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 Party at the Council House
Invitation from The Lord Mayor William Adlington Cadbury. The William A. Cadbury Charitable Trust website (www.wa-cadbury.org.uk)has this to say about him...
William was the second son of Richard Cadbury, ...
Chitraleka Bolar, Baratanatyan Dancer
"Chitraleka Bolar, a well respected dancer in the Indian classical dance style of Baratanatyan. Bolar has made a major contribution to the West Midlands region's cultural and artistic development. She ...
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, Summerfield - parish magazine
Front page of the parish magazine listing the clergy and staff associated with the church at the time. Listed are the Reverend J.F. Hinett from the vicarage at 99 Gillott Road and the deaconess M.E. Poynter ...
Christian Kunzle plaque
Blue plaque for Christian Kunzle in Birmingham. This plaque is on the site of Kunzle's shop which stood where the Abbey National Building Society is in Five Ways Shopping Centre. Kunzle is fondly remembered ...
Christmas at The Rezza
This article is from the first issue of the Ladywood Brew 'Us Bugle)
This was the Birmingham All the Year Round Swimming Club pictured at Edgbaston Reservoir on Christmas morning 1909. The weather ...
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.
From ...
Christmas letter to parents
An interesting letter to parents from the headmaster Denis Lyons. Mr Lyons makes reference to the power cuts that were taking place in the UK at the time. All of the pre-Christmas school activities are ...
Church Convention at Bingley Hall
Sometimes churches organised large meetings at central halls for all their members. This prayer meeting is being held at Bingley Hall where the ICC and Symphony Hall now stand.
Church Hill House or The Endwood Public House
There has been a Church Hill House since 1538. The house on the site now was extensively remodelled around 1820. The Muntz family lived here for some years in the late eighteenth century.
It then ...
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 and Old Cottages
The old cottages in Church Lane dated back to 1699 but were sadly demolished in the 1950s. The cottages are just about visible on the right hand side of the road.
Church Lane cottages and Dixons
Dixons stood opposite the cottages at number 50 and can be seen to the extreme right. They were a poultry, pigeon and dog medicine manufacturer.