross, Handsworth, from a hand-coloured postcard
Villa Cross, Handsworth
Villa Cross, Handsworth, c.1890. The Villa Cross Inn is at the centre where Lozells and Heathfield Roads meet. On the right are the premises of W. Graham & Son, dealers in tea and coffee.
Villa Road
Tom Lambert's shop at 129 Villa Road. In the 1901 census, Tom, a 50 year-old widower, born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, is stated to be a fishmonger.
In the census of 1881 he is listed as a fruiterer ...
Villa Road
Postcard view of Villa Road in Handsworth circa 1900. Looking towards the Villa Cross Inn at the junction of Villa, Heathfield and Lozells roads. Hunters Road is the road junction nearby on the right....
Villa Road
View taken in 1985
Villa Road
Victorian/ Edwardian view of Villa Road.
Villa Road
Early photograph of Villa Road looking towards Hamstead Road.
Villa Road and Heathfield Road Junction
The old cab proprietor's house, corner of Villa Road and Heathfield Road at Villa Cross. A picture house was later built on this spot. The poster standing outside the building advertises a production ...
Villa Road, Handsworth
39-41 Villa Road, Handsworth. The decorative woodwork all round the eaves is particularly interesting, but when this photograph was taken in January 1981 the building was in a sad state of repair.
Villa Road, Handsworth
Postcard view of Villa Road, Handsworth
Villa Road, Handsworth
Villa Road, Handsworth, looking towards Villa Cross. The building in the centre is the Villa Cross Inn.