Cannon Hill Park
The gatehouse entrance to Cannon Hill Park on the corner of Speedwell Raod and Pershore Road
Cannon Street Memorial Baptist Church, Handsworth
Cannon Street Memorial Baptist Church, Soho Road, Handsworth, from a postcard. Opened in 1930, the church had been founded in 1737 in Cannon Street, Birmingham, but had been demolished when Corporation ...
Canon Edward F. Fenn
Father Fenn founded the Mission of St. Catherine in the Horsefair. He was born in Wolverhampton on 4th September 1837. After spending one year working at St. Chad's Cathedral he arrived in Bristol Street ...
Canon Street Memorial Baptist Church
The congregation is very mixed. The audience of people are from various nationalities. Services are twice a day on a Sunday, including a Sunday School. The church has senior and junior choir - Children ...
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 ...
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 2003 - filmed by Milton Godfrey
The annual Birmingham Carnival held in Handsworth. This video focuses on the procession through the streets and the amazing colourful costumes.
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 ...