Park Farm
The Park farm buildings lie between Hilltop and Handsworth Golf courses. Handsworth Golf Course now occupies what was the farmland.
Park House
Park House, Handsworth Park, Handsworth.
Photo taken in March 1966, House demolished in April 1966
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.
Peckham Road School, Kingstanding
Peckham Road School, Kingstanding, 1955
Percy Shurmer School, Longmore Street
The school was built in 1962-3 and named after Percy Shurmer, City Councillor and MP for Sparkbrook, who lived locally in Belgrave Road. This school now also accommodates The Play House, a Theatre in ...
Perry Barr Shopping Precinct
Perry Barr Shopping Precinct, Birchfield Road, Perry Barr. The 1960s shopping centre was subsequently demolished, to be replaced by the One-Stop Shopping Centre which opened in 1990.
Perry Hall Home Farm, Perry Barr
View of the Home Farm of Perry Hall, Perry Barr. This photograph was taken in September 1969, forty years after Perry Hall itself was demolished. The entrance archway with its cupola and clock faces is ...
Perry Hall Park, Perry Barr
Perry Hall Park, Perry Barr
Perry Hall Park, Perry Barr
Perry Hall Park, Perry Barr
Perry Hall Park, Perry Barr
Perry Hall Playing Fields, Perry Barr
Paddle boats in Perry Hall Playing Fields, Perry Barr, on 14th April 1953. The boating pool was originally the moat of Perry Hall and therefore can be said to date back to the 16th century. The hall itself ...
Perry Hall, Perry Barr
On the miniature railway in Perry Hall Playing Fields, Perry Barr,
Mr Albert Reeve prepares his 4-6-2 Pacific engine, 'Mighty Atom', for another run. The date is Tuesday 14th April 1953.
Picnic in the park
The place is Calthorpe Park; the statue in the background is that of Robert Peel which was moved later (1963) to the Police Training College just further along the Pershore Road - although the base remains ...
Pigott Street and Latimer Street junction
Bexhill Grove would occupy the line of Pigott Street which in this picture is running down from the Davenport's Brewery on Bath Row in the distance. The chip shop stands on the corner here about where ...
Pool in Lee Bank
Promotional photograph taken for the Lee Bank area. This was used to advertise the appeal of the area to young families. The pool stood in the park area and was popular for many years with local children. ...
'Portrait Study'
Photograph by Ruth Handley.
Labels on reverse: 'Handsworth Photographic Society. Accepted and Hung [at the] International Exhibition, 1955' & 'Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society. Accepted and Hung ...