Ernest Street, Lee Bank
View looking up Ernest Street from Holloway Head, Lee Bank. The cars tend to confirm the date of the photograph, which is 8th February 1965. To the left are apparently the backs of buildings in Exeter ...
Ernest Street, Lee Bank
Industrial buildings in Ernest Street, Lee Bank, off the south side of Holloway Head. The photograph, taken on 11th January 1965, shows on the left the factory of William Garfield Ltd, listed as tinplate ...
Escape tunnel inside George Road ARP shelter
Access from room to room in the shelter could also be made via these tunnels in case the regular corridors were blocked. Note the supporting lintel over the entrance. The tunnel is only perhaps twenty ...
Essington Street - George V Jubilee
Local residents posing for a photograph during celebrations for the jubilee of King George V. The King celebrated 25 years on the throne on May 6th 1935.
Evacuation at New Street
Evacuation from Birmingham commenced on September 1st 1939, two days before the British Govt declared war on Germany. On September 1st Germany invaded Poland and in Birmingham 75,000 children were evacuated ...
Evacuation at New Street
75,000 schoolchildren were evacuated from Birmingham on September 1st. In this scene at New Street Station the army are helping out with loading luggage onto the train. The background street is hard to ...
Examples of Grade G photos of children
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
Excerpts from the log book of Nelson Street Schools
An interesting series from the school log. This was originally published in the "Brew 'Us Bugle". Amongst the topics discussed are the evacuation of children from Castle Bromwich railway station to Worksop. ...
Exercises in the park
Popularly thought to have taken place in Victoria Park. If anyone knows more about this photograph, perhaps you were there, please us know at the Digital Handsworth Project.
Exeter Passage off Holloway Head, Ladywood
Exeter passage lies on the side of Holloway Head where Blucher and Marshall Street are located, down towards Cleveland Tower. This area still features some of the industrial buildings that were a feature ...
Exeter Passage off Holloway Head, Ladywood
Exeter Passage photographed by Public Works in 1968. The road is still there today, albeit only just, as it is one of the last parts of the Lee Bank area to closely resemble a world war two bombsite. ...
Exeter Place, Ladywood
Exeter Place was located just off Holloway Head on what we might now refer to as the "mailbox side". The picture apparently was taken on 1st January 1965 and is an interesting snapshot of urban living ...
Exterior of Heathfield Hall
The former home of James Watt - inventor and engineer who worked with Matthew Boulton. It was built in 1790 and stood on grounds that lay between Hamstead Road, Church Hill Road and Heathfield Road. The ...
Extracts from "Osmag"
"Osmag" was the magazine or chronicle of Osler Street Secondary Modern Boys' School. These extracts from the school log namecheck several pupils including L. Lantham, F. Frazier, M. Cox and Michael Atkinson.
The ...
Extracts from "The Oracle" - magazine of the Oratory Secondary Modern School
The original magazine from which these extracts were sourced was loaned by former pupil Jim Cunningham who became caretaker at the modern Oratory Primary School. These extracts were published in the "Brew ...
F.E. Bailey Grosvenor Bakery
Frank Edward Bailey traded at 48 Grove Lane - one door from the junction with Grove Avenue.The business is not listed as the Grosvenor Bakery in the trade directory, perhaps the name was a pun on the ...
F.H. Simms - Family Grocer
An advert for the shop which, as the advert says, was at 29 Monument Road. As well as being a grocer it supplied tea and other provisions.