Moseley Road Baths, The First Class pool
Elizabeth McKeon remembers going here for a bath. "We went to the Moseley Road Baths across from the Arts school, for a bath ready to dress up and go out at the weekend. The attendants would fill the ...
Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary for Birmingham
Portrait of Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary Magistrate for Birmingham. Thomas Milnes Colmore was born in 1845 and, after being educated at Rugby School and Brasenose College, Oxford, he was called ...
Mrs Pankhurst speaks at Birmingham Town Hall
This poster promotes the appearance of the Suffragette Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst at the Town Hall. The theme of the talk, "To uphold British Honour, To prevernt a German Peace" may surprise some who associate ...
Neville Chamberlain - MP for Ladywood and Edgbaston
In the 1918 General Election Chamberlain was elected as the Conservative MP for Ladywood. He refused office under David Lloyd George but accepted the posts Postmaster-General (1923-24) and Minister of ...
New Inns Cablecar
Tram outside the New Inns on Holyhead Road. The advert on the front are for two local firms "Reppingtons" and "Hurds" who sold poultry and game etc.
Norman Tiptaft Facts For Voters Poster 1918
Tiptaft contested the 1918 General Election as an Independent candidate. Here he sets out his "facts for voters" to consider before deciding who to vote for. Tiptaft lost the election to the sitting MP ...
Norman Tiptaft General Election Poster 1918
Norman Tiptaft contested the 1918 General Election for Handsworth as an Independent candidate. Tiptaft lived at 28 Wye Cliff Road in Handsworth and had been a cadet in the RFC (Royal Flying Corps) recently ...
Northbrook Street
The reason for the huge queue at what appears to be a tobbaconist is unknown. The photograph is provisionally dated at around 1918 so perhaps they are waiting for news from the war. The businesses open ...
Number 6 in Court 42, Grosvenor Street West
Early twentieth century view of Grosvenor Street West. It runs behind Broad Street up to Tescos and has much changed in a hundred years. Only the White Swan Public House and the wharf remain from this ...
Obituary of Alfred Joseph Knight VC of 45 Elvetham Road
Knight died on the 4th November 1960. The obituary is from the Birmingham Post. Use the zoomify plugin to see the cutting clearly, text of which reads:
"Mr. Alfred Joseph Knight, one of eleven Birmingham ...
Obituary of Arthur Vickers VC
Vickers died on the 27th July 1944. The obituary is from the Birmingham Mail. use the zoomify tab to read the original cutting, the transcription of which reads as follows:
Lance-Corporal Arthur Vickers ...
Odell's 14 Points: 1918 General Election Poster
Henry Joseph Odell of Whitehall Road was the Labour Party candidate. Here he lists his fourteen points as to why he was worthy of your vote.
Old cottage on the Holyhead Road
Undated but early twentieth century.
Old Farmhouse, Holyhead Road
This image is taken from a photocopy of the original which is missing.
Opening of the Hall Of Memory
From the programme for the opening of the Hall Of Memory. The top photograph is of Edward, Prince Of Wales (later Edward V111) who laid the foundation stone in 1923. The lower photograph is of Prince ...
Oscott College, New Oscott
The college lodge, Oscott College, New Oscott
Pals Reunion 1965
Report on the annual reunion of the Birmingham Pals regiments of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. The 1965 reunion was held at The Imperial Hotel and was the first time that the 15th and 16th Battalions ...
Papers of Sir Richard Threlfall
Sir Richard Threlfall was a chemist and engineer who worked for the firm of Albright & Wilson, a large producer of phosphorous based at Oldbury. During the First World War he was on the Board of Invention ...