Bomb Damage in Bristol Street
To the right of the photograph is The Wellington Public House which still stands at the junction of Bromsgrove Street with Bristol Street. The windows have been visibly blown out in the blast which has ...
Bomb damage in Farm Street
Farm Street, Handsworth, 13 August 1942. German air-raids targetted the industrial premises of Handsworth during the blitz. The nearby metal merchants (left of picture) appears to have survived to some ...
Bomb damage on Balsall Heath Road
Damaged houses on Balsall Heath Road which was taken after an air raid in the blitz on Birmingham. Balsall Heath was heavily bombed during the Second World War.
Bomb scare near Boulton Road, Handsworth. October 1974
Bond from John Wyrley of Handsworth
Bond from John Wyrley of Hannysworth [Handsworth] yoman to John Lane of Smythwyk [Smethwick] yoman, to secure performance of covenants concerning lands in the lordship of Hannysworth.
Creation: 1 May ...
Booth's Farm
Booth's farm was part of the Perry Hall estate. The farmhouse was thought to date back to the sixteenth century.
It takes its name from its most famous tenant, the forger William Booth. He rented ...
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr, in 1903. This was for a time the home of William Booth, who was hanged for the forgery of banknotes and coins in 1812.
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
This image was taken at the former home of William Booth, the notorious coiner and forger of Perry Barr. In 1900 the Foden family were in residence.
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
The items in this image, a metal plate, forged note and coins, were found in the grounds of Booth's Farm sometime after William Booth, the notorious Perry Barr forger, was hanged for his crimes.
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
Farm Labourers at Booth's Farm, Perry Barr.
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
Farm Labourers at Booth's Farm, Perry Barr.
Bootmaker on Easy Row
Advert for D. Andrews the bootmaker at 4 Easy Row. Easy Row is now only found in Birmingham as a walkway running alongside the Copthorne but in the nineteenth century it was a thriving street of local ...
Boulton & Watt - Weekly Wages Book, 1826-1830
This volume is presented page by page, up to the year 1828.
It records weekly wages and includes totals spent on: carpenters, smiths, fitters, bricklayers, labourers, foundry men, pattern-makers, and ...
Boulton & Watt Engine, Galton Street Locks, Smethwick
This engine was constructed c.1780 and after being dismantled, was later moved to the Birmingham Science Museum. Since the closure of that building the engine is now at Millenium Point, Birmingham in ...
Boulton Road, Handsworth
Boulton Road, Handsworth, on the occasion of a bomb scare nearby, October 1974
Boulton Road, Handsworth
Boulton Road, Handsworth, on the occasion of a bomb scare nearby in October 1974
Boulton, Watt and Murdock Statues
Sculpted by William Bloye and unveiled on September 14th 1956. The statues were paid for by Richard Wheatley, a leather goods manufacturer along with a contribution by the City Council. The statues are ...
Bowled Over By The Golden Hind,1978
"Sir Francis Drake and a considerable chunk of the armada was so good…with a very tall mast. The thing was it didn’t have any means of going under the bridge….so….seeing the bridge coming she said to ...