Grant of Henry VIII to Perry Hall
Perry Hall Collection, A grant of Henry VIII (with great seal attached) relating to 'Perry' Staff. This was photographed by Stone after the owner of Perry Hall found it, and many others, in Perry Hall. ...
Grave of James Henry Stone J.P. in St Mary's Graveyard
The gravestone of James Henry Stone (brother of the photographer and MP John Benjamin Stone) in St Mary's Church Handsworth, also buried are his wife and children. The inscription reads as follows:
"In ...
Handsworth Council House and Library, Soho Road
A photograph of Handsworth Council House and Library taken in the late 1980's. City College, formerly known as Handsworth Technical College, now occupies the Council House portion of the building but ...
Handsworth Public Library - Sites and Monuments Record
Public Library, Handsworth Council House and Job Preparation Unit. It was built in 1878-9 by Alexander and Henman, as the Urban District
Council Offices.
The construction is of red brick and terracotta ...
Handsworth Riots, 1985
Morning after the riots. Lozells road.
Henry Price
By the demise of Mr Henry Price, the venerable parish clerk and rates collector, Handsworth has lost one of its most familiar figures. Mr Price had reached the almost patriarchal age of 72 years when ...
Henry Price - Parish Clerk and Rates Collector
This is an abridged biography from The Handsworth Magazine, the full version is available as a download.
By the demise of Mr Henry Price, the venerable parish clerk and rates collector, Handsworth ...
Holliday Road, Handsworth
Procession passing along Holliday Road, Handsworth. The occasion is the celebrations marking Joseph Chamberlain's 70th birthday, 7th July 1906.
James Hunte Poster in shop window
James Hunte, who ran the Mohammed Ali Centre in Hockley stood as an independent councillor in the late 1970's
Jill Knight MP at St Thomas Junior and Infant School
The then MP for Edgbaston, Jill Knight, opening a play scheme for local children at St Thomas Junior and Infant School on Great Colmore Street. This was only the second one of it's kind to be opened in ...
John Bayley Lees JP
This is an abridged version of his biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full biography is available as a download.
Mr Bayley Lees is a native of Hill Top and received his early education at ...
John Davies Mullins (Chief Librarian)
This is an abridged version of his biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available on this page for download.
Mr John Davies Mullins, whose death at his residence, 32 Wretham ...
John Satchell - Deacon and Politician
This is an abridged version of his biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download. The house where he died was owned by his son Ernest Percy Satchell (a surgeon)and ...
Joseph Chamberlain - Grave at Keyhill Cemetery
The grave of Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) is located in Keyhill Cemetery in Birmingham. Buried here are: Joseph Chamberlain, Harriet Chamberlain (his first wife), Florence Chamberlain (his second wife) ...
Joseph Chamberlain postcard
This postcard was published in 1906 to mark the 70th birthday of Joseph Chamberlain on 8th July. Great celebrations were organised in Birmingham, for Chamberlain had been Mayor three times and had represented ...
Joseph Chamberlain's Funeral at Key Hill Cemetery
This exhibition contains previously unpublished images. They were not professionally taken and are the only record of the burial of this great man.
Chamberlain, MP and former Lord Mayor of Birmingham, ...
Liberal candidate in the field at Ladywood
In the nineteen twenties it was still unusual for there to be three candidates at a poll. The "third" candidate was felt to be a "vote splitter"- in much the same way as is nowadays. In the 1924 General ...
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Henry Wilkinson
This is an abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download. Joseph Henry Wilkinson lived at "Elm Wood", on Hamstead Hill.
Mr Wilkinson was born in Bradford, ...