Cotton Mill 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Hulme, Manchester
Top end of the connecting rod, February 1798.
This was a typical 'sun & planet' engine for a cotton mill. It was ordered by John Pooley and his partners for their cotton mill in Hulme, South Manchester ...
Council House, Birmingham
The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, built in a classical style in 1874/79. This postcard view has space for the message on the front,which implies that it dates from before 1902. For its time ...
Council House, Birmingham
Postcard depicting the Council House in Birmingham illuminated to mark the coronation of King Edward VII. A crowd fills Victoria Square, although the message on the front of this early postcard makes ...
Council House, Birmingham
Humorous postcard issued in a series called 'If Birmingham were Venice', featuring Birmingham buildings, in this case the Council House, in a canalside setting complete with gondolas and Venetian-style ...
Council House, Birmingham
The Banqueting Hall in the Council House, Birmingham. Even this black-and-white postcard conveys the magnificence of the interior of Yeoville Thomason's building. The Council House was erected between ...
Council House, Handsworth
Council House, Handsworth, built as the offices of Handsworth Urban District Council in 1878/79 on the site of the Waggon and Horses Inn
Council House, Handsworth
Council House, Handsworth, the offices of Handsworth Urban District Council. Erected in 1878/79 the building also housed the public library.
Council House, Handsworth
The Council House, Soho Road, Handsworth, built in 1878/79 for Handsworth Urban District Council. Part of the building formed the Library and Reading Room, opened in 1880. This 1983 view reveals that ...
Councillor A. Lane
This is an abridged biography from The Handsworth Magazine. The full biography is available as a download.
Councillor Alfred Lane, of Tudor House (Birchfield Road), Perry Barr, was born at Halesowen, ...
Councillor Arthur Price
This is an abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine, the full version is available as a download.
Upon the retirement of Mr W A Ellis, J.P., from the Handsworth District Council, after being ...
Councillor C.A. Palmer - JP and Cyclist
This is an abridged version of Councillor Palmer's biography. The full version is available as a download. Councillor Palmer in fact lived at Park Hill off Hamstead Hill and not Hamstead Road as this ...
Councillor Edgar Evans - Brewer and Maltster
This is an abridged version of his biography from The Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download. Mr Evans address was given as Well Head Brewery, Well Head Lane, Perry Barr. Interestingly ...
Councillor G H C Hughes
This is an abridged version of the biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download.
George Henry Hughes lived at 3 Trinity Road in Birchfield.
Mr Hughes has, ...
Councillor G.H. Johnstone
This is an abridged version of Councillor Johnstone's biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full biography is available as a download.
He was born in 1841, in a picturesque old cottage, which ...
Councillor George Baines
A newspaper cutting from the Despatch, 22nd November 1905.
Familiar Figures no 797.
A caricature and brief description of the career of George Baines of Handsworth.
He owned 2 of the "best farms in ...
Councillor Henry Loveridge
This is an abridged version of his biography, the full version is available on this page as a download.
Councillor Henry Loveridge, whose recent appointment to the chair of the Finance Committee of ...
Councillor Henry Hossell
This is an abridged version of his biography. The full version is available as a download on this page. Henry Hossell lived at Bird's Hill, 131 Aldridge Road.
Mr Henry Hossell, who has served the rate-payers ...
Councillor John Edwards
This is an abridged biography from The Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download.
The junior member for Murdock Ward on the Handsworth Urban District Council, Mr John Edwards, ...