Jennifer Wharton aka Pepsi Poet, Probation Officer / Comedienne
"Pepsi Poet, a local comedienne known for her biting satire, often aimed at the Conservatives. In the 1980's and 90's Pepsi Poet appeared on numerous TV / Radio programmes, including Channel 4's multi ...
'Jeune Fille'
Photograph by Ruth Handley.
Exhibition label on reverse: 'Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society. Accepted and Hung [at the] International Exhibition, 1955'.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned ...
Jewish Cemetery at Five Ways
This view of the Jewish Cemetery was taken early last century. The cemetery was located next to the canal and railway line at Five Ways, It is still there today but is not in use and the bodies that were ...
Jill Knight MP at St Thomas Junior and Infant School
The then MP for Edgbaston, Jill Knight, opening a play scheme for local children at St Thomas Junior and Infant School on Great Colmore Street. This was only the second one of it's kind to be opened in ...
Job Centre
The once popular Youth Training Scheme at Holyhead Road was knocked down and the new signing-on office/ job centre replaced it.
John Akomfrah director of 'Handsworth Songs'
"John Akomfrah, Director of the award winning 'Handsworth Songs' , filmed during the riots, it is a powerful examination of social, historical, racial and political disorder in Britain. Akomfrah reads ...
John Hesman interview
John Hesman was born in 1935 and brought up in Emscote Road in Witton, just inside the old Handsworth boundary.
He lived in a "tunnel-back" house- one of several properties that shared the same entry, ...
Johnstone Street, Perry Barr
The Old Malt Factory, Johnstone Street, Perry Barr, photographed on 21st June 1966.
Johnstone Street, Perry Barr
Disused malthouse, Johnstone Street, Perry Barr, on 21st June 1966
Jones's Coconut Shy, Ladypool Road
This is believed to have been located at the fairground on ground behind the Olympia cinema in Ladypool Lane.
Joseph Chamberlain - Grave at Keyhill Cemetery
The grave of Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) is located in Keyhill Cemetery in Birmingham. Buried here are: Joseph Chamberlain, Harriet Chamberlain (his first wife), Florence Chamberlain (his second wife) ...
Joseph Chamberlain 6th Form College
After seven years as part of Highgate School the old Mount Pleasant became Joseph Chamberlain 6th form college in 1983. The reduction in pupils meant that other buildings including Moseley Road Art School ...
Joseph Chamberlain postcard
This postcard was published in 1906 to mark the 70th birthday of Joseph Chamberlain on 8th July. Great celebrations were organised in Birmingham, for Chamberlain had been Mayor three times and had represented ...
Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College
The college opened in 1983, housed in the buildings formerly used by Mount Pleasant School.
Joseph Chamberlain's Funeral
This previously unpublished image shows the gravediggers moving in to finish work after the Chamberlain family had left the funeral. It has a real air of finality to it, after all he had achieved in life ...
Joseph Chamberlain's Funeral
This image shows the Chamberlain family around the graveside. At the head of the grave is the vicar and to the right, leaning over the grave, are Austen and Neville Chamberlain.
Joseph Chamberlain's Funeral at Key Hill
The graveside service for the late Joseph Chamberlain who had been Lord Mayor and MP for Birmingham, and contributed so much to the development of the city.