Grove Hotel on Grove Lane
Undated photograph of the Grove Hotel but taken before the installation of the tramways.
Grove Lane
Looking towards the Grammar School in the middle distance. To the right can be seen St Peters Church on the junction with Arthur Road. The photograph is circa 1910.
Grove Lane
View of Grove Lane circa 1900 looking towards Handsworth Grammar School for Boys. THe school was opened as the Bridge Trust School on 5th August 1862.
Grove Lane
A view looking towards The Grove circa 1910. The Grove became known as Park House after it was bought by Handsworth UDC and used for park purposes from 1887.
Grove Lane Baths
Grove Lane Swimming Baths was converted into flats. An estate of houses has also been built alongside it. As a child I regularly attended there with school, and during the holidays. A place which many ...
Grove Lane Baths: Main Entrance Interior
The inside of the main entrance to Grove Lane baths with the ticket office to the right hand side of the picture. The baths were opened on 28th January 1907.
Grove Lane J & I
Gymn class at Grove Lane Junior and Infant School
Grove Lane, Court Houses
Grove Lane court houses opposite Union Row July 24th 1968. The houses are in process of being boarded up for demolition.
Grove Lane, Handsworth
Coal yard kept by Mr Brown in Grove Lane, off Soho Road, Handsworth. c1907
Grove Lane, Handsworth
Grove Lane, Handsworth, showing the extension to Handsworth Park that was opened in 1898. The view is from the old boundary of the park towards Kemp's Farm.
Grove Lane, Handsworth
Corner of Handsworth Park at the junction of Grove Lane and Holly Road, Handsworth, showing a wall damaged in a storm.
Grove Lane, Union Row
Photograph taken in 1970. Interflora shop is visible to the left of the picture.
Grove Lane: Members and Chief Officers of the Baths and Parks Committee
The committee responsible for opening the swimming baths are shown here. Note that the members standing have been montaged into the photograph and were not actually present.
Listed are: Councillor ...
Grove Lane: The Diving Board of the First Class Swimming Bath
The diving board of the first class pool. In the background are the showers and above that the viewing gallery used for concerts. The baths were opened in 1907.
Grove Lane: The First Class Swimming Bath
Grove Lane's first class baths were superior to the second class in so much as they had private cubicles for changing in along the sides of the pool. The pool was used for concerts on occasions and the ...
Grove off Hurlingham Road 1931
A grove off Hurlingham Road. One of the greatest assets of these new houses were said to be the front and back gardens. Most people used the back gardens to grow vegetables to some degree; an estate report ...
Guinea Gardens
View in one of the Guinea Gardens off Westbourne Road. These gardens along with farms and orchards spread across this area to Holloway Head.
Guinea Gardens
Garden shed at the Guinea Gardens in Westbourne Road near the Botanical Gardens. The Guinea Gardens originally occupied land from here across to Holloway Head in Edgbaston.