Can't Stop
This letter from 'Indignant' complains of the difficulty of getting off trams at Wellington Road. The writer maintains that conductors persist in pulling the bell to go on before the car has stopped ...
Canterbury Cross School, Perry Barr
Canterbury Cross School, Canterbury Road, Perry Barr, in May 1981
Captain Alfred John Loftus
By the demise on the 29th ult, of Captain Alfred John Loftus, F.R.G.S, Handsworth has lost one of the most picturesque of her residents. (Captain Loftus lived at 6 Grosvenor Road).
He was born at Darlington, ...
Car crash in Edgbaston
This newscutting from the Birmingham Gazette of 2 December 1924 reports a road accident in Hagley Road, Edgbaston. Two people in the car escaped with their lives when the vehicle skidded and hit a tramcar ...
Cards on the Car Bonnet
Youths playing cards on a car bonnet, off Grove Lane.
Carnival Float
A carnival float from the 1981 Balsall Heath Carnival
Carnival Posters 2000
"It’s one of the most effective forms of advertising for the event. I always think it’s quite exciting when I spot the first poster in a window. You think its happening, its real now." Ian Edwards.
The ...
Carnival Posters from 1981
"It’s one of the most effective forms of advertising for the event. I always think it’s quite exciting when I spot the first poster in a window. You think its happening, its real now." Ian Edwards.
The ...
Carnival Procession Float
A musical float from the 1981 Balsall Heath carnival
Carnival Stall
A Name the Doll Stall at the 1981 Balsall Heath carnival where participants could win a number of much sort after prizes
Carnival Stall
This appears to be a stall supporting the Elderly of the area.
carrot and pepper display
Outside a greengrocers on Ladypool Road. Carrots have been sold on the road since shops were first there. Peppers (Capsicum) gradually increased in popularity as the dietary interests of the UK population ...
Cartwheel Penny
Matthew Boulton lobbied for years before he was finally given the contract to produce the national coinage at the Soho Mint. These coins were known as cartwheels because of their large size and raised ...
Cartwheel Penny (reverse)
Matthew Boulton lobbied for years before he was finally given the contract to produce the national coinage at the Soho Mint. These coins were known as cartwheels because of their large size and raised ...
Caryl Phillips, Writer/ Broadcaster
"Born St Kitts, West Indies. Caryl Phillips has written for cinema, television and radio. His literature deals mainly with colonial history. Books include 'The Final Passage' (1984), 'The Nature of Blood' ...
'Castles in the Air '
Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: bromesko.
Exhibition labels on reverse, include: 'Handsworth Photographic Society. Accepted and Hung [at the] International Exhibition, 1956' and 'Midland Salon ...
Cavendish House - home of James Henry Stone
Back view of Cavendish House, Handsworth, the home of James Henry Stone JP, brother of Benjamin Stone. The house stood at 16 Grosvenor Road.
Cavendish House, Grosvenor Road, Handsworth
Cavendish House, Grosvenor Road, Handsworth.
This house was owned by James Henry Stone the brother of John Benjamin Stone J.P., Photographer and Councillor.