Fire at Perry Barr
A newscutting from the Handsworth Herald reporting a fire at Old Farm, Birchfield Road. It had been started by tar which was being prepared for railings boiling over. The fire brigade under Captain ...
Firemen tackling a blazing car in Finch Road, Handsworth
"I thought I'd only ever witness images like these on television. But to be so close and taste the choking smoke and hear the monotonous noise...a terrible thing to witness at first hand. Press reports ...
Fishermen and Boat by Joseph Southall
Joseph Southall lived at 13 Charlotte Road in Edgbaston, near to what is now the Woodview estate. This painting has long been one of his best known works but has become more notable this year as it was ...
Five Ways School Magazine
Front cover of the Five Ways School Magazine, Christmas term 1939.
The sketch shows the fromnt of the building as it appeared at the time. The school moved to Bartley Green in 1958. The original building ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Five Ways, Edgbaston, looking down Islington Row. This postcard view of 1921 shows the statue of Joseph Sturge, which was erected in 1862. Joseph Sturge (1793-1859) was a Quaker businessman active in ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Five Ways, Edgbaston, from a postcard that was postmarked August 1937. The view from the gardens is looking towards Islington Row, providing a rather more leisurely scene than the Five Ways of today. ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Five Ways, Edgbaston, looking along Broad Street towards the city centre. On the extreme right is part of the Lloyds TSB Bank, but no other building in this presumably late Victorian view survives today. ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Postcard view of Five Ways, Edgbaston, possibly just after the First World War. The sparse road traffic includes a motor bus and a motorcycle with sidecar, as well as a horse-drawn vehicle and, in the ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
View looking towards Hagley Road,Edgbaston, from Five Ways. The tall building in the background is King Edward's Grammar School, Five Ways. Also in this postcard view is the statue of Joseph Sturge. The ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Postcard view of Five Ways, Edgbaston, around the end of the 19th century. The view is looking westwards towards Calthorpe Road, from Broad Street. In the background, behind the statue of Joseph Sturge ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
A quiet scene at Five Ways, Edgbaston, where the only traffic appears to be a solitary cyclist carefully riding between the tramlines. The view is looking westwards up Hagley Road with the statue of Joseph ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
An early postcard of Five Ways, Edgbaston, dating from around 1900. The view is looking westward along Hagley Road. To the left is the 1862 monument commemorating philanthropist Joseph Sturge; to the ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
This view of Five Ways, Edgbaston, dates from 1969 and brings out the scale of the redevelopment in the 1960s. The construction of the underpass is in progress, the view being from Hagley Road towards ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
In this aerial view of Five Ways, Edgbaston, the new Five Ways traffic system is at an advanced stage of construction. The island itself is in use, although the single vehicle heading for the underpass ...
Flats on Ryland Road - by Year Five at Woodview
These flats used to be a great big house.
Flowers on Ladypool Road
Balsall Heath enters Britain In Bloom each year. The considerable efforts made by Balsall Heath Forum to plant and maintain so many baskets, containers and plots of land are greatly praised and appreciated....
Flyover, Birchfield Road
This photograph, taken from under the flyover that covers most of the length of Birchfield Road, shows Holy Trinity Church on the corner of Birchfield Road and Trinity Road.