Rookery Road School, Handsworth
To the rear of the class is the then headmaster Mr G. Challenor. The flag hanging at the back was presented to the school but the remaining inscription is too difficult to make out. The flag looks like ...
Rookery Road Wedding
This picture was taken outside Rookery Road Methodist Church. The bridesmaid is Eunice McGhie-Belgrave and she made both of the dresses. At the time Mrs McGhie was running a dressmaking business in Handsworth....
Rose Hill House
This 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 Manufactory. ...
Rose Hill House, Handsworth
Rose Hill House, Handsworth. Situated at the corner of Soho Road and Villa Road, this was the home of William Creighton who worked at the Soho Manufactory. Creighton built an observatory on the roof of ...
Rotary Charity Ball at the Palais De Danse
7/6 and formal dress would have got you into the Rotarian's dance at the Palais De Danse. The Palais was on Monument Road and one of the most popular venues in the Ladywood area.
Rotton Park
In 1628 Rotton Park was bought by a wealthy landowner from Belbroughton in Worcestershire, called Humphrey Perrott. In 1737 John, the last of the Perrotts, inherited the estate. He was about 35 years ...
Rotton Park Road, Edgbaston
Old cottages and farm buildings in Rotton Park Road, Edgbaston. When this photograph was taken a century ago, in 1903, part of Rotton Park Road evidently retained something of its former rural atmosphere. ...
Round Room at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
The famous Round Room looking very different to how it is today. It still has paintings on the walls and the floor looks to be the same. In this view from the early part of last century the main difference ...
Rowton House cubicle
Cubicle at the working men's hostel, Rowton House, now the Paragon Hotel on the corner of Moseley Street and Alcester Street, Highgate
Royal Basmati Rice
East End Foods was formed in 1972 in Wolverhampton. It was founded by the Wouhra brothers who were originally from New Delhi, India. Having been established in Wolverhampton it moved on into Birmingham. ...
S.L. Jukes & Son, Ladypool Road
Hardware Stores.
Saint Andrews Church, Handsworth
View across the church over the seating area.
Saint Andrew's Church, Handsworth
Interior view of the Church.
Saint James' Church
Image showing the interior view of the church looking from the east window, a portrait of the vicar, Rev. T. S.Cave, M.A. Rural Dean of Handsworth, and an image of the Baptistry, the Church's War Memorial ...
Saint James Church Fancy Fair: General arrangements
Describes the arrangement of stalls in the Assembly Room at the Saint James Church Fancy Fair held between 20th and 23rd November 1929. Mentions the cloak room accomodation and provision of storage and ...
Saint James' Church General committee
The committee in November 1929 responsible for setting up the Fancy Fair held at the New Inns Assembly Rooms between the 20th and 23rd. The members were: Reverend T.S. Cave (chairman),Reverend J.R. Wardle, ...
Saint James' Church, Crockett's Road, Handsworth.
Saint James' Church, Crockett's Road, Handsworth.