E.C. Bellamy & Co.
Third on the left in this photograph is Frederick Bellamy, son of the founder of E.C. Bellamy & Co. in Pritchard Street, Newtown Row.
This photograph is one of several that were printed in the Birmingham ...
Edgbaston Assembly Rooms, Francis Road, Edgbaston
Edgbaston Assembly Rooms, on the corner of Francis Road and Hagley Road, Edgbaston. The building was erected in 1884, and this photograph was taken around 1890 by W. Horton of Francis Road. In the background ...
Edgbaston Reservoir, Edgbaston
View of Edgbaston Reservoir, from a postcard. The view is looking south along the dam, with the 1870 tower of the waterworks on the skyline to the right and the bulky outline of Osler Street School on ...
Edgbaston Reservoir, Edgbaston
Postcard view of Edgbaston Reservoir near the boat houses. Postcards with a space for the message on the same side as the picture were first issued in 1894, so this scene presumably dates from the very ...
Edward James Abbott - Conservative Politician
Edward James Abbott lived at The Austins on Sandwell Lane, he was the last occupant of the house. This biography is taken from the Handsworth Magazine.
"He was born on November 5, 1835, and is therefore ...
Edward Road Baptist Church
A full blooded example of the Birmingham terracotta school. Nave with
clerestory and low aisles, transepts and Sunday School attached to rear.
All built of hard red brick with lavish buff terracotta ...
Election in Edgbaston
This card was delivered to addresses in Eardley-Wilmot's constituency to drum up votes for the election. the card was sent to the then City Librarian H. Pearson. The polling station was at the junction ...
Exterior of Heathfield Hall
The former home of James Watt - inventor and engineer who worked with Matthew Boulton. It was built in 1790 and stood on grounds that lay between Hamstead Road, Church Hill Road and Heathfield Road. The ...
Exterior of Heathfield Hall
The former home of James Watt - inventor and engineer who worked with Matthew Boulton. It was built in 1790 and stood on grounds that lay between Hamstead Road, Church Hill Road and Heathfield Road. The ...
F. E. Spencer - Baker and Confectioner
Francis Edmund Spencer ran a bakery opposite the Library. He also had premises at number 93 on Holyhead Road so it would seem his "fancy" flour and delivery service were very popular in Victorian and ...
Fire at Clement Street, Ladywood
This article was in the Weekly Post. It concerns a fire at the premises of Mr. S. Peacock, Stamper and brassfounder of 55 Clement Street, Parade. The blaze was controlled by the local fire brigade but ...
Fire at Perry Barr
A newscutting from the Handsworth Herald reporting a fire at Old Farm, Birchfield Road. It had been started by tar which was being prepared for railings boiling over. The fire brigade under Captain ...
Five Ways
A tranquil turn of the century view of Five Ways on a colour tinted postcard. This is an unrecognisable view nowadays apart from the statue of Joseph Sturge which can be seen in the middle distance. Sturge's ...
Five Ways Gate by Henry Harris Lines
Eight different members of the Lines family have been recorded as having artistic ability. Several of them produced landscape drawings with great skill and sensitivity. These included Samuel Lines Senior, ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
View looking towards Hagley Road,Edgbaston, from Five Ways. The tall building in the background is King Edward's Grammar School, Five Ways. Also in this postcard view is the statue of Joseph Sturge. The ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
A quiet scene at Five Ways, Edgbaston, where the only traffic appears to be a solitary cyclist carefully riding between the tramlines. The view is looking westwards up Hagley Road with the statue of Joseph ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Five Ways, Edgbaston, looking along Broad Street towards the city centre. On the extreme right is part of the Lloyds TSB Bank, but no other building in this presumably late Victorian view survives today. ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
An early postcard of Five Ways, Edgbaston, dating from around 1900. The view is looking westward along Hagley Road. To the left is the 1862 monument commemorating philanthropist Joseph Sturge; to the ...