The Great Eastern
Handwritten description of the Great Eastern, noted as extracted from 'Steam Ships and their Story' by R.A. Fletcher.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed this ship and James Watt & Co. of Soho, Handsworth, ...
The Great Eastern
Albumen print by Robert Howlett, of the front view of the Great Eastern.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed this ship and James Watt & Co. of Soho, Handsworth, manufactured the screw engines for it. ...
The Great Eastern
Albumen print by Robert Howlett of the Great Eastern and workmen.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed this ship and James Watt & Co. of Soho, Handsworth, manufactured the screw engines for it. They were ...
The Great Eastern
Statistics regarding the Great Eastern, as provided by Albert Mould of Handsworth Library, Soho Road, for R.H. Kirton of 22 Broughton Road, Handsworth.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed this ship and ...
The hall at the Attwood Green Community Centre
The Community Centre was on Gaywood Croft off Cregoe Street and was formerly used by the Midland Adult School Union. This was the main hall used for many activities including talks, conferences, discos, ...
The Hermitage at Soho by John Phillp
This pen and ink drawing shows the Hermitage, one of the garden buildings built on the Soho Estate by the industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton (1728-1809). He referred to it as his 'building ...
The Hermitage in snow by John Phillp
This pen and ink drawing with watercolour shows the Hermitage, one of the garden buildings built on the Soho Estate by the industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton (1728-1809). He referred to it ...
The Jewish Cemetery, Five Ways
Memorial stone inside the former Cemetery at Five Ways. The inscription reads: "This burial ground (Betholom)is preserved by the Birmingham Hebrew Congregation in memory of the Jews of Birmingham buried ...
The Ladywood Bugle
The front cover of the final issue of Ladywood School's newspaper, the Ladywood Bugle. The "Grim Reaper" look sover the building sketched by pupil Damien Carless.
The Ledsam Street Post Office
This undated picture is of the post office which stood at the junction of St Vincent Street and Ledsam Street. It does not look from the picture that the post office had too long to go before closure ...
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 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 Maple Leaf florist shop
The shop stood on the corner of George Street West and Spring Hill. Historian Norman Bartlam noted that: "Flowers were popular at that time. "San Francisco", better known as "Be Sure To Wear Flowers In ...
The Middleway Blocks
This photograph, by Lewis Green, catches children from the former Lea Mason Secondary School having a break in the play area which used to be located by the four Middleway blocks. The blocks were erected ...
The Nag's Head
This Mitchells and Butlers pub stood at the corner of Monument Road and Icknield Port Road, The landlord at this time was John Clark. The row of houses to the right are now the site of Ladywood Fire Station....
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 night they bombed Dockers
In the early hours of 28 July 1942 a severe bombing raid on the west and south of the city resulted in the destruction of part of the Docker’s paint factory on Rotton Park Street and the lose of life ...
The number 8
The number 8 making its way towards Five Ways. In this view some of the park trees are still saplings. In the background you can see the Burman's Factory awaiting demolition and to the right of that are ...