Fire at Clement Street, Ladywood
This article was in the Weekly Post. It concerns a fire at the premises of Mr. S. Peacock, Stamper and brassfounder of 55 Clement Street, Parade. The blaze was controlled by the local fire brigade but ...
Firebird carpark
A forlorn looking post on the carpark of the former Firebird Public House on the Benmore Estate. The Firebird was formerly the Edgbaston Conservative Club.
Firemen tackling a blazing car in Finch Road, Handsworth
"I thought I'd only ever witness images like these on television. But to be so close and taste the choking smoke and hear the monotonous noise...a terrible thing to witness at first hand. Press reports ...
First Day At Lee Bank
Happy looking pupils attending Lee Bank Junior School on 19th April 1966 - the school's first day.
Fishermen and Boat by Joseph Southall
Joseph Southall lived at 13 Charlotte Road in Edgbaston, near to what is now the Woodview estate. This painting has long been one of his best known works but has become more notable this year as it was ...
Five Ways
A tranquil turn of the century view of Five Ways on a colour tinted postcard. This is an unrecognisable view nowadays apart from the statue of Joseph Sturge which can be seen in the middle distance. Sturge's ...
Five Ways after severe snowstorm
Snow lies heavily on the ground at Five Ways in this now rare snow scene. The main connection to the current day is with the statue of Joseph Sturge in the background.
Five Ways Estate
Taken in 1992. This view is of the estate before the regeneration programme commenced. Principal difference on this photograph is the original roofing which has now been replaced by a futuristic part ...
Five Ways Gate by Henry Harris Lines
Eight different members of the Lines family have been recorded as having artistic ability. Several of them produced landscape drawings with great skill and sensitivity. These included Samuel Lines Senior, ...
Five Ways School Magazine
Front cover of the Five Ways School Magazine, Christmas term 1939.
The sketch shows the fromnt of the building as it appeared at the time. The school moved to Bartley Green in 1958. The original building ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Five Ways, Edgbaston, from a postcard that was postmarked August 1937. The view from the gardens is looking towards Islington Row, providing a rather more leisurely scene than the Five Ways of today. ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Five Ways, Edgbaston, looking down Islington Row. This postcard view of 1921 shows the statue of Joseph Sturge, which was erected in 1862. Joseph Sturge (1793-1859) was a Quaker businessman active in ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
View looking towards Hagley Road,Edgbaston, from Five Ways. The tall building in the background is King Edward's Grammar School, Five Ways. Also in this postcard view is the statue of Joseph Sturge. The ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Postcard view of Five Ways, Edgbaston, around the end of the 19th century. The view is looking westwards towards Calthorpe Road, from Broad Street. In the background, behind the statue of Joseph Sturge ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
A quiet scene at Five Ways, Edgbaston, where the only traffic appears to be a solitary cyclist carefully riding between the tramlines. The view is looking westwards up Hagley Road with the statue of Joseph ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Five Ways, Edgbaston, looking along Broad Street towards the city centre. On the extreme right is part of the Lloyds TSB Bank, but no other building in this presumably late Victorian view survives today. ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Postcard view of Five Ways, Edgbaston, possibly just after the First World War. The sparse road traffic includes a motor bus and a motorcycle with sidecar, as well as a horse-drawn vehicle and, in the ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
This view of Five Ways, Edgbaston, dates from 1969 and brings out the scale of the redevelopment in the 1960s. The construction of the underpass is in progress, the view being from Hagley Road towards ...