Fatal Tram Accident
There were a number of fatal accidents involving trams. This one was particularly poignant. Five year old Leonore Sandbrook and her brother had been on an errand and stopped at Corporation Street on ...
Father Christmas comes to Lewis's
Advert printed in the Birmingham Evening Mail. Every year Lewis's Department Store in Birmingham City Centre would welcome Father Christmas. His arrival at the Grotto was preceded by a tour across Birmingham. ...
Father Joseph V. Hymers - St. Catherine of Siena
Father Hymers took over at St Catherine's after the death of Father Fenn. This was not immediate as Dr. E. Berry succeeded Father Fenn first but left in February 1908 after only a few months. Apart from ...
Father Patrick Maguire - St Catherine of Siena
Father Maguire came to St Catherine's from Tile Hill in Coventry during October 1961. Father Maguire oversaw the move from the old St Catherine's to the new building which stands to this day. He also ...
Faulkes Furriers
Faulkes Furriers stood near Five Ways on Calthorpe Road not far from the statue of Joseph Sturge.
FCF Nightclub
It is owned by Faith & Confidence Business Agency formerly Faith and Confidence Finance Ltd. Hence the name FCF. The club opened in September 1971. Membership was £2.00 for the year then; a proposed member ...
Feast of Tabernacles at Singers Hill Synagogue 1915
This picture, from Picture World newspaper, shows the congregation gathered around the Succoth.
Feast of Tabernacles at Singers Hill Synagogue in 1915
The minister and helpers. The Reverend J. Finck in the centre with, to his right, the Reverend B. Alperowitz and, to his left, the Reverend and Mrs A. Cohen. Services were conducted each day during the ...
Fell into a cellar
This newcutting from the G. H. Osborne collection relates the story of Mrs Charlotte Lawrence of Well Head Lane, Perry Barr. Mrs Lawrence was putting a saucepan on the fire when the floor near the hearth ...
Feoffment of a messuage and lands in Handsworth
Feoffment from Roger Cowper alias Piddocke of Wynson Greene [Winson Green], yoman, to Henrye Cookes, yoman and William Cowper alias Piddocke yoman, of a messuage with appurtenances and lands and appurtenances ...
Feoffment of a messuage and lands in Handsworth
Feoffment from Roger Cowper alias Piddocke of Wynson Greene Winson Green, yoman, to Henrye Cookes, yoman and William Cowper alias Piddocke yoman, of a messuage with appurtenances and lands and appurtenances ...
Feoffment of lands with appurtenances in Handsworth
Feoffment from William Hodgettes of Honnesworth [Handsworth] yeoman and Nicholas Hodgettes, son of the said William, to Charles Stanford of Wouer end in the parish of Honnesworth, gent., of lands with ...
Feoffment of lands with appurtenances in Handsworth [reverse side]
Feoffment from William Hodgettes of Honnesworth [Handsworth] yeoman and Nicholas Hodgettes, son of the said William, to Charles Stanford of Wouer end in the parish of Honnesworth, gent., of lands with ...
Feoffment of messuage and lands in Handsworth
Attested copy of feoffment from Thomas Grove of Honnesworth [Handsworth] yeoman, and Henry Grove, his son, to Henry Atwood of Pury barre [Perry Barr] and William Scott of the same, yeoman, of a messuage ...
Feoffment of messuages and lands in Handsworth
Feoffment from Christopher Smith of Waternewton [Water Newton co. Huntingdon], gent., and Robert Kinsman of Broughton, co. Northampton, gent., to Henry Atwood of Puryhall [Perry Hall], yeoman, and William ...
Field Marshall Sir Claude Auchinleck
This statue of Sir Claude Auchinleck was commissioned and paid for by the Murrayfield Real Estate Company Ltd., the developers of Five Ways Shopping Centre. It is believed that Auchinleck sat for a bust, ...
Find your key
Run by St Paul's School. We had a key box with a glass front & a £1 note inside. People paid for 3 keys. What was shocking about this was that the week before carnival I went round to lots of friends ...