Advertisement for Peggy's Beauty Saloon
Advertisment for Peggy's Beauty Saloon from the 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Advertisement for S. Cawthorne, hatter and hosier, Sherlock Street, Lee Bankvert
Samuel Cawthorne set up shop as a hatter at 198 Sherlock Street in 1914 and later, as this advertisement shows, extended his range to cover most items of men's clothing. If the advertisement is to be ...
Advertisement for Thomas Blood, Coal Merchant
This advertisment for Thomas Bool, Coal Merchant is from 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Advertisement for Thomas Sanders Ltd., brassfounders, of St Mary Street, LadywoodSanders Ltd
Thomas Sanders Ltd manufactured brass wares for the building and furnishing trades and first turn up at 13 St Mary Street, Ladywood, in the 1870s. As one of the traditional metalworking industries of ...
Advertisement for W Darby and Son, Builders and Decorators
Advertisment for W Darby and Son, Builders and Decorators from 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Advertisement for W.H. Askin, florist, Birmingham
This advertisement for W.H. Askin, of 163 Gooch Street, Birmingham, dates from 1935. He describes himself as a nurseryman and florist, although the former term now seems slightly incongruous for a road ...
Advertisement for W.R. Lowe, greengrocer
This advertisement for W.R. Lowe, greengrocer, of 16 Cox Street West must date from the 1930s. William Lowe's business first appears in directories in that decade, but neither he nor his address appear ...
Advertisement for Wathes, Cattell and Gurden, Birmingham
Undated advertisement for Wathes, Cattell & Gurden Ltd, dairymen, of Nova Scotia Street, Ladywood. The advertisement, featuring their trade name, 'Wacaden', has the look of the 1950s about it and the ...
Advertisment for Alfred E Stroud, Builder, Plumber, Glazier and Decorator
This advertisment for Alfred E Stroud is from 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Adverts from St Thomas's Church Magazine
The church magazine contained many adverts each month from local retailers. Included here are the following: E. Bowkett - Baker and Confectioner of Broad Street, Richard Broomfield - Tailor of Holloway ...
Adverts from The Oratory church magazine
A whole page of adverts prior to World War Two. It includes adverts from across the city; those specific to this area are as follows:
O. Place at 185 Ledsam Street offering an intriguing combination ...
Adverts from the Oratory Magazine.
These adverts are taken from the church magazine from the pre - First World War period. The first advert is for the Edgbaston Dye Works run W. and S. Ragg and son. who had two establishments - one at ...
Adverts from the Oratory Magazine.
Two adverts for local businesses from the Oratory church magazine. Church magazines contained many adverts of this nature. Rudge, Brown and Co. were a coal merchants at Monument Lane Wharf off St Vincent ...
Adverts from the war years in The Oratory church magazine
A double page spread of adverts from the magazine. they are easier to read by using the "zoomify" tab.
Relevant to the area of this website are the following: Hunts Garage Ltd of 197-199 Hagley Road. ...
Aerial photograph of area around Hill Top Farm, Handsworth Golf Course and Handsworth College
A 1955 aerial photograph covering the area; road names, prominent buildings and place names have been overlaid in white to aid recognition. Also visible are local roads to the area such as Oxhill Road, ...
Alfred Bird - Grave at Keyhill Cemetery
Alfred Bird manufactured and sold custard and baking powder from his chemist's shop beneath the old Market Hall in Bell Street, Birmingham. His custard is famous as he replaced the eggs with cornflour ...
Alston Street
Coley's Privision Shop at the junction with Johnstone Street. Both streets have since been demolished but this crossroads lies near to Rodney Close.
Anderton Park Primary pupils
Pupils looking at the display of vegetables on sale at a greengrocers on Ladypool Road.The photograph taken by pupils from Anderton Park School as part of a project looking at how Ladypool Road has changed ...