Shop delivery on Ladypool Road
All day long vans pull up along this busy road delivering goods. Very few premises are closed and there are still a diverse selection of shops catering for the local population, along with a large number ...
Shovelbottoms Ltd
They had premises elsewhere too but this is their site on the corner of Ladypool and Taunton Road in the mid 1940's. In the foreground is a range of BSA motor cycles with sidecars.
Dougie Dulson recalls: ...
Shri Geeta Bhawan Mandir, Hindu Temple, Heathfield Road
Situated on the corner of Heathfield Road and Brecon Road, it was opened in 1896 as St George's Presbyterian Church. The building was designed by J.P.Osborne in a cruciform shape and built for £5,000 ...
Sidescreen and alter at St Luke's Church
The beautiful wooden screen is interesting because it was originally in St Asaph's Church on Great Colmore Screen. When St Asaph's was demolished in the nineteen sixties this screen was dismantled and ...
Silver Service
A consignment of 60 sacks of silver paper collected by children from Lee Bank Primary School. The paper was sold to raise money for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Teacher George Evans (pictured) said: "The ...
Simcox family
Mrs. Simcox and her son John Walford Simcox the owners of Stratford House Stratford Place c.1870. The family were in residence from 1696 to 1926. The building was originally part of a local farm
Singers Hill Synagogue, Lee Bank
Interior of the Singers Hill Synagogue, Blucher Street, Lee Bank. The Synagogue was built in 1856 to the Italianate designs of H. R. Yeoville Thomason. In 1937 the building was modernised and the seating ...
Site of St Thomas's School
Work commencing on the site of the new St Thomas's School. To the rear is the more progressed site of Lee Bank playing fields. The building on Holloway Head immediately to the rear of the playing fields ...
Site of St Thomas's School and Lee Bank playing field
A photograph taken during the development process. In the foreground is the site of the "new" St Thomas's School which replaced the Granville Street building. To the rear is the developing playing field ...
Snacks and drinks store on Ladypool Road
Open for business. The shop was opened to take advantage in part of the many restaurants in the immediate area which are unlicensed for alcohol. Picture taken by pupils from Anderton Park Primary School ...
Soho Manufactory, Handsworth
An early photograph of the Soho Manufactory.
Soho Foundry Sale 1895
The sale was to include "Substantial Brick Buildings, twenty-four brick-built cottages, the whole of the valuable fixed engineers' and boilermakers' tools and fixed plant, machinery and fixtures including ...
Soho Hill, Handsworth
100 Soho Hill, Handsworth, from the rear, February 1981
Soho House
Rural view of Handsworth showing Soho Pool in the foreground and Soho House in the distance.
Soho House
A view of Matthew Boulton's house in the 1950's, issued as a postcard. The house was acquired by the General Electric Company at the same time for use as a hostel for their apprentices. The structure ...
Soho House
This view of the rear of Soho House was taken in 1927 by Birmingham photographers Lewis and Randall. Soho House is the former home of industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton (1728-1809). Designed ...
Soho House
This view of the rear of Soho House was taken in 1927 by Birmingham photographers Lewis and Randall. Soho House is the former home of industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton (1728-1809). Designed ...