Mary Street School
Mary Street School, which opened in 1878, was the first Board school to be built in Balsall Heath. It was renamed Belgrave School in the 1960s. The school closed in 1970, the buildings were demolished ...
Mary Street School Road Safety Certificate
Produced by the Birmingham Accident Prevention Council. This Certificate of Merit was awarded to Keith Whitehouse. It was signed by the Lord Mayor of the time, Ernest Walter Horton.
Mary Street School/ Belgrave Primary Staff
The staff of Mary Street / Belgrave Primary; Front row L to R; Jean Kent, unknown, unknown, Mr Mundy (Head), Mrs Wildebore (Deputy Head), unknown, Pauline Davis, and Mrs Elder.
“Mr Mundy was a helpful ...
Mary Street Schooldays
Keith Whitehouse (left) and sister Pamela (right) attended the ‘Girls’ Boys’ and 'Infants schools’ in Mary Street. Later the school came to be known as ‘Belgrave Primary’.
Keith was there between 1959 ...
MASU Centre
The Midland Adult School Union Centre which formerly stood on Gaywood Croft off Cregoe Street. In recent years it was taken over by Optima Community Association and was used as the local Community Centre. ...
Mavis Bartlett at the back of the Edgbaston Hotel
This pub was at the corner of Lee Bank Road and Ryland Road. Mavis was the daughter of the then licensee Len Bartlett.
Meeting the locals
The Queen Mother taking time to talk to local residents during her tour of the Y Block development in 1957. So far none of these residents have been identified.
Meeting the Queen Mother
Local residents meeting the Queen Mother during her official vist to Nash House in 1957. Do you know anybody in the crowd?
Meeting the Queen Mother
Harry Wallace, caretaker of Nash House and his colleagues and family. They are posing happily either before or after meeting the Queen Mother on her official visit to see the Y-Block development.
Middleway to Bath Row
This view captures the changing face of the Lee Bank area. In the foreground we have two of the Middleway blocks built as part of the urban renewal of the nineteen fifties and sixties. The road running ...
Midland Adult School Union on Severn Street
By 1960 this building subsequently became home to the Birmingham Athletic Insitute. Today in 2004 it is boarded up with an uncertain future.
Milestone Lane
Undated photograph of Milestone Lane. It probably dates from the 1960's to 1970's. Milestone Lane is a small cul-de-sac lying off Holyhead Road.
Ministry of Health Poster - Coughs And Sneezes...
This poster was put up in surgeries and hospitals across the Birmingham area. The slogan achieved fame and immortality when it featured in "The Blood Donor" an episode of Hancock's Half Hour starring ...
'Miranda'
Photograph by Ruth Handley, nd. Process: bromesko
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist in portrait photography. Mostly known for her photographs of actors and actresses who visited ...
Miss Dodds and class at St Thomas's School in 1954
Several children have been named on this picture. (Front Row) Second left in glasses is Mike Davis, third left and centre is Jeff Wedgwood. (Second Row) First left in square patterned jumper is John Patton. ...
Miss Edwards and her class at St Thomas's School
Several of the children on this photograph have been identified. (Front Row)first left is Paul Smith, second left is Ronnie Cotterill, fourth left is John Abbot. (Second Row) second left is David Wakelam, ...
Miss Ford's Room at St. Thomas's School
Miss Ford's class looking attentively at presumably Miss Ford and/or the photographer. This classroom was at St. Thomas's School on Bath Row/ Granville Street in the Edgbaston area. During the redevelopment ...
Monument Road
The number 8 bus travelling on the outer circle route. Here it is at the junction of Monument Road and Icknield Port Road, coming up from Hockley. The shop next to the canopy is Hickman's. The curved ...