Mitchells & Butlers Brewery, Smethwick
Mitchells & Butlers Brewery, Cape Hill. The view is from a tinted postcard produced by Mitchells & Butlers themselves, which on the back bears their slogan "Good honest beer".
Henry Mitchell was the ...
Mitchells & Butlers Brewery, Smethwick
Mitchells & Butlers Brewery, Cape Hill. A view of one of the malting floors.
Mitchells and Butlers Brewery, Cape Hill
The brewery was founded in 1898, becoming probably the most recognisable Midlands brewery. In 1961 it merged with Bass. The brewery finally closed down in 2002 following takeover from Coors. The brand ...
Monument Road Baths
The original swimming baths on Monument Road. The baths opened in 1883, around the time that this photograph was taken. This building included a swimming pool and washing baths. This fine structure was ...
Monument Road Baths, Ladywood
The original Ladywood Swimming Baths opened in Monument Road, Ladywood, on 27 February 1883. The building contained two large swimming baths (First Class and Second Class) but was as valuable to the citizens ...
Monument Road, Edgbaston
The southern end of Monument Road, Edgbaston, near Hagley Road, in a tinted postcard view dating from around 1900. The 'monument' from which the road takes its name is actually the 96-ft tall Perrott's ...
Moseley Road Methodist Church, Lime Grove on Moseley Road
This church was an off-shoot of the Cherry Street chapel in Birmingham founded in 1782 by John Wesley. The church buildings were destroyed during bombing in 1940. A new church was built on the same site, ...
Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary for Birmingham
Portrait of Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary Magistrate for Birmingham. Thomas Milnes Colmore was born in 1845 and, after being educated at Rugby School and Brasenose College, Oxford, he was called ...
Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary Magistrate for Birmingham
Portrait of Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary Magistrate for Birmingham from 1888 to 1905. Thomas Milnes Colmore was born in 1845 into the Colmore family who had been in Birmingham from around 1500 and ...
Mr Vale, an employee at Soho
This photograph is labelled 'Mr Vale, the last employee of Soho Manufactory'. However it cannot have been taken at Soho Manufactory as it was demolished in the 1860s and this photograph is later than ...
Nelson Street School
The school was opened in 1876 as Nelson Street Board School and modified on several occasions. This image was donated by John Landon.
New Draper's shop in Perry Barr
A cutting from the Handsworth Herald announcing the arrival of a new draper's shop in Perry Barr. J.T. Bowers of High Street, Aston were opening a branch six doors from Perry Barr station.
From the ...
New Inns
The old New Inns hotel on the Soho Road.
Newcastle, New South Wales in Australia by Joseph Lycett
Joseph Lycett painted the Australian colonies after he was transported there for forgery. Lycett was in fact sent to Newcastle as a consequence of further felonies in Sydney. Lycett eventually returned ...
Nineveh, Handsworth
A group of cottages known as Nineveh, Handsworth. The present-day Nineveh Road takes its name from them.
Oak Hill Farm in Handsworth Wood
Oak Hill Farm probably stood near to Oak Hill House which lay between Church Lane and Handsworth Wood Road.
Oak wreath design by John Phillp
This pencil drawing is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). Phillp may have been Matthew Boulton's son but the evidence is inconclusive. He ...
Old Cottages
Oil painting of old cottages in an unknown location by G Willis Pryce. The picture was framed by A.Charles Sava, 73 Hamstead Road.