Ratcliff Place
This photograph was taken during the great freeze of 1946/1947. The view is in Ratcliff Place next to the Town Hall looking into Victoria Square. The old Central Library used to be located in Ratcliff ...
Rats: Wartime Poster
Published by the Austin Motor Company Safety and Welfare Department. Many posters were published during WW2 for public information. This warning about keeping shelters tidy is one of the less commonly ...
Raymond Mason in the Bull Ring
Raymond Mason grew up in Wheeley's Lane and arguably became Birmingham's foremost artist and sculptor. This rare cutting from the Second World War era shows him at work in the Bull Ring sketching the ...
Reakes Music Ltd
Reakes Music Ltd were located at 11 Suffolk Street, Queensway, Birmingham. This 1970's advert was published in the St Luke's Church magazine. St Luke's being located on Bristol Street opposite McDonalds ...
Rear of Brookfields School
Another image of Brookfields school taken after it was hit during an air raid in 1941. this appears to show what is left of one of the upstairs classrooms; a plaque is clearly visible on one of the walls. ...
Rear of Brookfields School in the blitz
This image of Brookfields school was taken after it was hit during an air raid in 1941. The school is also known as Ellen Street School as it stood on the corner of Ellen and Pitsford Street. The school ...
Rear of Edward Street
The Lyric Picture House (just visible at the end of the line of the terrace) was in Edward Street. It had previously been a church building! The end for the Lyric came when the immediate area was demolished ...
Rear of Shakespeare Road
Taken in 1968 before urban renewal of the area.
Reaside Nursery
The nursery is to the left of the picture which is of Hope Street. This is part of the substantial redevelopment of the Bristol Street/ Lee Bank area. The nursery has now relocated to the St Thomas Centre ...
Regent Cinema, Ledsam Street, Ladywood
Publicity for the Regent Cinema in Ledsam Street, Ladywood, brings back the joys of 'continuous performance' when you could turn up when you liked and watch the programme through to the point where you ...
Removing the railings
Another view of the removal of the railings at St Philip's Cathedral during the Second World War. This was part of a national scheme towards the creation of munitions for the war effort.
Removing the railings at St Philips
Around the country during the Second World War iron was removed from public places to go towards the manufacture of weapons for the war effort. This picture shows the removal of the railings around the ...
Removing tramlines on Bristol Street
This would have been taking place soon after 5 July 1952, when the last trams ran on the Bristol Road routes down to Longbridge and Rednal. In spite of the major roadworks no obvious traffic problems ...
Reredos and Holy Table in St Thomas's Church
Sadly destroyed by bombing in World War Two. The Reredos was erected in 1923 and served as a memorial to the men of the parish killed in the First World War. The Holy Table was a memorial to the late ...
Reservoir Road - Vaughan's Shop
Vaughans stood on the corner of Reservoir Road and Osler Street. The shopfront has many interesting adverts for product by Walls, R, Whites, Wills, Barbers etc. Next door to the shop can be seen a cafe. ...
Reservoir Road part 2 from Kelly's 1939 Trade Directory
Also including the following roads: Reservoir Road (Erdington), Reservoir Road (Selly Oak), The Retreat, Reynolds Road, Reynolds Street, Ribblesdale Road, Richard Street, Richmond Road.
The first part ...
Reservoir Road, Edgbaston
Reservoir Road, Edgbaston, is seen here in a photograph taken in 1967. The view is looking westwards towards the reservoir.
Reservoir Road, Edgbaston
View of Reservoir Road, Edgbaston, in the early 1900s, from a postcard. Almost entirely residential t his ime,Reservoir Road runs from Monument Road towards Edgbaston Reservoir.