Gypsies on the Black Patch, Handsworth
Gypsy encampment on the Black Patch, Handsworth. The gypsies regularly camped for the winter on the Black Patch, an open area between Handsworth and Winson Green where slag from nearby furnaces used to ...
Gypsies on the Black Patch, Handsworth
Gypsy encampment on the Black Patch. The gypsies regularly used a part of the Black Patch for their winter camp, having spent the summer travelling about the Midlands.
Gypsies on the Black Patch, Handsworth
Gypsy encampment on the Black Patch, 1898. The gypsies regularly used a part of the Black Patch for their winter camp, having spent the summer travelling about the Midlands. The Black Patch was a piece ...
H S Richards
An abridged version of his biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available for download.
The name of H S Richards, manufacturer, author, artist, actor and cricketer is one to ...
H. Brittain Ltd on Moseley Road
H. Brittain Ltd were letter cutters, die sinkers and engravers by trade. Prior to them taking over the premises it had been the home of the Balsall Heath fire service who opened here in 1912. The crest ...
Hackitoff Hospital 1995
"My best memory was when we doing that Hackett Hospital, which was a skit on the Health Service. We had this bed and it was only kept on the float by these bricks and as we were going down Belgrave Middleway ...
Haddon Tower
Haddon Tower is located on the corner of Bristol Street and Lee Bank Middleway. It stands across the road from St Luke's Church. In common with the other tower blocks built in Lee Bank it is named after ...
Haddon Tower - Angela Maloney
Haddon Tower rises in the background. This block of flats is set to be demolished in Summer 2006 as part of the urban regeneration of Lee Bank.
Haddon Tower Blowdown (film footage)
This picture shows Haddon Tower on Bristol Street undergoing preparatory clearance for demolition. The top floors have already been stripped of fittings and fixtures and the contractors are working their ...
Haddon Tower Poppies - Angela Maloney
Wild Poppies to the rear of Haddon Tower on Bristol Street.
Hagley Road
a trolley bus moving along Hagley Road early in the twentieth century.
Hagley Road, Edgbaston
Hagley Road, Edgbaston, from an early postcard. The view is looking eastwards towards the city at a time when the amount of traffic was rather a contrast to the scene today. Just beyond the shops is the ...
Hagley Road, Edgbaston
View of Hagley Road, Edgbaston, looking eastwards towards the city centre. The building on the left is the Plough and Harrow Hotel, on the corner of Plough and Harrow Road. The view must date from around ...
Hagley Road, Edgbaston
An early postcard view of Hagley Road, Edgbaston. If the building with the chimneys behind the trees is indeed the Plough & Harrow Hotel the camera is looking westwards. A variety of horse-drawn traffic ...
Hagley Road, Edgbaston
Hagley Road, Edgbaston, from a tinted postcard dating from the later 19th century. The scene is possibly the junction of Plough & Harrow Road and Highfield Road, looking towards the city. Curiously the ...
Hagley Road, Edgbaston
Hagley Road, Edgbaston, seen in postcard view in 1903. The location is the Ivy Bush, looking eastwards towards the city centre. However, the destination on the front of the bus reads 'New Street', an ...
Hagley Villas off Taunton Road
A typical terrace development: Hagley villas off Taunton Road dating from the 1890s. This part of Balsall Heath was one of the last areas to be developed. It was part of the estate of John Gregory Watkins ...