Birmingham Household Supply Association Ltd
The Birmingham Household Supply Association traded on Corporation Street in Birmingham City Centre, selling all manner of goods for the home. Advert taken from the programme for the Saint James' Church ...
Birmingham lads in Germany
Interesting photograph from The Weekly Mercury of some Birmingham soldiers held as prisoners of war in Germany during World War One. The third from left in the back row is said to be Private J. Godsell ...
Birmingham Library Staff training with the Birmingham Pals
Picture World followed the recruitement and training of the men in the three Birmingham Pals Battalions of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. These men (from the 1st Battalion)are seen training in Yorkshire. ...
Birmingham Municipal Bank, Birchfield Road
The north-east corner of the junction of Birchfield Road and Bragg Road. The prominent corner building is a branch of the Birmingham Municipal Bank at 293 Birchfield Road. The Trustee Savings Bank took ...
Birmingham Municipal Bank, Broad Street
The Birmingham Municipal Bank was established on a permanent basis by the Birmingham Corporation Bill (it was previously Birmingham Corporation Savings Bank). The building is still there today (opposite ...
Birmingham Municipal Bank, Broad Street, Birmingham
This interior view of the Birmingham Municipal Bank in Broad Street, Birmingham, reveals the sort of space one might expect from the rather grand Neo-Classical facade. The building was designed by T. ...
Birmingham Pals Reunion in 1965
Closeup copy of the photograph taken at the reunion of the 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Reunion Dinner. The 15th were the second of the "Pals" regiments formed in Birmingham in 1914. The ...
Birmingham presents Lloyd George with the Freedom of the City
A ticket for the ceremony at the Town Hall when the Council presented David Lloyd George with the Freedom of the City. All presumably went well but many of those present (including Lloyd George) would ...
Birmingham Public Libraries Book Exchange Service
This photograph shows the delivery van outside the old Central Library at Ratcliffe Place. The lady looks very much like the stereotypical image of a librarian!
Birmingham Public Library
Birmingham Public Library, seen from Edmund Street and looking along the Ratcliff Place frontage, from a tinted postcard. The far end of the building beyond the entrance portico is the Birmingham and ...
Birmingham Remembers VE Day
An exhibition of photographs taken by Chris Sutton during the VE Day 60th anniversary celebrations in Birmingham City Centre.
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Broad Street
The second Repertory Theatre in Birmingham was opened in 1971. Its predecessor is known as "The Old Rep" and can be found on Station Street. Over the years the "New Rep" on Broad Street has played host ...
Birmingham Show, Handsworth
At the Birmingham Show, Handsworth, in 1960. The show was held at Handsworth Park before it was transferred to Perry Park.
Birmingham Show, Perry Barr
Exhibition garden at the Birmingham Show, Perry Park, Perry Barr, in September 1985. The elderly gentleman appears to be Arthur Billitt, the television gardening expert and presenter.
Birmingham Show, Perry Barr
Some of those involved in the Birmingham Show, Perry Park, Perry Barr, in September 1985, including Miss Birmingham 1985 and a slightly disturbing rabbit.
Birmingham Show, Perry Barr
The Lord Mayor, Councillor F.W. Carter, presenting a bouquet at the Birmingham Show, Perry Park, Perry Barr, in September 1985, against a background of flower show exhibits.
Birmingham Show, Perry Barr
Gardeners' question time in front of the BBC Radio WM stand at the Birmingham Show, Perry Park, Perry Barr, in September 1985. Among the television gardening experts on view are Howard Drury, Geoff Amos ...
Birmingham Show, Perry Barr
The BRMB Radio stand at the Birmingham Show in Perry Park, Perry Barr, in September 1985.