Black Expressions Theatre Group
This was one of the first black theatre groups set up in the area. They used to meet at the top of Villa Road
'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 Park, Handsworth
Black Patch Park, Handsworth, in November 1981. Before being turned into a park the Black Patch, off Foundry Lane, was where the gypsies regularly camped.
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 ...
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 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, ...
Blue Fence thinking
Crest Nicholson are currently redeveloping the Lee Bank area. Once an area is scheduled for clearance, fences are put up and then someone has to go around and paint them blue! Not sure why the fences ...
Blythe Street
Blythe Street is no longer there. It used to run from the Ledsam/ Ryland Street junction down to Ladywood Road. Today a school and open space occupies the site.
Blythe Street, Ladywood
Blythe Street, Ladywood, in a photograph probably taken in the 1960s before redevelopment. The photographer was apparently standing outside the unusually-named Vesper Bell public house on the corner of ...
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
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 ...
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
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 ...
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.