Freeth Street
Bill Landon & Sons bathroom shop is to the left of Holder's garage on Freeth Street. The company moved from here into the old Crown cinema premises.
Front and side elevation of a vase handle by John Phillp
This image is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). The pencil inscription reads 'Executed in silver JP int 1806'
Phillp may have been Matthew ...
Front Door
This photograph was taken to highlight the ways that people seek to make their houses look somehow different from that of their neighbour
Funday at the Fire Station
To promote the local fire service a Community Open Day was held on June 10th 2000, This was attended by many people from the community. Handsworth Community firestation has excellent facilities for holding ...
Funeral
Laying wreaths at bus drivers funeral.
Funeral
Funeral at Handsworth Cemetery
Funeral Car, Handsworth
This is the funeral of Vanley's Great Uncle, his Grandmother's Brother. The car is important in as much as the only time black people were ever seen in Rolls Royces were at weddings and funerals and ...
Funeral of a Bus Driver
Carrying the coffin at a bus drivers funeral
Funeral of a Bus Driver, Handsworth Cemetry
Funeral of Mr. Wainwright in Handsworth
In this diary entry, John Benjamin Stone MP recounts the day of Mr Wainwright's burial in Handsworth.
"Wed July 2nd 1902.
Letters from home saying Mr Wainwright would be buried today.
Left Euston ...
Funeral, Bethel United Church of Jesus Christ
Outside Bethel United Church, Gibson Road after a funeral service.
Funeral, Handsworth Cemetry
Hymns are sung round the grave at a funeral.
Funeral, Handsworth Cemetry
G.E. Wootton
This is an abridged version of his biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download.
Few men are more closely linked with the Handsworth of the past 30 years or so ...
Gala Cinema
The Gala Cinema in 1979. Showing is "Flesh Gordon" with "Shivers" on the following week. It had been open as The Gala since 1977 but will always be best remembered as The Broadway and to a lesser extent ...
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".
Gas Institute Commemorative medal, obverse
This is a test striking for a Gas Institute commemorative medal and is uniface (that is struck only on one side). It shows William Murdoch, the father of gas innovation. Murdoch worked for Boulton and ...
Gas Institute Commemorative medal, reverse
This is a test striking for a Gas Institute commemorative medal and is uniface (that is struck only on one side). It shows Perkin, Bunsen, Malam and Clegg below a gasometer.
The actual medal was ...