Closure of Belgrave Primary School (Mary Street)
Keith Whitehouse kept this cutting on the closure of his primary school.Belgrave Primary was closed towards the end of the 60s as part of the redevelopment programme. Headteacher Mr Mundy was quoted in ...
Clydesdale Tower, Holloway Head, Lee Bank
Clydesdale Tower is one of the two Sentinel Towers in Holloway Head, Lee Bank, overlooking Holloway Circus. The view is looking southward along Bristol Street, with the dome of the Catholic Church of ...
Coach trip to Weston Super Mare from Lee Bank
This picture dates from circa 1957 and shows a party of people from the Y Blocks getting ready to embark for Weston Super Mare. At this time the development in the area of Lee Bank was still very recent ...
Code of Good Conduct in the ARP shelter under George Road
As you arrive in the first area from the entrance you see this notice hanging on the wall - the Code of Good Conduct. It reads as follows:
Public Shelters are provided for the use of members of the ...
Coffee morning at Boulton Road
Children serve the drinks to local elderly at Boulton Road Junior and Infants School. This picture appeared in the Birmingham Post.
Cogs from a Counting Machine by James Watt
Watt was born on January 19, 1736, in Greenock, Scotland. He worked as a mathematical-instrument maker from the age of 19 and soon became interested in improving the steam engines, which were used at ...
Colin Gabbidon's Work: Vertical Hold
From 'Vertical Hold' artshow, Westminster Road, Handsworth. 23rd September 2002
'Colleen'
Photograph by Ruth Handley, nd. Process: bromesko.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist in portrait photography. Mostly known for her photographs of actors and actresses who visited ...
College Road Canal Bridge, Perry Barr
The sign to the left displays the weight restrictions for the bridge.
College Road looking onto Kingstanding Road
Junction of Kingstanding Road (left) & College Road (right), Kingstanding. 14th September 1932
College Road, Perry Barr
College Road, Perry Barr, looking to the north from the roof of Perry Common branch library on 20th August 1938. In the foreground is the forecourt of the Crossways public house, on the corner of Hawthorn ...
College Road, Perry Barr
Shops on College Road, Perry Barr. Newly built when this photograph was taken on 10th March 1932, the shops have no names over their fronts and are seen through a forest of freshly planted saplings.
College Road, Perry Barr
The corner of College Road and Kingstanding Road, Perry Barr, on 10th March 1932. The shop went under the name of 'J and E' and advertised dry goods and fancy goods. Kingstanding Road is in the background ...
College Road, Perry Barr
College Road, Perry Barr, looking north-east towards Sutton, near to the Witton Lodge Estate, in April 1928.
College Road, Perry Barr
The forecourt of a Shell petrol station in College Road, Perry Barr, on 18th May 1931. This was presumably the Perry Garage, located where College Road crosses the Tame Valley Canal. At this date work ...
College Road, Perry Barr
College Road, Perry Barr, at the junction with Kingstanding Road (then called Holly Lane), looking north on 2nd March 1927. College Road (on the right) is signposted to Sutton Coldfield. The shop with ...
Colmore Row during Queen Victoria's visit
Queen Victoria visited the day before her birthday to lay the foundation stone of Victoria Law Courts. This image shows the crowds gathered to see her on the bunting-lined Colmore Row. To the left the ...
Colour photograph of a man in a grey striped suit and woman in a purple traditional dress
They are holding hands.
From The Ernest Dyche Collection