Country Dancing at St Thomas's School
Posing happily for the camera are the coutry dancing troupe from the school. It would seem that country dancing was not greatly popular withe the boys from the school!
Couple Dancing at a Birthday Party
Behind the couple is an important detail in the picture. The calender behind comes from the first major black business in the area - Top Pops in Wolverhampton
Court Four William Street
Numbers one and two in Court Four William Street. Back in 1905 William Street was twice as long as it is now as it extended through the current Shepherd's Gardens estate out to Bath Row. There were one ...
Court Lane, New Oscott
Court Lane, New Oscott, on 9th April 1933. A boundary post is on the right, opposite the Greyhound Inn.
Court One, Ridley Street, Lee Bank
Court One, off Ridley Street, Lee Bank. The days of back-to-back housing were numbered when this photograph was taken in the late 1940s, but clearly these houses were still occupied at the time. Ridley ...
Court Three, Summer Road, Lee Bank
Court Three, off Summer Road, Lee Bank, seen in a photograph taken in 1968. The small bay window and the door surround lend a little more interest to this house than might be found in many of the old ...
Courts 23 and 24 in William Street.
Early twentieth century view of William Street Court Houses. At this time William Street ran across Bishopsgate Street and through the area now known as Shepherd's Gardens.
Courtyard in Great Colmore Street
This is a courtyard to the rear of Great Colmore Street. The photograph is undated but dates from late nineteenth/ early twentieth century. The presence of the family on the doorstep adds considerable ...
Courtyard of the Salvage Works at Rotton Park Street
The main courtyard area of the Works. The picture was taken when the Works was opened in October 1932. The Works was on Rotton Park Street not too far from the Reservoir.
Cover of Mrs McGhie's autobiography
Mrs McGhie wrote "A Journey from paradise to reality" about her experiences in moving to Handsworth.
Coxwell Road
This road ran between Reservoir Road and Hyde Road. Oliver Road ran off it and led to the Orphanage and Grammar School. Today the street has been realigned and named Coxwell Gardens.
Coxwell Road from Hyde Road
View in the nineteen sixties of Coxwell ROad. Looking from the Hyde Road end down towards Reservoir Road.
Craig Charles, Poet / Broadcaster
"Craig Charles, began his career in Liverpool as a poet, and has achieved international status through publications, radio and TV, the most famous being the cult series 'Red Dwarf'. In the 1980's 'Black ...
Craig Charles, Poet / Broadcaster, Professor Black, Magician, Channel 4:Black On Black
"Channel 4 filming 'Black on Black', a multicultural series. Handsworth based magician Professor Black, performs an illusion on Craig Charles. Charles was the resident poet on the series and had filmed ...
Cregoe Street and Irving Street, Lee Bank
The junction of Cregoe Street and Irving Street, Lee Bank. The boarded-up shop on the corner was formerly H.B. Bradshaw Ltd, who were drapers, carpet specialists and men's, ladies and children's outfitters. ...
Cregoe Street in 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
Also includes the following streets: Crantock Road, Crawford Avenue, Crawford Street, Crescent, The Crescent, Crescent Wharf, Creswell Road, Crick Lane and Crockett's Lane
Cregoe Street in 1960
This is either the lower or upper part of Cregoe Street on the side where the Bell Barn shopping centre and Woodman pub are at present (2004). Cregoe Street used to to be split by Great Colmore Street ...
Cregoe Street, Lee Bank
The eastern side of the lower section of Cregoe Street, Lee Bank, is seen here in a photograph taken on 28th August 1961. By this date the redevelopment of the Lee Bank area was well under way and the ...