St Thomas's Church
E.R. Mason writes about the establishment of St Thomas's Church:
In 1825 the following brief note appeared in the Gazette:
October 10th 1825. “The local commissioners for the building of Churches ...
St Thomas's Church and Gardens
St Thomas's Church after completion of the clearance of the area for bomb damage from the war. The tower alone survived the bomb that hit the church, although it had to be shored up as is just about visible ...
St Thomas's Church Interior
A very scarce view of the interior of the church on Holloway Head which was largely destroyed in the Blitz. This is looking towards the tower end of the church with the stained glass window. Today this ...
St Thomas's School
Miss Ford's classroom at St Thomas's School, looks quite jolly in this 1947 photograph with its vases of flowers and the frieze of rocking horses. The school was on Bath Row, facing what were by now the ...
St Thomas's School construction site
View of the site as construction was about to commence on the new school on Great Colmore Street - replacing the original school on Granville Street.
St Thomas's School on Great Colmore Street
St Thomas's School will be 40 years old in 2007 at the Great Colmore Street location. Prior to that it had been located at the junction of Bath Row and Granville Street.
St Thomas's School, Lee Bank
St Thomas's School in Lee Bank was on the corner of Bath Row and Granville Street. In this photograph, dating presumably from the late 1940s, new children are being introduced to the class. The classroom ...
St Thomas's Schools - Senior Mixed Dept concrete extension
In 1911, the accommodation of the schools being exceeded, it was felt that further extension was imperative; and the largest scheme of all was contemplated, viz: the Concrete Extension in Granville Street, ...
St Thomas's Schools, Bath Row
The schools were built in 1831, when they consisted of a two storey building for the Boys’ and Girls’ Departments and a single storey for the Infants, the premises affording accommodation for about 700 ...
St Thomas's Tower
The spire of St Thomas's Tower on Bath Row. This spire is visible from some distance in all directions. It has survived the blitz and also the last re-development of the area and is now "overseeing" the ...
Starkey's Bakery
Starkey's, as this advert from St Luke's Church Magazine says, had several shops in the Birmingham area. The ones covered geographically by this project, and listed in the advert, are at 74 Bristol Street ...
Street art
This spray painting was on the hoardings next to the Attwood Green Community Centre. The painting was commisioned for an Open Day at the Centre by manager James Hobbs. Behind the hoardings the land was ...
Summer Road
New build housing on Summer Road in the Woodview area. This housing was built as part of the urban regeneration of the area by Optima Community Association.
Sun Street West and Summer Road
Sunfruit Stores at the junction of these two roads. Some nice adverts along the road for Persil and Danish Bacon amongst others. Notice the two prams outside the shop, both mothers presumably inside Sunfruit ...
Sunny Face of the Community Centre
All visitors to the Community Centre in Gaywood Croft (off Cregoe Street) were greeted right away by this large sunny face on the landing.
Superprix Pass
Sponsor's pass for the 1989 Superprix event in Birmingham over the August Bank Holiday. Part of the track followed the middleway that runs through the Lee Bank area and along Bristol Street. The hospitality ...
Taxing Times for Gladstone by Chris Upton
Mr Joseph Lloyd Phelps of Lee Crescent was idly looking through his morning post : bills from the coal merchant and grocer, note from his brother in law, subscription request from the local improvement ...
Tenant's Deposit- Wynn Street
Receipt for the deposit paid by Dorothy Blackford and her husband for their flat on Wynn Street. The Blackford family were paid a visit by the Queen Mother as part of her visit to the area. The Queen ...