Osler Street School, Ladywood
Class Two Juniors circa 1930. The pupils include Alf Tranter, ? Peters, George Powick, ? Ridley, ? Sideboth, ? Reeves, George Shutts, ? Harris, ? Williams, ? Daniels. Two of the girls are Connie Barrett ...
Osler Street School: Mr Jones with former pupils
Former pupils Douglas Busk (right in glasses) and David Freeman meet up with teacher Mr C. Jones shortly before closure of the school. The school closed in July 1972. This picture is copied from the Douglas ...
Oswald Mosley stands for Ladywood
Oswald Mosley will always be remembered for his political party - The British Union of Fascists. Prior to this though he had been a Unionist (Conservative) MP for Harrow. He then resigned the seat and ...
Outside the Middleway blocks
This view was taken by resident May Williams who lived in the blocks. The blocks are still there today, upgraded and renovated, at the top end of Lee Bank Middleway as you approach Five Ways.
Outside the White Swan
This is undated but probably post World War II. The crowd happily posing for the camera are outside the White Swan at the corner of King Edward's Road and Stour Street.
Oxford Terrace, Icknield Square, Ladywood
A view of Oxford Terrace, off Icknield Square, Ladywood, in August 1967. Clearly the houses were still occupied for the washing is out (was the photograph taken on a Monday?) but redevelopment would soon ...
Palais De Danse advert
Undated advert for the Palais De Danse on Monument Road.
Pantomime at the Prince Of Wales
A piece from the local press promoting the panto at the Prince Of Wales Theatre during the war. The theatre, on Broad Street, was destroyed by bombs and incendiaries during the war. Seen rehearsing for ...
Paradise Street
Paradise Street, below the Town Hall, during the winter of 1899. Snow clearance taking place in the foreground by the lamp post as a horse drawn bus struggles past.
Passion Beyond Reason
Side window of the newsagents' shop on Holloway Head near Clydesdale Tower. The poster changes on a regular basis but this one seemed intriguing below the old windows above.
Pearce Brothers - General House Furnishers
Pearce Brothers seem to have been quite prominent in the Ladywood area. Their offices are listed as being on Shakespeare Road and at 307 Monument Road. The showroom is listed at 69 Monument Road.
Perrott's Folly
The Folly in Waterworks Road which was built by John Perrott in 1758.
Perrott's Folly with the Weather Observatory
In 1884 Abraham Follett Osler, the renowned inventor of the self-regulating anemometer, decided it would be the ideal place to do accurate meteorological readings. So for the next 95 years, under the ...
Pigott Street
Numbers 5 to 8 in 2 Court taken around 1906 when the area was photographed extensively by Public Works. Pigott Street has long since vanished from the map of Birmingham as it was demolished in the urban ...
Pigott Street
Numbers 9-12 in Court 2 Pigott Street around the turn of last century. Pigott Street was swept away in the urban renewal of the nineteen fifties. It was in the Edgbaston/ Ladywood area which subsequently ...
Pinfold Street
This view of Pinfold Street, looking up to Victoria Square, is still recognisable today. The shops on the right even look familiar! Near the top end today would be the Victoria Cafe which is a popular ...
Pitsford Street in the blitz
Pitsford Street runs off Clissold Street and near to Warstone Lane and Key Hill Cemetery. Then as now it was home to small industrial premises and the area here was an obvious target for the Luftwaffe. ...
Plan showing position of Archdale Works
This map shows how conveniently located the Works were, being easily accessible from New Street Station. You could either travel by train out to Monument Road Station or take the tram via Icknield Port ...