Chatsworth and Longleat House
A view from the benches off Bell Barn Road looking towards Chatsworth and Longleat Houses in the distance. Both of these towers were named after country houses.
Cherry Orchard Farm
Cherry Orchard farm was owned in 1900 by the Hales family. It was said to have dated from the fourteenth century, in 1327 it was listed as the home of Atte-Le-Berg. The house was demolished in 1930 and ...
Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth
Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth, from a postcard. Possibly of 14th-century date the buildings were demolished in 1930.
Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth
Cherry Orchard Farm, Hamstead, Handsworth. One of the larger farms in the area, the house was demolished in 1930 and gave its name to the modern Cherry Orchard Road.
Chest in St Thomas's School
This chest stands outside the headteacher's office in St Thomas's School on Great Colmore Street. Its history is unknown but it may have once been a chest used to store school documents. There is a possibility ...
Child Minder in Mary Street
Keith Whitehouse went to a child minder in Mary Street, Lillian Byford, and became firm friends with her son Patrick. The photograph shows Lillian Byford, with son Patrick and Keith in the back garden ...
Children in Grove Lane
Children from Grove Junior & Infant School in Grove Lane
Children Playing
Young girls pretending to be Diana Ross and the Supremes. Their stage is the dustbin shelter.
Children's Hospital, Ladywood
Inside the Children's Hospital, Broad Street, Birmingham. The Birmingham and Midland Free Hospital for Sick Children, on the corner of Sheepcote Street, was originally founded in 1862 and was in this ...
Children's Hospital, Ladywood
Inside the Children's Hospital, Broad Street, Birmingham. The Birmingham and Midland Free Hospital for Sick Children, on the corner of Sheepcote Street, was originally founded in 1862 and remained in ...
Children's Hospital, Ladywood
The Children's Hospital, Broad Street, Birmingham. The Birmingham and Midland Free Hospital for Sick Children was founded in 1862 by Thomas Heslop and moved to this building on the corner of Sheepcote ...
Christ Church, Perry Barr
Christ Church was erected in 1862 as a mission church of St. John's Perry Barr. It was licensed until 1926 and is now demolished, having been used for many years as a timber merchants.
Christ Church, Perry Barr
Christ Church, at the junction of Walsall Road and Aldridge Road, Perry Barr. The view, dating from around 1920, is looking up Aldridge Road. The church was built in 1862. This area was completely transformed ...
Christ Church, Perry Barr
Christ Church, Perry Barr, in 1906. Built in 1862 as a mission church of St John's it went out of use in 1926 and became the premises of a timber merchant before being demolished.
Christmas in Ruston Street, Ladywood
Christmas memories by Bernie Stringfellow (nee Ryan) who was born at 1 Back of 23 Ruston Street. Amongst the memories she recollects here is the spending of the Provident cheque at Pearce Brothers' shop.
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Church Hill Road Vicarage
This photograph is taken from the Victoria Park (Handsworth Park) Lodge on Hamstead Road, looking across the fields towards the Vicarage at the junction of Church Hill Road and Gibson Road.
Church Lane
Looking west along Church Lane on March 1st 1926.
Church Lane & Hamstead Road, Handsworth
This photograph was taken from the corner of Wellington Road, looking to the junction of Church Lane and Hamstead Road.