Moseley School of Art
The School of Art, Moseley Road, designed by W.H. Bidlake. This elegant building was opened in 1900 for secondary pupils of exceptional artistic talent. Despite vehement protest it closed as a school ...
Moving in to Faraday House - 1962
Gwen Hatton and her family moved from 142 Edward Street (near Spring Hill Library) to Faraday House in 1962. Faraday was one of the four blocks erected on the Lee Bank estate at the top end of the Middleway ...
Mr Jolly's House 224 Wellington Road
Nothing else is known about this property on Wellington Road. Any further information would be gratefully received.
Mr Partridge explains....
Children from Woodview Primary School on a school trip to "Dig For Victory". Mr Partridge explains (not for the first time) that he was: "In the first lot you know..." The first lot being the First World ...
Mr Partridge on Dig For Victory Day
Woodview Primary School had a school trip to experience some of the aspects of evacuation. Mr Partridge is here explaining how he was was "in the first lot you know" and "still has shrapnel in his leg"....
Mullis the coal merchant in Edward Road
Mullis served the community from purpose built premises that had double door entry to the yard and stables behind the family home. this picture shows his horse.
Muriel Cowan interview
Muriel Cowan was born in Dublin in 1934 and moved here when she was 21, after marrying an Irish building-worker who was already living in Birmingham. Since 1972, they have been living in a council house ...
N. Wheatley & Sons, Moseley Road
N. Wheatley & Sons funeral services a long established family firm which originally started in Station Street. It has been based on Moseley Road for over 60 years.
Naan bread hot plate at Imran's on Ladypool Road
This large plate is used to grill the naan breads at a restaurant on Ladypool Road. Picture taken by pupils from Anderton Park Primary School as part of a project looking at how Ladypool Road has changed ...
Necklace and pendant in Asian Jewellers' shop
There is a great tradition of asian jewellers in Balsall Heath. These items are on display in Ladypool Road.
The Indian subcontinent has the longest continuous legacy of jewellery making anywhere since ...
Nelson Street School
The school was opened in 1876 as Nelson Street Board School and modified on several occasions. This image was donated by John Landon.
Neville Chamberlain at the Town Hall
Neville Chamberlain speeking at Birmingham Town Hall. The photograph is dated as 1938 but in fact it has to date from September 1939 onwards. Chamberlain appointed Winston Churchill as First Lord Of The ...
New classroom at Lee Bank Primary School
Promotional picture taken for the brochure for the newly opened Lee Bank Primary School.
New Inns
The old New Inns hotel on the Soho Road.
New Inns Hotel
The New Inns at 42 Holyhead Road, on the corner of Sandwell Road. This photograph seems to have been taken before the Princes Suite, an Edwardian extension which contained a banqueting hall, was built. ...
New Inns Hotel, Handsworth
New Inns Hotel, Holyhead Road, Handsworth, looking down Sandwell Road.
Note walls covered with advertisements, including posters advertising Colman's Starch and El Destino cigars. From a photograph in ...
New Inns Hotel, Handsworth
The New Inns Hotel, Holyhead Road, Handsworth, from the rear. From a photograph in the Birmingham Daily Mail December, 7th 1901.