1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Saw Mill in Cadiz, Spain
Fourth page of description of the Engine for Don Fernando de Torres, Cadiz, Spain, January 1791.
Another European engine, this time for Spain. This was one of a handful of engines that Boulton & ...
1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Saw Mill in Cadiz, Spain
Fifth page of description of the Engine for Don Fernando de Torres, Cadiz, Spain, January 1791.
Another European engine, this time for Spain. This was one of a handful of engines that Boulton & Watt ...
1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for William Tate, London
Cross-Section of the boilers for William Tate’s Engine, London, March 1794.
The 1790s saw a large increase in sales of Boulton & Watt’s rotative engines. They were sold to all types of business, but ...
1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for William Tate, London
General Section of 52 Horse 'Sun & Planet' Engine for William Tate, London, March 1794.
The 1790s saw a large increase in sales of Boulton & Watt’s rotative engines. They were sold to all types of ...
1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for William Tate, London
Ground Plan of William Tate’s Malt Distillery and Brewery, 1794.
The 1790s saw a large increase in sales of Boulton & Watt’s rotative engines. They were sold to all types of business, but the largest ...
191 - 201 Soho Road
From left to right the shops are: William Henry Boraston - Supplies/ Groceries, Ernest Richards - Fishmonger and Fruiterer, Thomas Edwin Young - Tailor, Henry Sims - Ironmonger, Corbett and Sons - Printers, ...
A horse sale in the Horse Fair
The Horse Fair is located off the island at the end of SmallBrook Queensway and it runs into Bristol Street. In the later years of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries there were regular horse ...
A pharmacy on Ladypool Road
The modern sign for a chemist is the green cross which shows the pharmacy is fully licensed to dispense medicine. Despite the fact that more drugs are available over the counter there is still a large ...
A W Marshall
A.W.Marshall, Tea and Coffee dealer. 530, Moseley Road. The entrance to the right used to be a Butcher's premises. You can still see a relief of a bull's head over the archway.
A. Pountney Shoe Repairs
Arthur Pountney is listed in the Trade Directory of the time as a Boot Repairer. Number 226 is near to the junction with Wellington Road.
From 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
A.C. Gurley - Perry Barr Music Stores
Disc sold by A.C. Gurley who traded at 506 Birchfield Road. The record is 78rpm - a format replaced eventually by the 7" single and since then by the compact disc. The song is from a successful musical ...
A.M. George - Cobbler
Albert Middleton George was a boot and shoe dealer at 109 Holyhead Road near to the junction with Station Road.
This advert is taken from the programme for the Saint James' Church Fancy Fair held at ...
A.W. Gurden - Dairy Producer
Gurdens were a fixture in Ladywood for many years selling milk, eggs and butter. Their offices were at 67/69 Marroway Street and also at 67 St Martin's Street.
Abraham Follett and Mary Osler
This portrait was taken on the couple's sixtieth wedding anniversary. The studio was H.Whitlock at number 11 on New Street. Follett Osler was 84 and Mary 86.
Abraham (1808-1903) built up the family ...
Acapulco Cafe, Lozells
The guy playing the machine is Chris, he owned the shop. The cafe was demolished and in 2003 the site is the car park of Aldi.
Acapulco Cafe, Lozells
This is a photograph of George playing pool. The first time that Vanley took his camera into the Acapulco, he asked the owner, Chris's persmission to take photographs. Chris responded: "It's your camera, ...
Acupuncture Statuette
Photographed in a show window on the Soho Road. The statue shows the acupuncture points all over the body! If you bought this statue or know where it is, why not tell the Digital Handsworth Project via ...
Advert for the Perfect Thrift Building Society
From 1891. Most of the city would have lived in rented accommodation and this is an early example of attempts made to improve the lot of the working people.