St Thomas's Church
E.R. Mason writes about the establishment of St Thomas's Church:
In 1825 the following brief note appeared in the Gazette:
October 10th 1825. “The local commissioners for the building of Churches ...
St Thomas's Church and School
An engraving from 1865. The Vicar at this time was the Reverend C.T. Wilkinson who took over from the Reverend G.S.Bull. Bull had overseen the setting up of the churches of Immanuel (on Broad Street) ...
St Thomas's Church Interior
A very scarce view of the interior of the church on Holloway Head which was largely destroyed in the Blitz. This is looking towards the tower end of the church with the stained glass window. Today this ...
St Thomas's Schools, Bath Row
The schools were built in 1831, when they consisted of a two storey building for the Boys’ and Girls’ Departments and a single storey for the Infants, the premises affording accommodation for about 700 ...
St. Michael's Church - Sites and Monuments Record
The Architect was Mr Bourne (of Dudley).The church was consecrated on 23rd July 1855. A large sandstone church with ashlar dressings, comprising chancel, aisles and nave, west transepts, south-west tower ...
Statue of George Dawson
The original statue of George Dawson, sculpted by Thomas Woolner. The canopy stands on four granite columns and was designed by J.H. Chamberlain. George Dawson (1821-1876) was originally a Baptist minister, ...
Statue of Joseph Sturge at Five Ways
The statue of Joseph Sturge stands in front of the Swallow Hotel at Five Ways. It was unveiled before a crowd of 12,000 on 4 June 1862. The sculptor was John Thomas who sadly died before the unveiling.
Joseph ...
Steam Trams
This letter to the editor of the Daily Gazette is one of a series of complaints about the steam trams. This writer is complaining about the lack of waiting rooms for passengers.
From the G.H. Osborne ...
Strange Death of a Prisoner at Perry Barr
This newscutting reports the death of a woman in the cells at Perry Barr police station. She was found lying across the railway line and taken to the police station. She asked to be left alone and ...
Stratford House, Highgate
Stratford House was originally a farmhouse built in 1601 by Ambrose Rotton, and is still an outstanding feature of Moseley Road today. For a period from 1854 it was used as a private girls' school. The ...
Suicide of a Barmaid at Perry Barr
A newscutting from the G.H. Osborne collection reporting on the death of Maude Edith Hawkes, a barmaid from the Fox Inn, Holly Lane, Perry Barr. She died after drinking a solution of 'Battle's Vermin ...
Suicide Of A Socialist by Chris Upton
From a distance it might have looked like a typical funeral. A small group of mourners were gathered around a freshly dug grave at Key Hill cemetery, shortly after Christmas in 1894. Drawing closer, however, ...
Suicide through love at Perry
This newscutting from the G.H Osborne collection tells of the suicide of 18 year old Marion Lilly Whatton a machinist from Clifton Road, Aston.
She had seen her sweetheart, Charles Turner of Guildford ...
Suicide through toothache
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail April 4th 1896.
This is a report following the inquest into the death of Thomas Anderson of Perry Barr. Anderson who lived in Wellington Road. Shot himself ...
Suspicious Death in Birmingham
This newscutting from the G.H. Osborne collection deals with the inquest into the death of William Newton of Franchise Street, Perry Barr. He had been out drinking at the Freeholder's Arms and the next ...
Sycamore House, Handsworth
Sycamore House, Handsworth. At one time the residence of William Murdock. The site of the house is now under a cul-de-sac called Murdock Grove, off Alexandra Road.
Sykes's Timber and Saw Mill, Sheepcote Street
John Sykes established the business in 1862 trading from premises rented at one shilling a yard.Timber was imported and unloaded at the nearby railway wharf. The business kept going until 1966 when it ...
Taxing Times for Gladstone by Chris Upton
Mr Joseph Lloyd Phelps of Lee Crescent was idly looking through his morning post : bills from the coal merchant and grocer, note from his brother in law, subscription request from the local improvement ...