Mary Street School
Mary Street School, which opened in 1878, was the first Board school to be built in Balsall Heath. It was renamed Belgrave School in the 1960s. The school closed in 1970, the buildings were demolished ...
Lidl Supermarket on Moseley Road
Edward Road Police Station
The station has been serving the community back since Balsall Heath was an independent borough. It is still there today.
Clifton School
Clifton Infant and Nursery School, Brunswick Road. The school had been relocated from old Victorian premises in Clifton Road. They are still there today and currently used by St Paul's Trust.
Brighton Road Post Office
This post office stands on the junction with the Moseley Road. Sadly it closed down a few yearss ago after decades of long service to the community. It was never just a Post Office as you could buy presents, ...
The Star Cafe on Mary Street
Mary Street corner with Strensham Road. The Star Cafe stands at the junction, with the beautiful iron balconies to the left, for which Mary Street is well known locally.
Heath Mount School netball team
The prize winning Heath Mount School netball team.
Mary Street
Terraced housing on Mary Street featuring some stylish decorative brick work around the windows and doors.
Grand Review
Grand Review of the First Warwickshire Volunteers in Calthorpe Park. 1860
Friends Institute Coffee Room
The Friends Hall and institute was built in 1899 at the expense of Richard Cadbury to provide room for the Society of Friends to run Sunday School classes, clubs, and meetings. It included a hall large ...
Edward Road Police Station
Established in 1869, the police station in Edward Road is still in operation today.
Edward Road Baptist Church
The Baptist Chapel on the corner of Edward Road and Harbury Road was built at a cost of more than £6,000. It was erected by the congregation which had been meeting in Balsall Heath since 1873 and provided ...
Edward Road Police Station
two police constables outside Edward Road police Station C1900. Established in 1869, the police station is still in operation today.
Edward Road Police Station
Established in 1869, the police station in Edward Road is still in operation today. This is a view of yard at the rear of the building.
Edward Road Police Station
Established in 1869, the police station in Edward Road is still in operation today.
John Edward Shilton
John Edward Shilton was a Right-handed batsman who played for Warwickshire Cricket Club between 1894-95.
Don Hall, Shopkeeper on Ladypool Road
This letter was printed in the Heathan in February 1981
"Dear Editor,
You will no doubt be sorry to learn that I am giving up my business in Ladypool Road - a wrench after 15 years. I leave at the ...
Birchwood Road
The Tornado struck Balsall Heath about 2.30pm on 28 July 2005. West Midlands Fire Service declared a "major incident" after deploying 15 appliances to a one-square-kilometre area where hundreds of buildings ...