Thomas Chatwin Great Tindal Street
Chatwin's metal engineers on Great Tindal Street, Ladywood. This advert dates from 1888.
Thomas Kendrick
An abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available for download.Pakington House was located at number 64 in Trinity Road.
Mr Thomas Kendrick, who has long resided at ...
'Thornhill' House Sale Catalogue
Pages 1 and 2 of the sale catalogue for 'Thornhill' house and contents, Handsworth.
To see this catalogue in it's entirety, page by page, go to 'Handsworth Histories' in the Gallery section.
This ...
Thornhill House
Thornhill House from the fields, near to the railway line, showing also the rope-walk in the middle of the image.
Thornhill House by John Phillp
This watercolour by John Phillp shows Thornhill House. The reverse reads 'from nature, view taken about half past 8 o'clock in a fine evening June 1796'.
This image is from the Phillp album, a collection ...
Thornhill Sale Catalogue
This sale catalogue appears in its entirety, page by page.
The sale of 'Thornhill' house and contents, Handsworth, was held following the death of Anne Boulton, the daughter of Matthew Boulton in 1829. ...
Tindal St School
Opened in 1880 to accomodate 813 children who paid fees ranging between 1d and 3d. Tindal Schools (boys, girls and infants) were regarded as shining examples of excellence and achieved consistently higher ...
Tindal Street Junior and Infant School
Tindal Street Junior and Infant School opened in 1880 to accommodate 813 children who paid fees ranging between Id and 3d. Originally the Boys, Girls and Infants were all treated as separate schools, ...
Toll Gate and Rose Hill House
Rose Hill House occupied a site at the corner of Soho Road and Rose Hill Road, opposite the former Methodist chapel. It was the residence of William Creighton who was an engineer employed at the Soho ...
Toll Gates on Hamstead and Villa Road
Watercolour sketch of the toll gates. This sketch was made in 1872, the year of the gates removal, and is copied from a contemporary photograph. The gates were originally installed in 1727. The house ...
Topographical account of Handsworth in 1872 (part one)
From the 1872 Staffordshire Post Office Directory.
Topographical account of Handsworth in 1872 (part two)
The page also includes the first section of the trade directory listing for Handsworth in 1872.
Town Hall, Birmingham
An early postcard view of the Town Hall, Birmingham. Even if it were not helpfully dated 1900 this would clearly be an early postcard because the message and the picture are on the same side: it was not ...
Town Hall, Birmingham
Interior of the Town Hall, Birmingham, from a postcard. Begun by Joseph Hansom and Edward Welch in 1832, the building was first used in 1834 although it was still not finished. Mendelssohn's 'Elijah' ...
Tragic Affair at Perry Barr
These cuttings deal with the deal of Harry Reginald Bradley who drowned when his mother jumped into the canal at Perry Barr while holding him. (Use the 'zoomify ' function to make the cuttings readable.)
The ...
Train and Tram Service
Details of Handsworth's train and tram services as published in the Handsworth Church Bazaar.
Tramcars - Rate of speed
Newspaper cutting from the Daily Post 1885.
This letter is one of several appearing in the local press of the time, complaining about the service being provided by steam trams in the Perry Barr area. ...
Trams on the Six Ways line
Newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail 1897.
This short article refers to a breakdown of a steam tram near the Barton Arms and complains about the behaviour of people boarding the trams during ...