Irving Street - VE Day Party
None of the people on this picture are named but they are presumably all from Irving Street. This is one of two views of the tables that were laid out for the day. Any information on those present or ...
James Phillips - Cregoe Street
James Phillips was a tripe dealer at number 81 Cregoe Street who specialised in "faggots and peas". During the war, faggots and peas were not rationed and often people would have it as a meal.
The queue ...
Kent House - formerly Kent Street Baths
Kent House was for many years used as a storeroom by the Birmingham diocese. Prior to that it was Kent Street Baths, used and remembered fondly by many residents in the nearby area. During World War 2 ...
Kent Street Gala Baths after an air-raid
The November air-raids on Birmingham in 1940 were particularly severe. As local resident Jean Hill notes below the raid that hit Kent Street Baths lasted from early evening till the following day. Kent ...
Kenyon Street in the blitz
Kenyon Street runs off the "top end" of Constitution Hill. The picture shows two factories damaged by a German air raid in June 1942. To the right is Anstey and Wilson who were electrical plate manufacturers. ...
King Edward VI School evacuation plaque
This plaque was placed in Monmouth as a thank you for the hospitality shown by residents to boys from the school who had been evacuated there.
Ladywood and Lee Bank 1939-1945
This is the first page of a gallery containing photographs, newscuttings and other documents that help to show what life was like for people in Ladywood and Lee Bank during the Second World War.
This ...
Ladywood at War Day
One of the visitors to Norman and Eileen's excellent "Ladywood At War" exhibition at St John's Church. Here we see her with one of the re-enactment society who is proudly displaying his combat dress. ...
Leng's Brush Factory, Sherbourne Road
Women workers at Leng's Brush Factory, Sherbourne Road during the First World War.
Lime Grove
This undated photograph shows bomb damage in Lime Grove during the Second World War.
Elizabeth Mckeon says, "My friends and I joined the Girl Guides and Brownies in Tindal Street, and later a youth ...
Looking down New Street during the VE Day 60th Anniversary celebrations
Note the modern smaller barrage balloon flying by the fountain.
Lower Essex Street in the blitz
This street runs between Bromsgrove Street and Sherlock Street. This is likely to have been the same air raid that caused major damage and loss of life at nearby Kent Street Baths. Note the barrage balloon ...
Malt and Hops Magazine February 1943. Front cover
Front cover of the Davenports Brewery magazine "Malt and Hops". This was an internal magazine for the brewery workers and although the cover shows Winston Churchill there is no article about him included....
Marroway Street during the blitz
This image of the after effects of a German air raid was probably taken a few days after the event. Marroway Street is off Northbrook Street and close to the Reservoir.
Memorial to victims of WW2 air raids
This plaque was unveiled in 1995 as a memorial to all those killed during the blitz on Birmingham. It is on the wall of the tower of St Thomas's Church on Bath Row - itself a victim of the raids. A Peace ...
Messerschmitt on Broad Street
In September 1940 the Birmingham population were digging deep to raise money to buld Spitfires for the war. To draw attention to the fundraising a captured German Messerschmitt was put on display on the ...
Messerschmitt on Broad Street
A captured German Messerschmitt on display on the lawn area just opposite where the Repertory Theatre is now, and down from the Hall Of Memory. Across in the distance stands the former Birmingham Municipal ...
Mickey Mouse gas mask
Publicity photograph to show children what the "Mickey Mouse" gas masks were
like. These were coloured red to make them more attractive to children. There does not though appear to be too much of a ...