Monument Road Baths looking towards the Reservoir
The now sadly demolished, and much missed, Monument Road Swimming Baths looking over in the distance to Edgbaston Reservoir. Next to the baths is the local fire station.
Monument Road Baths, Ladywood
The original Ladywood Swimming Baths opened in Monument Road, Ladywood, on 27 February 1883. The building contained two large swimming baths (First Class and Second Class) but was as valuable to the citizens ...
Monument Road in Kelly's Trade Directory 1939
Also includes Monyhull Hall Road. Use the zoominfy tab to read the text.
Monument Road Swimming Baths
Just before the Second World War broke out it was decided to demolish the Victorian baths and replace them on the same site. The size was restricted by plans to widen Monument Road. The new baths officially ...
Monument Road, Edgbaston
The southern end of Monument Road, Edgbaston, near Hagley Road, in a tinted postcard view dating from around 1900. The 'monument' from which the road takes its name is actually the 96-ft tall Perrott's ...
Monument Road, Ladywood
Monument Road, Ladywood, looking north sometime around 1900. The gabled building on the left is the swimming baths, opened on 27th February 1883. The baths, for washing as well as swimming, lasted until ...
Monument Road, Ladywood
A pair of the more handsome houses in Monument Road, Ladywood. The portico with the arched window above makes for an air of distinction, although the addition on the right does not seem to match. The ...
Monument Road, Ladywood
A scene in Monument Road, Ladywood, featuring the Bridge Inn. The bridge in question carries Monument Road over the Birmingham and Wolverhampton Canal, the brick wall on the left being part of the bridge ...
Mostyn Road, Ladywood
Mostyn Road, Ladywood, off Reservoir Road. In the sunshine of June 1983 when this picture was taken the tree-lined street of Victorian terraced houses looked very smart.
Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary for Birmingham
Portrait of Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary Magistrate for Birmingham. Thomas Milnes Colmore was born in 1845 and, after being educated at Rugby School and Brasenose College, Oxford, he was called ...
Mrs Pankhurst speaks at Birmingham Town Hall
This poster promotes the appearance of the Suffragette Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst at the Town Hall. The theme of the talk, "To uphold British Honour, To prevernt a German Peace" may surprise some who associate ...
Mrs Sadler home from work
Mrs Sadler is seen here outside her home on William Street. Work was at a chemists on Broad Street. Her son Arthur recalls that the pet cat used to come in through the front window; when Mrs Sadler had ...
Nature and Tower Blocks - Angela Maloney
A collection of photographs by local artist Angela Maloney contrasting tower blocks with nature. Angela has a website featuring her wonderful paintings at www.angelamaloney.co.uk. This image is of the ...
Neville Chamberlain - MP for Ladywood and Edgbaston
In the 1918 General Election Chamberlain was elected as the Conservative MP for Ladywood. He refused office under David Lloyd George but accepted the posts Postmaster-General (1923-24) and Minister of ...
Neville Chamberlain - Picture Post front cover
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on the cover of Picture Post in October 1938. Chamberlain had returned from Munich where he had signed the famous agreement with Adolf Hitler which ratified the Sudetenland ...
Neville Chamberlain at the Town Hall
Neville Chamberlain speeking at Birmingham Town Hall. The photograph is dated as 1938 but in fact it has to date from September 1939 onwards. Chamberlain appointed Winston Churchill as First Lord Of The ...
Neville Chamberlain: Ladywood election poster
1923 poster for Neville Chamberlain who represented the constituency at evey General Election from 1918 to 1924. At the 1924 election he narrowly won for the Unionists by 77 votes over the Labour candidate ...
New Street Birmingham, Christmas 2004
View up New Street towards the Town Hall. The lights are from the German Market and the Christmas decorations.