New Student block at Bristol Street/ Lee Bank Middleway
The building is across the road from McDonalds. It's by the main road called Bristol Road. It's a very tall building and it's just getting built. (This image was taken by children from year Five at Woodview ...
New Student Block on Benmore - by Year Five at Woodview
This is a building of a student accommodation; as you can see it is not fully built yet.
Newcastle, New South Wales in Australia by Joseph Lycett
Joseph Lycett painted the Australian colonies after he was transported there for forgery. Lycett was in fact sent to Newcastle as a consequence of further felonies in Sydney. Lycett eventually returned ...
No recount in Ladywood - Decision of Mr Oswald Mosley, Too Costly
Article from the Birmingham Gazette following up on the 1924 election in Ladywood when Oswald Mosley came very close to defeating the sitting MP - Neville Chamberlain. The text is as follows:
Mr Oswald ...
Northbrook Street
The reason for the huge queue at what appears to be a tobbaconist is unknown. The photograph is provisionally dated at around 1918 so perhaps they are waiting for news from the war. The businesses open ...
Notes on evacuation from St Thomas's School logbook
These notes were written as Britain approached declaring war on Germany in September 1939.
28th August
Several members of the staff arrived at school at 7:15am for the rehearsals of evacuation of ...
Number 6 in Court 42, Grosvenor Street West
Early twentieth century view of Grosvenor Street West. It runs behind Broad Street up to Tescos and has much changed in a hundred years. Only the White Swan Public House and the wharf remain from this ...
Number 7 Court in Camden Grove
Another court terrace off Camden Street in Ladywood. A very evocative image from the early part of last century.
Number Six Court in Camden Grove
Undated photograph but probably from the early part of the twentieth century. Camden Grove lay off Camden Street. In the far distance is the local church and a group of people standig at the end of the ...
Numbers 55-62 Edward Street
A.A.Howes' handyman's shop is on the corner of The Parade. The building to the right with the pointed roof is the Lyric cinema. The posters on the buildings include adverts for "Pintaman", Surf washing ...
Obituary of Arthur Vickers VC
Vickers died on the 27th July 1944. The obituary is from the Birmingham Mail. use the zoomify tab to read the original cutting, the transcription of which reads as follows:
Lance-Corporal Arthur Vickers ...
Oliver Pemberton, Birmingham City Coroner
Oliver Pemberton, F.R.C.S., J.P., was one of the Pemberton family who were brassfounders in Birmingham. His father was Thomas Pemberton of Warstone House. Born in 1825, he trained in medicine and eventually ...
Oozells Street Basin Loop
Panoramic image of the canal basin put together by Ken Bonham.
Oozells Street Loop, Ladywood
When James Brindley built the first canal from Birmingham to Wolverhampton in 1772 - the 'original main line' - it took a winding course, following the contours of the land. Telford's 'new main line' ...
Opening of Birmingham Central Library
The speech making at the opening of the "new" Central Library in 1974. Harold Wilson, the then Prime Minister, is to the left of the picture. The lady making the speech is Marjorie Alice Brown, the Mayor ...
Opening of Moonlit Park
Children from Woodview Primary School in a colourful procession to the opening of Moonlit Park.
Opening of the Hall Of Memory
From the programme for the opening of the Hall Of Memory. The top photograph is of Edward, Prince Of Wales (later Edward V111) who laid the foundation stone in 1923. The lower photograph is of Prince ...
Opening of the Salvage Works on Rotton Park Street
This image is from the brochure commemorating the opening of the Salvage Works.