Closing down at Bradshaws
Closeup view of the queue at the Bradshaw's closing down sales. This image is from the Evening Mail story also on this website but has been digitally enhanced here for clarity.
Closure of Belgrave Primary School (Mary Street)
Keith Whitehouse kept this cutting on the closure of his primary school.Belgrave Primary was closed towards the end of the 60s as part of the redevelopment programme. Headteacher Mr Mundy was quoted in ...
Coach and horses pub
Coach and Horses Public House, on the corner of Edward Road and Mary Street Balsall Heath. Mary Street is to the right and Edward Road is straight ahead
Coach trip to Weston Super Mare from Lee Bank
This picture dates from circa 1957 and shows a party of people from the Y Blocks getting ready to embark for Weston Super Mare. At this time the development in the area of Lee Bank was still very recent ...
Coffee morning at Boulton Road
Children serve the drinks to local elderly at Boulton Road Junior and Infants School. This picture appeared in the Birmingham Post.
Colin Gabbidon's Work: Vertical Hold
From 'Vertical Hold' artshow, Westminster Road, Handsworth. 23rd September 2002
College Road looking onto Kingstanding Road
Junction of Kingstanding Road (left) & College Road (right), Kingstanding. 14th September 1932
College Road, Handsworth
College Road, Handsworth, looking from Friary Road. On the left are the grounds of the Wesleyan Theological College. In the distance St Andrew's Church in Oxhill Road is under construction, to be completed ...
College Road, Kingstanding
College Road, Kingstanding, at its junction with Kingstanding Road (on the left) in 1931. Where the roads meet a sign points towards Sutton to the right and advertisements for cigarettes figure prominently....
College Road, Kingstanding
College Road near the junction with Holly Lane, Kingstanding. View looking south, 2nd March 1927. Holly Lane (now Kingstanding Road) is behind the buildings.
College Road, Kingstanding
College Road, Kingstanding, at the junction with Kingstanding Road (on the left) in 1931. At the extreme left are the premises of the Forward Electric Company. College Road is signposted to Sutton.
College Road, Perry Barr
The forecourt of a Shell petrol station in College Road, Perry Barr, on 18th May 1931. This was presumably the Perry Garage, located where College Road crosses the Tame Valley Canal. At this date work ...
College Road, Perry Barr
College Road, Perry Barr, at the junction with Kingstanding Road (then called Holly Lane), looking north on 2nd March 1927. College Road (on the right) is signposted to Sutton Coldfield. The shop with ...
College Road, Perry Barr
The corner of College Road and Kingstanding Road, Perry Barr, on 10th March 1932. The shop went under the name of 'J and E' and advertised dry goods and fancy goods. Kingstanding Road is in the background ...
Colmore Row during Queen Victoria's visit
Queen Victoria visited the day before her birthday to lay the foundation stone of Victoria Law Courts. This image shows the crowds gathered to see her on the bunting-lined Colmore Row. To the left the ...
Commercial Inn, Shakespeare Road, Ladywood
The Commercial Inn at 28 Shakespeare Road, Ladywood, on the corner of Anderton Street, was a Mitchells & Butlers pub. In this photograph it looks very smart, with the word 'Wines' over the door on the ...
Commercial Street
On Commercial Street in 1956 looking up the incline towards Granville Street.
Communication Row
Today Communication Row features the Nautical Club and the back entrance to ITNet Ltd. Here 100 years earlier it features back to back housing of the type so common across the city centre. The turn around ...