'Black Magic'
Photograph by Ruth Handley.
Label on reverse: 'Handsworth Photographic Society. Accepted and Hung [at the] Exhibition of Midland Photography, 1954'.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist ...
Black On Black, filming in Birmingham
"Channel 4 filming 'Black on Black', featuring Milton Godfrey (Handsworth Musician), Clare Robertson and Handsworth Reggae DJ, Admiral Jerry. Photographed in Manzoni Gardens which used to be part of the ...
Black Patch, Woodburn Road
This piece of land had formed part of Sycamore Farm. The name Black Patch may come from a cinder track which was laid out as a training ground. Towards the end of the nineteenth century it became well ...
Blackout Hints
A wartime poster issued by the National Safety First Association, reminding people to "lookout in the Blackouts".
Blakelands Estate, Perry Barr
Houses on the Blakelands Estate, off Aldridge Road, Perry Barr, on 20th September 1934
Blessing of the Church of St. Catherine of Siena, Lee Bank
The blessing of the new Catholic Church of St Catherine of Siena, Lee Bank, would have taken place in 1965. The new church, designed by Harrison & Cox, was built in 1964/5 on the corner of Bristol Street ...
Blondin on the Middleway
BLONDIN (1824-1897)was a French tight-rope walker and acrobat, born at St. Omar, France, on the 28th of February 1824. His real name was Jean François Gravelet. When five years old he was sent to ...
Blondin walks across The Reservoir by Chris Upton
Derwentwater, Windermere, Loch Lomond. When the names of Britain’s great lakes are mentioned, Rotton park reservoir can be forgiven for having something of an inferiority complex.
The name itself, ...
Boar's Head Inn, Aldridge Road, Perry Barr
An early illustration of the Boar's Head Inn which is situated on Aldridge Road in Perry Barr. Originally built in 1758 and rebuilt twice since. Firstly during the 19th century and again in 1937
Boar's Head Inn, Aldridge Road, Perry Barr
The Boar's Head Inn in Aldridge Road, Perry Barr was originally built in 1758. This photograph shows a later 19th century building which stood until 1937 when it was demolished and replaced by the present ...
Boar's Head Inn, Aldridge Road, Perry Barr
The Boar's Head Inn in Aldridge Road, Perry Barr was originally built in 1758. This photograph shows a later 19th century building which stood until 1937 when it was demolished and replaced by the present ...
Boars Head Inn, Perry Barr
The Inn's name comes from the heraldic crest of the Gough family of Perry Hall. It was built in 1758 and was demolished in 1936. The soldiers who went to arrest the forger William Booth stopped off here ...
Boar's Head public house, Perry Barr
The Boar's Head public house, Aldridge Road, Perry Barr, on 31st March 1931. The road leading off to the right is College Road.
Boar's Head public house, Perry Barr
Boar's Head public house, Aldridge Road, Perry Barr. The 1906 photograph shows the ornamental gables, designs made of coloured bricks in the facade and a huge painted advertisement on the end wall of ...
Boar's Head public house, Perry Barr
Boar's Head public house, Aldridge Road, Perry Barr. In this 1934 photograph the patterns in the brickwork are no longer as prominent as they were, although the left-hand side of the building seems to ...
Boathouse and pool, Handsworth Park
A Peaceful image of Handsworth Park Pool at approximately the turn of the 20th Century. This image is taken from a colourised black and white postcard.
Boating Pool, Handsworth Park
Atmospheric photograph from 1927.
Bomb damage in Birchfield Road
Photograph of Birchfield Road, corner of Mansfield Road, 2 November 1940 Crowds looking at bomb craters from the air raid the previous night. Handsworth was heavily bombed in the blitz due to the high ...