Crest Nicholson: Images of Park Central construction
A collection of photographs showing stages of development in Park Central, part of the Attwood Green redevelopment of the Lee Bank area.
This image is of "Plot 256" which is located off Wheeley's Lane....
Crick Farm, Handsworth
Crick Farm, Handsworth, from a photograph taken around 1900. The building dates from about 1709, and is named after a right of way that used to lead from Grove Lane to the parish church.
Crimean Veteran: Death of Bombardier Townley of Ladywood
"One of the few remaining Crimean Veterans is removed by the death at the age of 87 of Bombardier Henry Townley of Blythe Street, Ladywood, where he lived with his son-in-law. He enlisted when a youth ...
Crockett's Road junction with Holyhead Road
Taken on March 17th 1937. The advert on the wall is for Barrett's Boot and shoe makers of Handsworth.
Crown Inn on corner of Cope Street and Springfield Street
Undated photograph of the Crown Inn but probably from the fifties or sixties.
Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia meets Kosovan Refugees in Balsall Heath
Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia comes to visit at the start of a trip to support Kosovan refugees. Princess Katherine (born 1943 in Athens) has dedicated much of her time to charitable activities ...
Cuddeston Pool on the Cherry Orchard Estate
Cuddeston Pool was situated on the site of the present school in Cherry Orchard Road. Originally it was thought to have been a gravel pit, which had been filled by local springs and streams.
Custard Pie Wall 1987
Raising funds for a good cause and fun for, at least, some of the participants.
D. Ayre on Ellen Street
This was a groceries, provisions and general stores. Adverts in evidence include those for Twinings teas and coffees, Lyons tea, Typhoo tea, Park Drive cigarettes and Midland Counties ice cream. In the ...
D. Mason & Company Trade Advert
Mason & Company were Saddlery and Harness makers based at 141/142 Holloway Head. Their activity in the area would have been enhanced by the regular Horsefairs held near their premises. The advert dates ...
Dan Jones interview 1
Dan Jones was born in Handsworth in 1929, in a maternity home in Heathfield Road. He lived in Holyhead Road with his parents who were both deaf and mute, his father died when he was a child, so his mother ...
Dan Jones interview 2
Dan Jones was born in Handsworth in 1929. He went to St James's School and sang in the choir at St James's Church. He then moved to Wattville Road School, where his life became overshadowed by war. But ...
Dan Lawrence interview
Dan Lawrence was born in Jamaica in 1922 and came to Britain on the Empire Windrush in 1948. At first he lived in rented asccomodation in Harborne and Edgbaston then moved to lodgings in Handsworth, ...
Danesbury Crescent, Kingstanding
Houses in Danesbury Crescent, Kingstanding, in 1931, built as part of Birmingham City Council's Kingstanding Estate development.
Danesbury Crescent, Kingstanding
Houses in Danesbury Crescent, off Hurlingham Road, Kingstanding, built by Birmingham's Public Works Department as part of the Kingstanding Estate development.
Danesbury Crescent, Kingstanding
Houses in Danesbury Crescent, off Hurlingham Road, Kingstanding, on the estate built by Birmingham City Council around 1930.
Darbyshire's
An advert for the business which was at 297 Monument Road. They were picture framers who also specialised in re-gilding frames. The advert is from the St Mark's Parish Magazine of 1907. Photographs were ...
Dares Brewery, Belgrave Road
Advert for Dares Ales. This is a black and white copy of the original colour advert. Dares were based on what is now the middleway. The mosque stands on what was the site today; the road now bears no ...