Holy Trinity Church, Birchfield
The church was built in 1863 by the firm of Samuel Briggs from a design by the architect Julius ALfred Chatwin. The total cost came to £5,000! It is notable for a Rose Window commemorating the return ...
Holy Trinity Church, Birchfield Road
The parish of Birchfield was assigned out of St Mary's, Handsworth, in 1865. The church, Holy Trinity, had been consecrated on 17 May 1864 and its first vicar was Rev. J.W. Marshall. It was designed by ...
Holyhead Road
Situated at 82 Holyhead Road, J.W. Jones & Sons Ltd. were originally builders and decorators. By the early 1970's they had become specialists in bathroom conversion and the shop was called Jones the ...
Holyhead Road Police Station
The original police station at number 65 Holyhead Road taken in 1937. One year later it was replaced by a new station built on the site next to it.
Holyhead Road, Handsworth
Holyhead Road, Handsworth. The photograph was taken on 13th August 1942 and features the premises of William Protheroe Ltd, monumental sculptors.
Holyhead Road, Handsworth
Garage on Holyhead Road, Handsworth, August 13th 1942
Holyhead Road, Handsworth
An old farmhouse in Holyhead Road, Handsworth, which stood in Holyhead Road almost opposite Island Road, 1906. Beside the door are advertisements for R. White's lime juice & soda and ginger ale.
Holyhead School, Handsworth
"Members of the hockey team take a break from practising, Holyhead School in Handsworth, Birmingham." Pogus Caesar, February 2003.
Home in Mary Street
Shay Bartley, Andy’s younger brother poses with the Ford Zodiac parked outside the small factory, known as the ‘Locstitch`, just a few doors down from the Bartley’s home in Mary Street. Note the two-tone ...
Horse drawn passenger bus
These commenced in 1873 from Birmingham Colmore Row to Handsworth. This is the Brownes Green Three Horse Bus which ran every hour to and from Birmingham.
Horse Fair at the Horsefair
Up into the early years of the twentieth century there used to be a horse fair held in Brick Kiln Lane. The Lane was renamed as the HorseFair in memory of the event. This is a rare picture of the event ...
Horsedrawn carriage on Selborne Road
The photograph is thought to date from about 1903. Selborne Road's most notable resident was the local councillor Edward Fricker Freeland.
Horse-drawn omnibus in St Vincent Street, Ladywood
This small horse-drawn 'family omnibus', as the caption on the original postcard calls it, was photographed in St Vincent Street, Ladywood, presumably around 1900. It belonged to the London & North Western ...
Horsefair in Kelly's 1939 Trade Directory
Use the zoomify button and plug in to read the page clearly. As well as The Horsefair this page also includes the following Birmingham streets:
Homer Street, Hooper Street, Hope Street, Hornsey Road, ...
Horsefair Shops in 1979
Another view of this row of shops with the wonderful Victorian top floor frontages. Visible in this picture to the left is the Gate Of India restaurant.
Horsefair Shops in 1979
The top floor frontages are the same as today giving away their Victorian origins. The shops themselves though have changed since but at the time they were: Horsefair Fish and Chips, Ted Rodgers Bookmakers, ...
Horsefair, Bristol Street
The west side of Horsefair, Lee Bank, in a photograph taken on 4 December 1950. The large industrial building belonged to F.A. Patterson Ltd, who were manufacturers of leather goods. The road on the ...
House of the Baskervilles by Chris Upton
A riot, a back garden burial,the deepest canal in Birmingham, a giant dog with luminous eyes. The company that has just bought Baskerville House has also taken over an awful lot of history. The dog we ...