Bursting of the canal at Edgbaston
Under the heading 'Serious accident at Birmingham' this print illustrates the scene that resulted when the Worcester and Birmingham Canal burst on Sunday morning, 26 May 1872. Considerable damage was ...
Bus yard and forge, Handsworth
Bus yard and blacksmith's forge, Handsworth, in a retouched image from 1871.
Button from the Luckock Collection
This button is of the type which would have been produced by Matthew Boulton at the Soho Manufactory. Boulton produced a wide range of buttons and buckles which are shown in his pattern books. Others ...
Button from the Luckock Collection
This mother of pearl, gilt and blue glass button is of the type which would have been produced by Matthew Boulton at the Soho Manufactory. Boulton produced a wide range of buttons and buckles which are ...
By the sword reflected
Ornate sword handle and scabbard on display in a gift shop in Ladypool Road. The shop sells a wide range of home accessories. Picture taken by pupils from Anderton Park Primary School as part of a project ...
C F Jarvis - Chemist
Clarence Frank Jarvis traded on Villa Road next to the junction with Hamstead Road.
C.H. Beddoe - Antiques
Beddoe traded on the Soho Road at number 107 (one shop away from the junction with Holliday Road) selling, and buying, antiques. His advert is interesting as it tells us the kind of items he was looking ...
Cable Tram on Soho Road
The number 95 cable tram to New Inns. According to the caption the tram is pictured on the Soho Road. Trams carried advertising for products of the day - on this tram are adverts for Birds Custard (produced ...
Cafe on Lodge Road, Hockley
Two young men playing whilst playing pool
Calthorpe Cottages, Wood Lane
Cambridge Crescent, Lee Bank
No. 1, Cambridge Crescent, Lee Bank. This scene, photographed on 11 October 1960, could be in some quiet little market town, but Cambridge Crescent is off Springbank Road, just round the corner from Wellington ...
Cambridge Street
This view of Cambridge street is radically different to today. Not much stnads there now with the Rep carpark on one side and a garden on the other for most of its length. Back in 1928 it was the usual ...
Camp Lane, Handsworth
Camp Lane, Handsworth, in 1908, showing land used for the new Handsworth Cemetery which opened the following year.
Camp Lane, Handsworth
Camp Lane, Handsworth, showing one of the Regency-style lodges at the junction of Camp Lane and Park Lane. These had belonged to the 18th-century house, 'The Leveretts', but subsequently formed one of ...
Camp Lane, Handsworth
Camp Lane, Handsworth, looking north-east towards the bottom of the hill. The site of the new cemetery is on the left of the photograph. The poster on the tree to the left mentions the site development ...
Camp Lane, Handsworth
Camp Lane, Handsworth, in 1908. This is the site where Handsworth Cemetery was laid out, opening the following year.
Can We Help You?
Management Committee and staff working together in the office.
Can We Help You?
Members of the community receiving computer training.