Farm at Rookery Road Board School, Handsworth
Old farm on the site of Rookery Road Board School, Handsworth sometimes known as Wilkes Green Farm. The school, subsequently Rookery Road County Primary School, was built in 1898.
Farm Houses, Wood Lane Handsworth
Wood Lane, Handsworth, painting of the farm houses.
Painting by J J Hughes
Photograph taken 1965
Farm Houses, Wood Lane, Handsworth
Wood Lane, Handsworth. Painting of the farm houses.
Painting by J J Hughes. Photograph taken 1965
Farm in Sandwell Lane, Handsworth
Farm in Sandwell Lane, Handsworth. 1906
Farnham Road
One afternoon in October 2003.
Father Joseph V. Hymers - St. Catherine of Siena
Father Hymers took over at St Catherine's after the death of Father Fenn. This was not immediate as Dr. E. Berry succeeded Father Fenn first but left in February 1908 after only a few months. Apart from ...
Father Patrick Maguire - St Catherine of Siena
Father Maguire came to St Catherine's from Tile Hill in Coventry during October 1961. Father Maguire oversaw the move from the old St Catherine's to the new building which stands to this day. He also ...
Feast of Tabernacles at Singers Hill Synagogue 1915
This picture, from Picture World newspaper, shows the congregation gathered around the Succoth.
Feast of Tabernacles at Singers Hill Synagogue in 1915
The minister and helpers. The Reverend J. Finck in the centre with, to his right, the Reverend B. Alperowitz and, to his left, the Reverend and Mrs A. Cohen. Services were conducted each day during the ...
Feeding the Goats
An early picture of the farm in action. Here we see one the Farm staff showing a group of local children the Farm's herd of goats.
Fire at Perry Barr
A newscutting from the Handsworth Herald reporting a fire at Old Farm, Birchfield Road. It had been started by tar which was being prepared for railings boiling over. The fire brigade under Captain ...
Firebird carpark
A forlorn looking post on the carpark of the former Firebird Public House on the Benmore Estate. The Firebird was formerly the Edgbaston Conservative Club.
First Day At Lee Bank
Happy looking pupils attending Lee Bank Junior School on 19th April 1966 - the school's first day.
Five Ways, Edgbaston
A quiet scene at Five Ways, Edgbaston, where the only traffic appears to be a solitary cyclist carefully riding between the tramlines. The view is looking westwards up Hagley Road with the statue of Joseph ...
Flooding at Woodview in 1973
The headmaster of Lee Bank Primary School recorded his thoughts on the flooding of May 21st 1973 in the school diary. The pictures are cuttings from the Birmingham Evening Mail. The diary entry reads ...
Flowers on Ladypool Road
Balsall Heath enters Britain In Bloom each year. The considerable efforts made by Balsall Heath Forum to plant and maintain so many baskets, containers and plots of land are greatly praised and appreciated....
Football Match, Lozells
Vietnamese youth football teams in a match in Lozells.
Francis Canon Hopkins
Full biography of Canon Hopkins, also available as a downloadable file.
The honour which the Chapter of St. Chad’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Birmingham, have just conferred upon Father Hopkins, of ...