Cope Street
View of Cope Street from the junction with Springfield Street
'Coquette'
Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: plastika.
Labels on reverse: 'Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society. Accepted and Hung [at the] Eleventh Annual Exhibition, 1950' & 'Birkenhead Photographic Association. ...
Corner of Villa Road and Hamstead Road
The writing on the paving reads C.O. O'Neill boundary. The photograph was taken outside the old Post Office.
Coronation day in Beechfield Road
Across the country there were street parties for the coronation of Elizabeth II who became Queen officially in 1952 on the death of her father George VI. These were the first such parties since VE and ...
Coronation Day in Mary Street
It’s Coronation Day, June 2nd 1953. Wearing their party hats, Shay and his sister Elizabeth (Lily) are sitting on Andy’s first mode of transport, the rigid framed ex WD (War dept) motorbike. Note the ...
Coronation Medal of George V and Queen Mary
Commemorative medal for the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary on June 22nd 1911. This is the front of the medal. It was struck by the Handsworth Urban District Council in what was their final ...
Coronation Medal of George V and Queen Mary, reverse
Commemorative medal for the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary on June 22nd 1911. This is the reverse side of the medal. It was struck by the Handsworth Urban District Council in what was their ...
Coronation medal of King George VI (obverse side)
Presented to local schoolchildren by Commander O.S. Locker Lampson MP to commemorate the Coronation of King George VI on 12 May 1937.
Coronation Medal of King George VI (reverse side)
Presented to local schoolchildren by Commander O.S. Locker Lampson MP to commemorate the Coronation of King George VI on 12 May 1937.
Cottage at the Technical School, Handsworth
Old cottage on the site of Handsworth Technical School in Golds Hill Road, Handsworth. 1908
Cottages in Church Lane by Farquhar
These cottages were built in 1699 by the Smallwood family. Members of the Smallwood family occupied at least one of these cottages for several generations.
One of the last occupants was a Miss Katie ...
Cottages in Malthouse Lane, off Booth's Lane.
Built in 1913 Malthouse Cottages in Malthouse Lane formed part of the estate of Booths Farm.
Cottages in Slack Lane, Handsworth
viewed from the front garden of the old town hall
Cottages in Slack Lane, Handsworth
The original photograph has sadly not survived, this image is taken from a photocopy. No date for the picture was given.
Coughs and sneezes spread diseases.
A wartime poster issued by the Ministry of Health and the Central Council for Health Education.
The poster was designed to encourage people not to spread diseases so not to damage the war effort.
Council House, Birmingham
Postcard depicting the Council House in Birmingham illuminated to mark the coronation of King Edward VII. A crowd fills Victoria Square, although the message on the front of this early postcard makes ...
Council House, Birmingham
Humorous postcard issued in a series called 'If Birmingham were Venice', featuring Birmingham buildings, in this case the Council House, in a canalside setting complete with gondolas and Venetian-style ...
Councillor George Baines
A newspaper cutting from the Despatch, 22nd November 1905.
Familiar Figures no 797.
A caricature and brief description of the career of George Baines of Handsworth.
He owned 2 of the "best farms in ...