The Lamp Tavern, Hamstead Road
Situated opposite the parish church of St Mary in Hamstead Road, the Lamp Tavern was originally built about 1750 and at times was also known as the Handsworth Tavern. In 1787 and in 1831 it was used ...
The Lamp Tavern, Handsworth Wood
This stood at number 300 Church Hill on Hamstead Road. It was built about 1750 and stood opposite to St Mary's Church. It was used by Local Magistrates and the trustees of the Turnpike Road. It was also ...
The Leveretts
The houses on the Leveretts estate, which were built as a council estate in 1969. The majority of properties are now privately owned. The area is mainly grass land, open space. One of the beautiful untouched, ...
The Leveretts, Camp Lane, Handsworth
The Leveretts, Camp Lane, Handsworth. The photograph shows the Leveretts at the time it was employed by the Birmingham Corporation as a centre for treating psychiatric disorders. The land had been known ...
The Lord's Supper, Austin Road United Church of God.
A service where members of the congregation sit around a table to receive communion. Vanley Burke gained special access to record the life of this Pentecostal Church through his grandmother and mother, ...
The Midland Dyeing, Cleaning and Carpet Shaking Co
Two premises listed here for this company. It is interesting to note that carpets could be "taken away" for cleaning. No manager is listed for the Soho Road branch so it may have been that Walter Price ...
The Midland Vietnamese Community Association
The home of the association in Charleville Road, Handsworth.
The Moors, Church Lane
Watercolour sketch of the Moors circa 1879. Built by John Goode Esq. in the early nineteenth century, the house and fields stood between Church and Grove Lanes.
Later it was the home of Dr Hedley ...
The Muzzling Order
A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth Herald" 16th May 1896.
A short article which criticises the Handsworth Police for the over zealous way they enforced the muzzling order that had been introduced ...
The New Fire Station
They moved into the new site at Rookery Road, on 8 November 1999, from the old building on Stafford Road. It houses 2 appliances and is also an ambulance base, who rent the space on site. It has the following ...
The Old Rope Walk, Handsworth
The Old Rope Walk, Handsworth, viewed from the site of Soho Station. November 1981
The Old Town Hall, Slack Lane, Handsworth
The Old Town Hall, Slack Lane, Handsworth
The opening of Grove Lane Public Baths
Grove Lane Baths were opened on Monday 28th January 1907 by Councillor John White of the Baths and Parks Committee. The design was by J P Osborne (F.R.I.B.A.)
The opening of the Birmingham Show 1958
Birmingham Show 4th September 1958.
Eight year olds Compton Edwards and John Oakes waiting for the opening of the Birmingham Show in Handsworth Park.
The Pound, Handsworth
The Pound, Hamstead Road, Handsworth, from a postcard. In the background can be seen some of the headstones in the churchyard of St Mary's.
The Pump Tavern - 236 Soho Road
The Red Lion, Soho Road
This coaching house had its first licence granted in 1542. The present building is a replacement built on the same site. Oliver Cromwell used the Red Lion to provide stabling for his horses and rest for ...
The Sons of Rest, Handsworth. 22nd November 1949
The Sons of Rest movement was founded in Handsworth in 1927. A group of retired men met regularly in the bowling pavilion in the park, moving into a purpose built pavilion in 1930.
This photograph ...