Gas Mask
Gas mask of type issued to the residents of Handsworth in World War Two. The threat of bombs exploding containing poison gas, or even a bomb exploding near gas piping were major concerns for Civil Defence. ...
Gas Mask Distribution
Policemen loading vans with gas masks at Birmingham ARP headquarters. There was a widespread perception that the German luftwaffe would drop poison gas on Britain during the Blitz, and so masks were given ...
Gasometer, Soho Foundry, Handsworth
The original gasometer at the Soho Foundry, Handsworth. It was constructed in about 1799 and was used continuously to supply the Soho Foundry with gas for lighting purposes until the gas could be purchased ...
Gay and Roger Howard
A man and a woman dressed in sailor costumes.
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
'Gaynor'
Photograph by Ruth Handley, nd. Process: bromesko.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist in portrait photography. Mostly known for her photographs of actors and actresses who visited ...
'Gaynor in Picture Hat'
Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: bromesko.
Exhibition labels on reverse, include: 'The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. Accepted and Hung at the Autumn Exhibition of Pictorial Photography, ...
'Gaynor in Profile'
Photograph by Ruth Handley.
Labels on reverse: ‘Derby Photographic Society. Accepted & Hung [at their] Annual Exhibition, 1948’ & ‘Exhibited at the London Salon of Photography, 1949’ & 'Sutton Coldfield ...
Geese on the Farm
Here we see two of the geese from Balsall Heath City Farm, located on Malvern Street.
General Calthorpe outside Perry Hall
Perry Hall, Staffordshire. The Honorable General Somerset Calthorpe in Carriage.
The following is a biography of Calthorpe taken from the Handsworth Magazine in November 1899.
Lieutenant General ...
General Election 1918 - Handsworth Poll Results
The totals as listed in this cutting from the Birmingham Gazette of Monday 30th December 1918 are:
E.C. Maysey-Thompson (Coalition Unionist) 12,019
Norman Tiptaft (Independent) 4,697
Henry Joseph ...
General Election Poll Notice 1918
Poll notice for the 1918 General Election held on December 14th. This election was contested by three candidates for Handsworth:
Ernest Claude Meysey-Thompson (Coalition Unionist)
Norman Tiptaft ...
General Election Poster 1922 - The Current Situation
Independent candidate Norman Tiptaft here invites the voters to attend a rally at Canterbury Road Schools. Tiptaft had been a councillor for Handsworth since 1919, which he hoped might give him an advantage ...
General Election Results December 1918
Front page of the Birmingham Gazette reporting on the results of the first election held after the First World War. The Handsworth result is featured on the page within the wider context of what happened ...
General Elections in Handsworth
This exhibition features ephemera on the Handsworth candidates for some of the General Elections since 1918. All of this material is held by the Local Studies Department of Birmingham Central Library; ...
Geometrical Elevation of a Vase by John Phillp
The scale line of this vase (at the bottom of the page) indicates that it is about 2 feet wide at its widest part which suggests it was a stone garden ornament, probably in Matthew Boulton's landscaped ...
George ?Howood, the Groom's wages, Soho House
This memorandum sets out the salary and allowances for George ?Howood the Groom who came to on Soho August 14th 1830. By this time Soho House was the home of Matthew Robinson Boulton, the son of Matthew ...
George Albert Asbury's Shop, 55 Key Hill, Hockley
George Albert Asbury's Shop, 55 Key Hill, Hockley 1906
George Dixon Grammar School, Edgbaston
George Dixon Grammar School, in City Road, Edgbaston, in an undated but obviously early photograph. The school had started in Oozells Street as the George Dixon Higher Grade School and moved to the City ...