Penny Token by William Booth (reverse)
This penny token was manufactured by William Booth, the notorious forger. He moved to Perry Barr in the early eighteenth century and produced tokens such as these as a cover for his forging activities.
Various ...
Penny token showing the abolition of slavery, obverse
Although dated 1807 this token was struck in 1814 and issued in 1815. Around 50,000 were produced at the Soho Mint for the Macauley and Babington trading establishments in Sierra Leone.
The obverse ...
Penny token showing the abolition of slavery, reverse
Although dated 1807 this token was struck in 1814 and issued in 1815. Around 50,000 were produced at the Soho Mint for the Macauley and Babington trading establishments in Sierra Leone.
The obverse ...
Perrott's Folly with the Weather Observatory
In 1884 Abraham Follett Osler, the renowned inventor of the self-regulating anemometer, decided it would be the ideal place to do accurate meteorological readings. So for the next 95 years, under the ...
Perry Barr Toll-gate
In 1831 a turnpike road to Walsall was made which incorporated Birchfield Road. A toll-gate was erected across the road near the junction with Aston Lane and Wellington Road. This toll-gate was finally ...
Perry Barr Trams
This letter to the Editor of the Daily Post is from a resident of Birchfield Road agreeing with a previous writer. Both are complaining about the amount of steam and smoke generated by trams leaving ...
Perry Barr Trams
This letter is one of many about the Perry Barr trams. The writer is complaining of overcrowding on rush hour trams and asking why it is not possible to add extra services at peak times. This complaint ...
Perry Barr village
Perry Barr village, photographed in 1900
Perry Hall
The home of Lord Calthorpe dates back from 1576 erected in the reign of Henry VIII by Sir Robert Stanford, Lord of the Manors of Perry barr and Handsworth
Perry Hall by Charles Walter Radclyffe
Perry Hall, Perry Barr, in a lithograph by Charles Walter Radclyffe (1817-1903). Radclyffe was born in Birmingham. His work is predominately landscape subjects and he exhibited prolifically - 454 works ...
Perry Hall by Charles Walter Radclyffe
Perry Hall, Perry Barr, in a lithograph by Charles Walter Radclyffe (1817-1903). Radclyffe was born in Birmingham. His work is predominately landscape subjects and he exhibited prolifically - 454 works ...
Perry Hall by Charles Walter Radclyffe
Perry Hall, Perry Barr, in a lithograph by Charles Walter Radclyffe (1817-1903). Radclyffe was born in Birmingham. His work is predominately landscape subjects and he exhibited prolifically - 454 works ...
Perry Hall by Charles Walter Radclyffe
Perry Hall, Perry Barr, in a lithograph by Charles Walter Radclyffe (1817-1903). Radclyffe was born in Birmingham. His work is predominately landscape subjects and he exhibited prolifically - 454 works ...
Perry Hall by Charles Walter Radclyffe
Charles Walter Radclyffe (1817-1903) was born in Birmingham. His work is predominately landscape subjects and he exhibited prolifically - 454 works between 1846-1902. His forte was as a watercolourist ...
Perry Hall, Perry Barr
Perry Hall, Perry Barr, seen across the moat. The hall was built around 1569, but the covered bridge over the moat is a 19th-century addition. The building was demolished in 1928 after passing into the ...
Perry Hall, Perry Barr
Perry Hall, Perry Barr, showing the covered bridge over the moat which was added in the 19th century and designed by S.S. Teulon.
Perry Hall, Perry Barr.
Perry Hall, Perry Barr.