Girls Grammar School, Rose Hill Road, Handsworth.
Girls Grammar School, Rose Hill Road, Handsworth. (King Edward VI school). Built in 1911 to take in the girls from Summer Hill, which had become an old and inappropriate school building.
Girls Talk
Photographed on the grass on Lee Bank Road.
Gladiator Sandals
The so called gladiator sandals were a must have fashion item in 2010. These womens pairs are colourful and stylish and a far cry from the orginals! Roman sandals first appeared in England as the brown ...
Gladys Bayliss and friend at Wiseman Terrace
Wiseman Terrace was one of the terraces coming off Latimer Road.
Gooch Street
Shop on the corner at the centre of the picture is Samuel Thornley Ltd. est. 1794 Wholesale Drysalters and makers of French Polish, Varnish and Lacquer. The shop beneath (also Samuel Thornley) advertises ...
Gooch Street
View looking towards the junction with Conybere Street. Woolworths is in centre foreground and then the long white building is The Triangle cinema. Conybere Street is the just visible right turn after ...
Gooch Street
Moyle & Adams' grocers to the centre of the photograph. Left of them is Kingston's butchers.To the right is Gerald's fruit and flowers. The roadside gutter is packed with swept up ice and slush from a ...
Goodbye E.R. Mason
Taken moments before the the demolition of the youth club. The club had stood for decades just off Cregoe Street but was demolished this year as part of the urban regeneration of Lee Bank. Poignantly ...
Goodman Street, Ladywood
Industrial premises in Goodman Street, Ladywood, off Summer Hill Road. To judge by the cars, the date must be in the 1960s. If we are looking from the Summer Hill Road end towards King Edwards Road the ...
Goodwin's Furniture Removals
Goodwin's were based at the Sand Pits in Ladywood, an area which lies to the rear of the Central Library and Summer Row. As well as removals they were also involved in storage as well.
Gough Road
Gough Road runs through the Woodview estate area. Here it is in 1960 with a nice image of a corner shop. The shop isn't named so we can't be sure which end of Gough Road this is. It is either the junction ...
Gough Road - by Year Five at Woodview
This is one of the Victorian houses to have survived on Gough Road. the one end of the road (nearest to Lee Bank Middleway)was slightly re-routed and changed to become Woodview Drive. The other end is ...
Gough Road - by Year Five at Woodview School
This house was photographed on our walking tour of the area around Woodview Primary School. The house is the cream building to the left but what was of interest was the red brick buidling to the right ...
Gough Road and Sun Street West
A very changed area. This is Gough Road in 1960 at the junction with Sun Street West which goes off into the distance - at the bend visible it becomes Lee Bank Road. Today this spot lies on what was the ...
Graffitti, Handsworth
"Graffiti on a wall in Linwood Road, Handsworth....the words say it all." Pogus Caesar, February 2003
Grand Armistice Ball at the Palais De Danse
Invitation card for the Grand Armistice Ball at the Palais De Danse on Monument Road in Ladywood. Entertainment provided by Stan Hudson and his band.
Grand Junction Public House at 180 Great Colmore Street
The Grand Junction stood right at the corner with Bell Barn Road. Looking across here into the distance is Elvetham Road with a newsagents just visible. A "Park Drive" cigarette advert can be seen on ...
Grand Junction, Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank
The Grand Junction public house was at 180 Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank, where it joins Bell Barn Road. The acute angle of the junction makes for a building of unusual shape, with an unusual name. This ...