Osler Street School demolition
Picture taken from Clark Street by Gloria Cornish.
Oswald Mosley stands for Ladywood
Oswald Mosley will always be remembered for his political party - The British Union of Fascists. Prior to this though he had been a Unionist (Conservative) MP for Harrow. He then resigned the seat and ...
Outside toilet in Handsworth
"Quite a lot of people thought that outside toilets had disappeared...yet there were still some about in the 80's. Urban regeneration in Handsworth saw an end to such (in)conveniences." Pogus Caesar, ...
Overcrowding on Trains
A newscutting from the Birmingham Post reporting the case of two tradesmen Mr Heath and Mr Burton who sued the London and North-Western Railway Company for nine shillings. They had been waiting for a ...
Oxhill Road entrance to Handsworth Cemetery
The magnificent iron gates and the lodge at the Oxhill Road entrance to Handsworth Cemetery.
The photograph is taken from the brochure for the opening of Handsworth Chapel on October 1st 1910.
Paradise To Reality with Mrs McGhie
Eunice McGhie-Belgrave was born in Jamaica, left there for England in 1957 aged 22 and set up home in Handsworth. This exhibition traces her journey and work with the community she found here.
Mrs ...
Park Hill House
Park Hill House was built in 1831 and was situated between Hamstead Hill and Hamstead Hall Road. The most famous occupant was Charles Palmer, a brewer, who lived there in 1898. Palmer achieved some fame ...
Parliamentary Election Card 1922
The parties would deliver cards to householders gving them instructions on where and when they could place their vote. Of course they also suggested how exactly you might like to place your vote! Note ...
Particulars of Cherry Orchard Farm to be sold by auction [1st page]
Front page of particulars of the Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth, now in the occupation of Sarah Heathcote, to be sold by auction 23 December, 1812. Accompanying plan.
Creation: 23rd December 1812; ...
Particulars of Cherry Orchard Farm to be sold by auction [2nd page]
Second page of particulars of the Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth, now in the occupation of Sarah Heathcote, to be sold by auction 23 December, 1812. Accompanying plan.
Creation: 23rd December 1812; ...
Particulars of Cherry Orchard Farm to be sold by auction [accompanying plan]
Plan that accompanies the particulars of the Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth, now in the occupation of Sarah Heathcote, to be sold by auction 23 December, 1812.
Creation: 23rd December 1812; paper. ...
Peckham Road School, Kingstanding
The Senior Girls Festival in 1934. The two girls to the bottom left are in the top of an upturned vaulting horse.
Peckham Road School, Kingstanding
Peckham Road School, Kingstanding, 1955
Perry Barr Crematorium
Illustration from the Mercury of the newly opened crematorium.
Perry Barr Mystery - Child's Body in a Box
A newscutting from the Handsworth Herald reporting the discovery of the body of a baby in a cardboard box on the Aldridge Road. The child was not identified and was found to have been strangled.
From ...
Perry Common Kingstanding and Kettlehouse Farm "Community News"
This local journal was issued from the community centre which was opened in January 1933 at the corner of Kings Road and Kingstanding Road.
Photograph Album of Elan Valley works
In the late 19th century, due to the rapidly expanding population and problems with the outbreak of diseases, for the benefit of its inhabitants, the Corporation of Birmingham needed to find a fresh water ...
Photographs of schoolboys at Saltley Reformatory (later Norton School), c.1890 – 1901
Saltley Reformatory was founded in 1852, and built on land in Saltley given by Lord Norton. It initially had space for 37 boys, rising to 100 by the end of the 19th century.
Boys between the ages of ...