Selwyn Road in the blitz
The sign says "road under repair". It is hard to tell which section of Selwyn Road this is but it may be the turn off into Wheatsheaf Road or Hannafore Road.
Servicemen's Club on Easy Row
Easy Row now only exists in name near to the Copthorne Hotel. This article from 1945 covers the opening of the Servicemen's Club - able to sleep 46 and bed and breakfast costing only 1s 3d.
Somewhere in Hunland
Sunday Mercury article about Birmingham men being held prisoner by the Germans during the First World War. The men pictured are all in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. The original image was sent by Private ...
St James' Church, Handsworth
German prisoners of war search for suspected unexploded bombs in St James' churchyard, Handsworth
Standard bearer party for the Alfred Knight Way official ceremony
The guests for the ceremony were received for a brief service in Sunset Park where this impressive group of ten ex-service personnel waited for them. Knight won the Victoria Cross in 1917 at Ypres and ...
Terrace in Bell Barn Road after an air raid
The damage was from an air raid of 9th April 1941, the picture being taken three days later. The family smiling for the camera are possibly a surprise to modern day viewers of this photograph. The determination ...
The 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment go back to Sutton Park
Report from the Birmingham Post about the reunion of the 15th Battalion Royal Warwicks who were raised as the Second Birmingham "Pals" Regiment in 1914. The battalion underwent basic training at Sutton ...
The 15th Battalion veterans back at Sutton Park
Closeup view of the Royal Warwickshire veterans at Sutton Park in 1964.
Chairman R.A. Pritchard is the man to the right of the photograph. The other men in the photograph are not named but are probably ...
The Bartley Family: Our Balsall Heath
This is a picture of Jimmy Bartley of Dublin, taken in Johannesburg South Africa, during the Second World War (circa 1941) where he was convalescing after being wounded. When Jimmy (Sonny, to family ...
The Council House decorated for the VE Day 60th anniversary
The Council House side entrance
Unusual view for those who see it often - here it is sandbagged as it probably was during the war.
The grave at Key Hill Cemetery of Alfred Smith, aircraftman second class
Alfred Smith lived in Ladywood with his wife Florence. He was number 1164124 and served with 218 Squadron of the Royal Airforce Volunteer Reserve.He was 30 years old when he was killed on 17th June 1941. ...
The official unveiling of Alfred Knight Way
Michael Carey and Anne Walsh, two of Alf's grand-children, unveiling the road sign. Alfred Knight won the Victoria Cross in 1917 at Ypres. He was born in Friston Street, Ladywood and it was decided to ...
The volunteers come home
Birmingham volunteers from the Boer War marching up New Street for an assembly in Victoria Square. One Birmingham man was George Albert Ravenhill who had served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers and won ...
Two minute silence
The two minute silence observed for those who gave their lives during wartime. This was at the ceremony for the opening of Alfred Knight Way in Park Central. Knight was born in nearby Friston Street and ...
Victory bus and tram
This is the illuminated bus which toured Birmingham as part of the celebrations for the end of the war. The bus toured for six evenings across the city on different routes. There was also a tram which ...
Volunteer drum major, Handsworth
Unnamed volunteer drum major, Handsworth. (The photographer was F. Holloway of 78 Soho Road.)
Warship Week
Advert from the Birmingham Post for the city's "Warship Week" in 1941. Ten million was trying to be raised for HMS King George V to be adopted by the city for the war.
HMS King George V launched on ...