Wenman Street Gospel Hall
Wenman Street, Balsall Heath gospel hall was registered for public worship in 1870 by the Christian Brethren and in 1892 claimed a Sunday evening congregation of 87.
Homeland Assembly hall
The Homeland Assembly hall and Bible tract depot on Mary Street. Registered for public worship in 1946 by the Homeland Missionary Society
1991 Carnival Procession
For many years the procession was always led by someone carrying the Union Flag.
Steam Train on Stratford Road
Steam train on Stratford Road near Ladypool Road.
Shovelbottoms Ltd
They had premises elsewhere too but this is their site on the corner of Ladypool and Taunton Road in the mid 1940's. In the foreground is a range of BSA motor cycles with sidecars.
Dougie Dulson recalls: ...
The Local Pub
The local pub has long been a social centre for the local people but is now in decline. Here are some of Balsall Heath's best known. This is The Orange Tree Tavern in a drawing from 1860.
The tea gardens ...
The Hideout Public House
The Hideout (formerly the Emily Arms) 2000
The Peacock Public House
The Peacock 2000. This is now a Gibbs Mew house. No repair was made to the clock which shows the same time in both photographs.
Hen & Chickens Public House
The Hen & Chickens, Moseley Street 2001
The Sir Charles Napier Public House, Gooch Street
This pub is on the corner of Bissell Street. General Sir Charles James Napier,(August, 10, 1782 – August 29, 1853), was a general of the British Empire and the British Army's Commander-in-Chief in India, ...
Bissell Street
The shop at the far right is unidentifiable apart from a large advertisement for "Wills' Woodbines". The street perhaps was named after Richard Bissell Prosser, the patents examiner and biographer from ...
Lenches Trust
A charming group of Lenches' Trust Almshouses, Conybere Street, erected in 1880.
Streets and Housing
This eighteenth century watercolour of Ball's House, Edgbaston Lane, was painted by Warren Blackham
Assembly of the First Born Church
The Assembly of the First Born Church in Studley Street off Ladypool Road 2002
Moseley Road Methodist Church
The rebuilt church as it is today
The Church of Christ on Moseley Road, now the Islamic Relief Centre
This originally opened in 1912 with seating for 400. It was built to replace the Chapel in Charles Henry Street which dated from 1857. In 1980 the congregation moved again, this time to the splendid new ...
St. Paul's parish magazine
The parish magazine started in 1854 and reflected the variety of local activities - Sunday schools, Bible classes, sports, clubs, outings, charitable and missionary work.
St Barnabas Church
St Barnabas Church Ladypool Road was originally a tin hut mission of St Paul's in 1890. The new building opened in 1904 but was partly destroyed by bombing during the Second World War