Ladywood School
Teacher Derek Lever presents an award at Prize Giving Day in 1984.
Ladywood School
Lower Schoolchildren in the Geography Room.
Ladywood School - "This Is Your Life"
History teacher Paul Nagle receives the "This Is Your Life" treatment at Ladywood School. "bald headed" Damien Carless played the part of deputy headteacher Gerry Richmond.
Ladywood School Cookery Room
The names are sadly unknown. Do you know who they are?
Ladywood School First Year
"Credit" winners!
Ladywood School from Ladywood Middleway
The school opened for the Autumn term 1972 replacing the Victorian Osler Street School. Ladywood School was closed in July 1990.
Ladywood School Newspaper award
Ladywood School's newspaper won the Daily Telegraph "School Newspaper of the Year 1990". Pupil reporters from the newspaper "The Ladywood Bugle" are pictured at the offices of the Daily Telegraph in London ...
Ladywood Secondary School, Freeth Street, Ladywood
These are the remaining pupils and staff at Ladywood Secondary School before it closed in July 1990. The school was only built in the 1970s, having been intended to open in 1972 although building delays ...
Lee Bank Sign
The old Lee Bank sign which was located on Holliday Street near the junction with Granville Street.
Lillian Carleton, Mary Fisher and Dolly Lovatt in Beach Street
Lindy Dunnett (nee Carleton) recalls that: "Dolly was the licensee of the outdoor at the bottom of Beach Street. As a youngster I used to help them to do the books and occasionally helped change the barrels ...
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 ...
Monument Road and Icknield Port Road, Ladywood
This article, by Norman Bartlam, is from the excellent local history magazine "Brew 'Us Bugle". The caption reads: "This was the corner of Monument Road and Icknield Port Road as it looked in 1962 and ...
Nelson Street School
The school was opened in 1876 as Nelson Street Board School and modified on several occasions. This image was donated by John Landon.
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 ...
Oratory Magazine October 1940
A snippet from the Oratory Church magazine from the Second World War. It reads: "Our beautiful green copper dome has "gone with the wind" of fashion, and has painted her face; in other words she is camouflaged, ...
Osler Street Infants' School, Ladywood
A performance for parents' evening by pupils from the Infants' classes. Original picture owned by Irene Adams.
Osler Street magazine
An extract from a 1929 issue of "Osmag" - the magazine of Osler Street Boys' School. This features a handwriting competition with a prize value of 2/6 for the winners! The specimen handwriting concerns ...
Osler Street School
The school opened in 1875, named after Abraham Follet-Osler, local worthy and glass manufacturer. The school has long since vanished in the urban renewal programme for Ladywood.