Edgbaston Reservoir
Coloured postcard view of Edgbaston Reservoir from early in the twentieth century.
Edgbaston Reservoir leaflet
The inside of the leaflet includes more details on the attractions. You could enjoy much of the "seaside experience" for just a few pence without having to make the long journey. You could go across the ...
Fatal Prize Fight
A newscutting from the Mercury of 6 June 1891 quoting Aris's Birmingham Gazette from 100 years before. It recounts two prizefights which took place at Kingstanding resulting in the death of two men.
From ...
Fixture list for Handsworth Wood Cricket Club, 1899
Handsworth Wood Cricket Club played on a ground at Brownes Green. Their colours were dark maroon with letters worked in yellow.
Fixture list for Handsworth Wood Cricket Club, 1899 second page
Handsworth Wood Cricket Club played on a ground at Brownes Green. Their colours were dark maroon with letters worked in yellow.
Fixture list for Handsworth Wood Cricket Club, 1899, third page
Handsworth Wood Cricket Club played on a ground at Brownes Green. Their colours were dark maroon with letters worked in yellow.
Football Match, Lozells
Vietnamese youth football teams in a match in Lozells.
Gary Thompson of Aston Villa at Ladywood School
Ladywood School pupil Dean Dodd interviews Aston Villa player Gary Thompson for the school newspaper, "The Ladywood Bugle".
Grave of George Burrell Ramsay in St Mary's Graveyard
George Burrell Ramsay a Scotsman arrived in Birmingham around 1871. While out walking he saw an Aston Villa F.C. practise match in the spring of 1876. Burrell asked for a game and dazzled the other players ...
Grave of William McGregor in St Mary's Graveyard
William McGregor is the man credited with the idea of forming the Football League. Prior to 1888, the only competitive matches played by clubs were in the FA Cup. Once knocked out of the FA Cup, clubs ...
Grove Lane Baths: Main Entrance Interior
The inside of the main entrance to Grove Lane baths with the ticket office to the right hand side of the picture. The baths were opened on 28th January 1907.
Grove Lane: Members and Chief Officers of the Baths and Parks Committee
The committee responsible for opening the swimming baths are shown here. Note that the members standing have been montaged into the photograph and were not actually present.
Listed are: Councillor ...
Grove Lane: The Diving Board of the First Class Swimming Bath
The diving board of the first class pool. In the background are the showers and above that the viewing gallery used for concerts. The baths were opened in 1907.
Grove Lane: The First Class Swimming Bath
Grove Lane's first class baths were superior to the second class in so much as they had private cubicles for changing in along the sides of the pool. The pool was used for concerts on occasions and the ...
Handsworth Golf Course Clubhouse
This clubhouse was built in 1905 and opened by Lord Dartmouth in 1906. A press report shows that it cost £2,000 including furnishing and describes it as "a commodious structure" comprising "smoking-room, ...
Handsworth Golf Club
The original 9 hole course was laid out in 1895 on land surrounding The Austins now Sandwell Recreation Ground).
The club moved to its present site in 1896 on land leased from the Earl of Dartmouth. ...
Handsworth Park
from the tennis courts looking towards St Marys Church.
Handsworth Park, Cricket
This was a cricket match between a local team and a police team.