Thasher's Nightclub
Santa Rosa opened in 1975. The club has changed names and management frequently throughout its lifetime. I knew it as Rialto, early 70’s - 1981. Then it became Thasher’s before it closed. ...
The "Brew 'Us Bugle" Number 1
The magazine of the Ladywood History Group is five years old this year. This is the front cover of the very first issue publsihed back in December 2001. The first issue was funded by Edie Ockford and ...
The "Y" Blocks
Looking towards Nash House on Grant Street. To the left are the low rise flats and Avon House and to the rear, just visible, is Lansdown House. The picture was taken from Bell Barn Road looking over the ...
The ARP Shelter on George Road
One of the toilets in the underground ARP (Air-Raid Precautions)shelter on George Road in Edgbaston. The shelter had been dis-used since World War Two but the rooms and many of the fittings remain intact ...
The ARP shelter under George Road
Fixtures and fittings remain at the former public air-raid shelter which was used during World War II. This sink (with only the cold tap left) has not been used for decades.
The Attwood Green Community Centre being demolished
Just over thirty years after it was opened as a centre for the Midland Adult School Union, the building was demolished as part of the regeneration of the Lee Bank area. Latterly it had played host to ...
The Austins' Pools
The former home of the Hasluck family stood on the site of what is now The Austins Estate. All that is left now are the pools which lay in the grounds of the house and are now situated in the middle of ...
The Beach Street Gang
George Thorp (who owns the picture) says: There were gangs all over Ladywood but they shouldn't be confused with teenage gang violence which erupted throughout Britain in the late '50s. These gangs were ...
The Betty Barnes Young Ladies wearing dancing costumes
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
The Billiard Hall on Soho Road
The Birmingham and Wolverhampton Canal, Birmingham
The last (or first) few metres of the Birmingham and Wolverhampton Canal are seen here as it passes under Broad Street and heads for the Gas Street basin. Late 20th-century redevelopment, including the ...
The Boat House on Hockley Pool by John Phillp
This pen and wash drawing shows the boat house on Hockley or Soho Pool where the Boulton family boat was kept. Several other views of the boat and boat house by Phillp are available on this site. The ...
The Boy With The Flag
Boy with his bike in Handsworth Park. With all the political connotations of the British Flag, especially in the late 1970's, it's interesting to see a child for whom it is merely something colourful ...
The Boy's Brigade
This is thought to be in Ellen Street looking towards Spring Hill and was taken about 1949. The photo is courtesy of Albert Mousdale.
The Breakfast Room in Heathfield Hall
The picture is undated but probably dates from the time that Heathfield was occupied by the Pemberton Family. It was of course formerly the residence of James Watt.
Taken from the T.E. Pemberton album ...
The Broadway
The front of the Broadway Cinema in 1954. "Sign Of the Pagan" is showing starring Jack Palance as Attila The Hun. Two shillings and four pence would have got you a seat on the balcony!
Local resident ...
The Calthorpe Deeds
Benjamin Stone's Diary entry covering the ancient deeds found by Lieutenant Somerset Gough Calthorpe at Perry Hall.
Friday Nov 16 1906
By the 9:20 train home to meet the Rev: Swindell to lunch at ...
The canal walk
At the junction of Bath Row and Communication Row lies this stairway which leads down to the canal.The canal follows the trainline into the city centre and is a popular route used by many people.