Hair we go
A hairdressers on Ladypool Road shows off one of the latest styles to pupils from Anderton Park Road. There have always been barbers on the road although the styles and prices have changed considerably. ...
Handsworth Market
"Handsworth Market was usually bustling with stallholders and shoppers from varied cultural backgrounds. Selling everything from saris, sweet potatoes and reggae tapes, immediately after the disturbances ...
Handsworth Market, Soho Road
This once thriving and popular market is now closed. At the beginning of 2003 it lies derelict.
Handsworth Market, Wig Stall
Hare & Hounds, Kingstanding
The Hare & Hounds public house, Kingstanding Road, Kingstanding, in the 1920s, featuring a Scammell lorry in the car park, driven by Bert Compton.
Hickman's greengrocers on Monument Road
Seen here are Ralph Hickman and staff at the Monument Road premises. In fact they had two seperate shops on Monument Road at their peak as well as one on King Edward's Road.
Hill Street, Birmingham
In this view up Hill Street, Birmingham, the Golden Eagle public house is prominent in the middle distance, with a glimpse of the Town Hall behind it. The photograph rather fails to bring out the startling ...
Horsefair Shops in 1979
Another view of this row of shops with the wonderful Victorian top floor frontages. Visible in this picture to the left is the Gate Of India restaurant.
Horsefair Shops in 1979
The top floor frontages are the same as today giving away their Victorian origins. The shops themselves though have changed since but at the time they were: Horsefair Fish and Chips, Ted Rodgers Bookmakers, ...
Household shop on Ladypool Road
This shop sells decorative items for the home. The range of goods is quite diverse and all are of quite ornate design. Picture taken by pupils from Anderton Park Primary School as part of a project looking ...
Hyde Road, Ladywood
The Hyde Arms at 80 Hyde Road, Ladywood. The photograph was taken in 1968, when the area was evidently in a poor way. The pub does not seem in too bad a state itself but one wonders what sort of trade ...
Icknield Street
View of Icknield Street in the nineteen fifties. To the left is Spring Hill Library, a fine redbrick Victorian structure still there to this day. The shops have now long gone but they include Walter Smith ...
Imperial Cinema Advert
The Imperial was one of the earliest cinemas in Birmingham. It was built, in 1914, by Harry Grigg,who owned the pork butchers shop next door. Although the nature of the films shown changed over the years ...
Inside the Colwyn?
An image from the Lewis Green collection. We believe this is the lounge of the Colwyn Pub on Great Colmore Street, but we don't know who the people are. If you know please drop us a line at cs@optima.org.uk...
Inside The Woodman
Two customers enjoying a drink at The Woodman in Cregoe Street. The pub has since been demolished as part of the urban renewal of the area. Helen White notes that: "The lady, who is my aunt, is Mrs Barbara ...
Interior of the Municipal Bank on Broad Street
The first Municipal Bank in Brimingham was opened in 1916 but the head office branch was only opened a few years later on Broad Street. It still stands today - opposite the Hall Of Memory - but is now ...
International Convention Centre, Birmingham
The International Convention Centre, Birmingham, seen here at dusk. The ICC was intended to attract business, both national and international, to the city and was erected on land on the north side of ...
Islington Row, Lee Bank
The Anchor Inn at 33 Islington Row, Lee Bank, at the junction with Tennant Street (on the right). The photograph was taken in 1957, although the delivery vans possibly look a little dated even for the ...