Billy Smart's Circus 1954 at Bingley Hall (pages 2-3)
These pages include an introduction by the Smart's. Founder Billy Smart along with presumably his sons David, Ronald and Billy Junior. Billy endorses the suitability of Bingley Hall for his circus.
Billy Smart's Circus 1954 at Bingley Hall (pages 4-5)
The circus was visited by several distinguished visitors on the Scottish tour of the previous year, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester with their two boys and, perhaps most notably, Father Christmas.
Billy Smart's Circus 1954 at Bingley Hall (pages 6-7)
A page showcasing the zebras and the Billy Smart's zoo which accompanied the circus. On the facing pafe there is a profile of the Five Fellars who were a low-wire trapeze act.
Billy Smart's Circus 1954 at Bingley Hall (pages 8-9)
On these pages from the Christmas programme we have an advert for Esso Extra and a page on the comic crazy antics of the Clowns.
Bingley Hall
Bingley Hall used to stand just off Broad Street in the Symphony Hall/ Repertory Theatre area. It was regularly used for public events of all kinds, most famously perhaps for the annual cattle shows and ...
Birchfield Branch Library
This building on Birchfield Road was once known as the Perry Barr Institute. It became Birchfield Library, a satellite of Handsworth Library in September 1897, when the two front rooms began to be used, ...
Birchfield House, Birchfield Road
A large double fronted detached house with grounds covering 18,000 square yards, it was situated in Birchfield Road between Heathfield Road and Haughton Road. Occupants included George Bragg, Thomas ...
Birchfield Road
Numbers 293 to 311 Birchfield Road, eastern side, the section between The Broadway on the right and Bragg Road on the left of the picture. Lloyds Bank is at 301 and A.G. Scrivener Ltd., butchers at number ...
Birchfield Road
Numbers 349 to 35 Birchfield Road, eastern side, the section running northwards from Aston Lane. The white building to the left of the picture is The New Crown and Cushion Public House.
Birchfield Road flats by the underpass
Birchfield Road, Handsworth
Postcard view of Birchfield Road, Handsworth
Birchfield Road, Handsworth
Cottages in Birchfield Road, Handsworth, near the Crown & Cushion, December 1897. A board on the wall in the centre advertises 'Freehold land to be let'.
Birchfield Road, Handsworth
Postcard of Birchfield Road in Handsworth, posted on July 23rd 1904.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, from a postcard
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, from a postcard
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking north at the point where the underpass would later be built. Just off the photograph to the right are Birchfield Library and the cinema.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, seen on 18th April 1961 during the construction of the underpass scheme. A group of labourers look cheerful, perhaps because they have reached the northern end of the development. ...