Dinner Ladies at Holyhead School, Handsworth
"Holyhead School in Handsworth. Dinner ladies having fun after a long day of cooking and cleaning up." Pogus Caesar, February 2003
Display about the Handsworth wood
This display is reproduced here courtesy of the Handsworth Historical Society. It shows the layout of the wood after which Handsworth Wood gets its name. Key buildings in the area are shown along with ...
Display of Kathak Dancing
This was taken at a cultural event. It was not in one of the regular buildings used for such events.
Display on Stockwell improvement area, Handsworth
The Stockwell area was declared a general improvement area in 1974. This display panel records the area at the time. Use the zoomify function to look at the photographs in greater detail.
Dockers Calendar
Dockers Paint Factory was located on Rotton Park Street. Despite being bombed on 28th July 1942 it did not close - as this calendar for the year of 1943 demonstrates.
Dockers congratulations to Vivian Fuchs
Dockers' Paints took out this advert in the Evening Despatch congratulating Vivian Fuchs on his crossing of Antartica. Fuchs made use of Ferguson tractors for the journey - Dockers were responsible for ...
Don Hall, Shopkeeper on Ladypool Road
This letter was printed in the Heathan in February 1981
"Dear Editor,
You will no doubt be sorry to learn that I am giving up my business in Ladypool Road - a wrench after 15 years. I leave at the ...
Don Kinch / Aaron Mapp
"Members of Dark Movers Theatre Group, performed plays relating to the black experience in Britain, the Caribbean and Africa. Dark Movers were also responsible for organising workshops, tutorials and ...
Don Kinch, Aaron Mapp
"Members of the Dark Movers Theatre Group rehearsing at a school hall in Handsworth. Don Kinch was director of the group and Aaron Mapp was an actor. At the time of writing Don is still directing and ...
Don Shaw, Lenny Henry, Carol Pemberton, Bob Ramdhanie
"Don Shaw (Macro Films), Lenny Henry (Comedian / Actor), Carol Pemberton (Black Voices), Bob Ramdhanie (Black Voices Manager / Arts Activist / Broadcaster). We attended Reggae Sunsplash, London in 1987l. ...
Donald McIntosh - Outfitter
Donald McIntosh traded from 130 Soho Road next to the Frighted Horse Public House.
This advert is taken from the programme for the Saint James' Church Fancy Fair held at the New Inns Assembly Rooms November ...
Double bill at The Bristol
Advert from The Birmingham Despatch of 24th January 1958. This "Horror" double bill was apparently not for the nervous! Frankenstein came out in 1931 and was directed by James Whale. Horror film legend ...
Douglas Hurd, Home Secretary visits Handsworth Riots.
"One of the problems with Douglas Hurd, Home Secretary visiting Handsworth was that it created more tensions. The news spread like wildfire and within minutes the whole area was swollen with bodies..it ...
Douglas Hurd, Home Secretary, Handsworth Disturbances
"Many politicians like Douglas Hurd, Home Secretary visited Handsworth during the disturbances. Tensions were running high, a lot of people asked the question "why does it take something like this to ...
Douglas Road in the blitz
Rear of Douglas Road, Handsworth, 2 November 1940. The crater from the bomb's explosion is clearly visible in the foreground. The backs of the nearby houses have been nearly demolished from the blast.
Dr Robert Dunstan - Ladywood politician
Robert Dunstan stood for the Labour Party in Ladywood at the 1923 General Election where he managed to reduce the sitting Conservative MP Neville Chamberlain's majority to 1,554. He became disillusioned ...
'Draped Head'
Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: plastika.
Label on reverse: 'Exhibition of Midland Photography. Accepted and Hung [at] Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society, 1953'.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was ...
Drawing Room, Soho House
This photograph of what was the Drawing Room at Soho House was taken in 1927 by Birmingham photographers Lewis and Randall. By this date the house was a hotel and this was used as the Dining Room.
The ...