Edward Road
A view of Edward Road looking towards Moseley Road. The Co-op is on the left hand side. Bath Walk is on the right.
Edward Road opposite Bath Walk
Demolition in progress on the road. This side of Edward Road was almost entirely demolished in the urban renewal programme.
Edward Road and entrance to Bath Walk
This side of Edward Road has since been completely replaced under urban renewal. Bath Walk remains still with the cobbled pathway intact. It was named after the swimming pool which used to be located ...
Edward Road Baptist Church
A full blooded example of the Birmingham terracotta school. Nave with
clerestory and low aisles, transepts and Sunday School attached to rear.
All built of hard red brick with lavish buff terracotta ...
Edward Road Baptist Church
The Baptist Chapel on the corner of Edward Road and Harbury Road was built at a cost of more than £6,000. It was erected by the congregation which had been meeting in Balsall Heath since 1873 and provided ...
Edward Road Police Station
Established in 1869, the police station in Edward Road is still in operation today.
Edward Road Police Station
Established in 1869, the police station in Edward Road is still in operation today.
Edward Road Police Station
Established in 1869, the police station in Edward Road is still in operation today. This is a view of yard at the rear of the building.
Edward Road Police Station
two police constables outside Edward Road police Station C1900. Established in 1869, the police station is still in operation today.
Edward Road Police Station
The station has been serving the community back since Balsall Heath was an independent borough. It is still there today.
Edward Road Shops
Taken at the time many of these premises were demolished as part of the urban renewal process. Halfway up and just visible is the entrance to Bath Walk.
EJ Thacker and Company: Plumbers, Gasfitters
Thackers were based on Hamstead Road. The pillar in the foreground is reputed to be from Norwood House.
Election in Edgbaston
This card was delivered to addresses in Eardley-Wilmot's constituency to drum up votes for the election. the card was sent to the then City Librarian H. Pearson. The polling station was at the junction ...
Electric Tram
A picture of the first electric tram to serve on Moseley Road. the corner of Park road can be seen in the background. c. 1907
Eliza Tedstone - Ladywood's oldest resident
This interesting story is from the Birmingham Gazette. They paid five guineas to Mrs Tedstone as their oldest reader! The story contains some interesting details about her birth at Condover in 1815 and ...
Elizabeth McKeon remembers by Jim Fitzpatrick
Our large Irish family moved from Stratford Road Sparkbrook to Mary Street Balsall Heath in 1949.
Early memories are of trams running down Mary Street, the milkman delivering by horse and cart, and us ...
Ellen Street, Ladywood
Ellen Street, Ladywood, photographed on 12 December 1941. Enemy action had caused considerable damage to the Great Western Railway bonded warehouse in the background.
Ellis Street, Lee Bank
An impressive pedimented doorway in Ellis Street, Lee Bank, photographed on 27th June 1957 when demolition was clearly not far off. To judge from the slope of the pavement this building was on the west ...