Computer Class
Classes on many different subjects are held in the MVCA offices in Charleville Road, in this picture a computer class is being held.
Conybere Street celebrations
Decorations for the coronation in 1902 of Edward VII. This coronation had been postponed once due to the King's illness.
Cooks at Work
Cooks at work in a restaurant. One of the cooks is called Terry. This was one of the first Caribbean restaurants in Handsworth. It was near the corner of Soho Road and Holliday Road
Copy of arbitration award concerning trespass on land in Handsworth [1st page]
First page of a copy of arbitration award of Richard Gresley of Kenilworth, co. War., esq., in a cause between William Smith of Handsworth, victualler, plaintiff and Henry Pyddocke Whately of Handsworth, ...
Copy of arbitration award concerning trespass on land in Handsworth [2nd page]
Second page of a copy of arbitration award of Richard Gresley of Kenilworth, co. War., esq., in a cause between William Smith of Handsworth, victualler, plaintiff and Henry Pyddocke Whately of Handsworth, ...
Copy of arbitration award concerning trespass on land in Handsworth [3rd page]
Third page of a copy of arbitration award of Richard Gresley of Kenilworth, co. War., esq., in a cause between William Smith of Handsworth, victualler, plaintiff and Henry Pyddocke Whately of Handsworth, ...
Copy of arbitration award concerning trespass on land in Handsworth [4th page]
Fourth [and last] page of a copy of arbitration award of Richard Gresley of Kenilworth, co. War., esq., in a cause between William Smith of Handsworth, victualler, plaintiff and Henry Pyddocke Whately ...
Coronation day in Beechfield Road
Across the country there were street parties for the coronation of Elizabeth II who became Queen officially in 1952 on the death of her father George VI. These were the first such parties since VE and ...
Council House, Birmingham
Postcard depicting the Council House in Birmingham illuminated to mark the coronation of King Edward VII. A crowd fills Victoria Square, although the message on the front of this early postcard makes ...
Council House, Birmingham
The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, built in a classical style in 1874/79. This postcard view has space for the message on the front,which implies that it dates from before 1902. For its time ...
Councillor A. Lane
This is an abridged biography from The Handsworth Magazine. The full biography is available as a download.
Councillor Alfred Lane, of Tudor House (Birchfield Road), Perry Barr, was born at Halesowen, ...
Councillor Arthur Price
This is an abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine, the full version is available as a download.
Upon the retirement of Mr W A Ellis, J.P., from the Handsworth District Council, after being ...
Councillor C.A. Palmer - JP and Cyclist
This is an abridged version of Councillor Palmer's biography. The full version is available as a download. Councillor Palmer in fact lived at Park Hill off Hamstead Hill and not Hamstead Road as this ...
Councillor G H C Hughes
This is an abridged version of the biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download.
George Henry Hughes lived at 3 Trinity Road in Birchfield.
Mr Hughes has, ...
Councillor G.H. Johnstone
This is an abridged version of Councillor Johnstone's biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full biography is available as a download.
He was born in 1841, in a picturesque old cottage, which ...
Councillor George Baines
A newspaper cutting from the Despatch, 22nd November 1905.
Familiar Figures no 797.
A caricature and brief description of the career of George Baines of Handsworth.
He owned 2 of the "best farms in ...
Councillor Henry Loveridge
This is an abridged version of his biography, the full version is available on this page as a download.
Councillor Henry Loveridge, whose recent appointment to the chair of the Finance Committee of ...
Councillor John Edwards
This is an abridged biography from The Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download.
The junior member for Murdock Ward on the Handsworth Urban District Council, Mr John Edwards, ...