Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth
Interior of Handsworth Cemetery chapel, Handsworth, in a photograph dating from 1925. The chapel is contemporary with the opening of the cemetery in 1909.
Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth
A view of the interior of the chapel at Handsworth Cemetery, photographed in 1925. The chapel was built in 1909, when the cemetery first opened.
Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth
A model, dating from the 1950s, of a proposed garden of rest to be laid out at Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth. The view is from the south, looking towards the shrine.
Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth
Model of a proposed garden of rest and shrine to be laid out in Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth, viewed from the north. The photograph was taken on 11th May 1956.
Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth
Interior of the Chapel of Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth, from a postcard. The chapel was built in 1909.
Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth
Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth, in November 1981. The cemetery, in Oxhill Road, opened in 1909.
Handsworth Church Bazaar
Bazaar held at the local board rooms in aid of the National Schools.
Handsworth Church by George Willis Pryce
George Willis Pryce exhibited two oil paintings at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. Pryce was listed as living in Birmingham in 1885.
Handsworth Comedy Company
Members of the Handsworth Comedy Company. This is from a postcard but sadly there is no other information available. If anyone out there has information on the Handsworth Comedy Company please get in ...
Handsworth Community Library, Handsworth
Handsworth Community Library, Soho Road, Handsworth. The building had started life in 1879 as the council house for Handsworth Urban District Council. The branch library opened in the building in 1880. ...
Handsworth Council House
This upper chamber of the Council House was originally part of Handsworth Library. It was one of the rooms that was leased to Handsworth School of Dress Design until the 1960's, when the school became ...
Handsworth Council House and Library, Soho Road
A photograph of Handsworth Council House and Library taken in the late 1980's. City College, formerly known as Handsworth Technical College, now occupies the Council House portion of the building but ...
Handsworth Council Offices
Building commenced on October 30th 1877. It is located on the corner of Soho Road and Stafford Road and is now familiarly known as the location of the public library.
Handsworth Dairies
Handsworth Dairies opened in 1910 at Woodville Cottage on the corner of Forge Lane, the proprietors being Valentine and Carleton White. In 1917 they moved to 138 Holyhead Road and then in 1924 onto Island ...
Handsworth District Council Medal for Perfect Attendance
This was presented to Dora Howell of Rookery Road Council School in 1910. This is the reverse of the medal.
Handsworth District Council Medal for Perfect Attendance
This was presented to Dora Howell of Rookery Road Council School in 1910. This is the obverse of the medal.
Handsworth Fire Brigade
Handsworth Fire Brigade at its Birchfield Road station which had opened in 1890. The brigade was founded in 1878.
Handsworth Fire Brigade, Birchfield Road Station.
The brigade was originally formed in 1878. 1898 £2,200 was borrowed to erect a new fire station and buy better equipment. The Birchfield Road station was acclaimed as one of the most efficient in the ...