Girls Grammar School, Rose Hill Road, Handsworth.
Girls Grammar School, Rose Hill Road, Handsworth. (King Edward VI school). Built in 1911 to take in the girls from Summer Hill, which had become an old and inappropriate school building.
Girls Grammar School, Rose Hill Road, Handsworth.
Girls Grammar School, Rose Hill Road, Handsworth. (King Edward VI school). Built in 1911 to take in the girls from Summer Hill, which had become an old and inappropriate school building.
Girls Grammar School, Rose Hill Road, Handsworth.
Girls Grammar School, Rose Hill Road, Handsworth. (King Edward VI school). Built in 1911 to take in the girls from Summer Hill, which had become an old and inappropriate school building.
Girls Grammar School, Rose Hill Road, Handsworth.
Girls Grammar School, Rose Hill Road, Handsworth. (King Edward VI school). Built in 1911 to take in the girls from Summer Hill, which had become an old and inappropriate school building.
Goodwin's Furniture Removals
Goodwin's were based at the Sand Pits in Ladywood, an area which lies to the rear of the Central Library and Summer Row. As well as removals they were also involved in storage as well.
Grant of Henry VIII to Perry Hall
Perry Hall Collection, A grant of Henry VIII (with great seal attached) relating to 'Perry' Staff. This was photographed by Stone after the owner of Perry Hall found it, and many others, in Perry Hall. ...
Grave of George Burrell Ramsay in St Mary's Graveyard
George Burrell Ramsay a Scotsman arrived in Birmingham around 1871. While out walking he saw an Aston Villa F.C. practise match in the spring of 1876. Burrell asked for a game and dazzled the other players ...
Grave of James Henry Stone J.P. in St Mary's Graveyard
The gravestone of James Henry Stone (brother of the photographer and MP John Benjamin Stone) in St Mary's Church Handsworth, also buried are his wife and children. The inscription reads as follows:
"In ...
Grave of William McGregor in St Mary's Graveyard
William McGregor is the man credited with the idea of forming the Football League. Prior to 1888, the only competitive matches played by clubs were in the FA Cup. Once knocked out of the FA Cup, clubs ...
Great Colmore Street
Undated photograph of Great Colmore Street. The children are in Victorian/ Edwardian costume so it is probably early twentieth century. The snow on the ground suggests it is Winter. As to which section ...
Great Hampton Street, Hockley
Industrial premises at 63 Great Hampton Street, Hockley. The signs over the shop window advertise 'W.J. Clarke. Authorised plumber, gas fitter, zinc worker, &c' and 'E. Swan. Brooch tongues, watch bows, ...
Gypsies on the Black Patch
Travellers lived on the area known as the black Patch off Foundry Lane.
Hagley Road
a trolley bus moving along Hagley Road early in the twentieth century.
Hagley Road, Edgbaston
An early postcard view of Hagley Road, Edgbaston. If the building with the chimneys behind the trees is indeed the Plough & Harrow Hotel the camera is looking westwards. A variety of horse-drawn traffic ...
Hagley Road, Edgbaston
Hagley Road, Edgbaston, from a tinted postcard dating from the later 19th century. The scene is possibly the junction of Plough & Harrow Road and Highfield Road, looking towards the city. Curiously the ...
Hagley Road, Edgbaston
Hagley Road, Edgbaston, seen in postcard view in 1903. The location is the Ivy Bush, looking eastwards towards the city centre. However, the destination on the front of the bus reads 'New Street', an ...
Hall Road, Handsworth
Hall Road, Handsworth
Hampton Road, Handsworth
Hampton Road, Handsworth, from a postcard