Number 61 Bell Barn Road
Undated photograph of the back to back style housing which originally stood on Bell Barn Road. It is probably from the nineteen fifties which is when the majority of these Public Works photgraphs were ...
Number nineteen Wynn Street
Two years after the war had finished. Wynn Street was completely flattened as part of the urban renewal programme and replaced with new housing.
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 ...
Oak Cottage in Villa Road
Any information on Oak Cottage would be gratefully recieved by the Digital Handsworth Project.
Obituary of Alfred Joseph Knight VC of 45 Elvetham Road
Knight died on the 4th November 1960. The obituary is from the Birmingham Post. Use the zoomify plugin to see the cutting clearly, text of which reads:
"Mr. Alfred Joseph Knight, one of eleven Birmingham ...
Off to work on a bike
Shay has started work and has a bike. Again in Mary Street, Shay poses on the opposite side of the road from 144, and a little further down the street (note- no bay windows). Behind Shay can be seen a ...
Official opening of Lee Bank Primary School
Princess Alexandra speaking at the official opening ceremony of Lee Bank Primary School. Second left in the picture is the Lord Mayor who at that time was Harold Edward Tyler.
Old and New
Faraday House and to the right Hogarth House. In the middle distance is Wilkes Greengrocers and the road leading off up the hill is Pigott Street. Just to the right and behind Hogarth House would be Chatsworth ...
Old friends
Beatrice Burton, Maurice Burton, Jimmy Phillips and Sylvie Shaw. The location is long forgotten but these four were photographed together sometime in the late 1960s. The Burtons ans Sylvie are known to ...
Old House, Park Road. May 30th 1968
Old police station, Perry Barr
The old police station, Perry Barr. Situated near Birchfield Library, the building was removed in the early 1950s when the road was widened.
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 Lee Bank Primary School
The first pages of the school diary by the first headteacher Denis Lyons. The extract reads as follows (use the "zoom" button to read the original clearly):
"The new school began its life as a Junior ...
Opening of Lee Bank Primary School
HRH Princess Alexandra meets teaching staff and dignitaries during the official opening of Lee Bank Primary School.
Orchard Tyres on Holloway Head
A comapny based on the corner of Florence Street and Holloway Head. As their advertising states they specialised in Goodyear and Dunlop tyres. Today the building is still outwardly similar and is a chinese ...
Oriental Art Studio
Stood at 328 Soho Road, Handsworth between Alfred Road and Rookery Road.
Oriental Art Studio
This was located at 328 Soho Road, Handsworth. It could be found between the junctions of Alfred Road and Rookery Road.