Feeding the Goats
An early picture of the farm in action. Here we see one the Farm staff showing a group of local children the Farm's herd of goats.
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 ...
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 ...
Fire at Perry Barr
A newscutting from the Handsworth Herald reporting a fire at Old Farm, Birchfield Road. It had been started by tar which was being prepared for railings boiling over. The fire brigade under Captain ...
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 ...