W S Cox
William Sands Cox, a local landowner, 1854. He founded Queen's College, a medical school in 1828 and Queen's Hospital in 1840. Money he bequethed at his death was used to build 3 dispensaries in Birmingham, ...
The Woodman
The Woodman Inn, Highgate road, a coaching inn
Strensham Road
Strensham Road, Balsall Heath from Edgbaston Road
Rowton House cubicle
Cubicle at the working men's hostel, Rowton House, now the Paragon Hotel on the corner of Moseley Street and Alcester Street, Highgate
The Old House
Painting of Betty Homer's house opposite Balsall Heath road, which she moved into when her husband Henry died in 1908. Betty moved out of the house at the Tannery and moved into this new house in 1808....
Nursery Avenue
Nursery Avenue off Homer Street
Simcox family
The Simcox bothers the owners of Stratford House Stratford Place c.1870. The family were in residence from 1696 to 1926. The building was originally part of a local farm
Simcox family
Mrs. Simcox and her son John Walford Simcox the owners of Stratford House Stratford Place c.1870. The family were in residence from 1696 to 1926. The building was originally part of a local farm
Nursery Avenue
Nursery avenue off Homer Road. Houses now demolished
Nursery Avenue
Nursery Avenue off Homer Street
Jakeman Nursery
Jakeman Nursery School Jakeman Road
Bomb Alley
The "Birmingham Gazette" in 1944 reported the following statistics. 2,227 people got killed in 77 Air Raids in Birmingham. 3,021 people were seriously injured and 3,689 were slightly hurt. The worst raid ...
Moseley and Balsall Heath Institute
Ornate doorway of the Moseley and Balsall Heath Institute. Opening in 1877, the Institute was intended to be a centre for adult education, "the advance of thought" for ordinary people. At first, various ...
Humphreys' House
The house of G Humphreys' Esq., Old Sparkbrook. Looted by Priestley rioters 1791
A Flying Visit
.. and here he is. It's Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh on a flying visit to Ladypool Avenue to visit Housing association properties.
A Flying Visit
Here we are. In the background you can see the Lord Mayor and MP Roy Hattersley. This entourage is about to visit the grandmother of Sylvia Morris (at the right in the second row) and granny still has ...
Moseley Road
A postcard of the Moseley Road C. 1910 looking towards the City Centre
The Ship Inn
The Ship Inn, Camp Hill established 1560.