Lee Bank Road
This view of Lee Bank Road is the section coming up to the junction with Lee Mount. Today Lee Bank Road is of course Lee Bank Middleway. The number 8 bus still runs up this road but the shops and houses ...
Lee Bank Road
Taken during the urban renewal of Lee Bank, at this time still known as Edgbaston B15. The road was widened and is now Lee Bank Middleway.
Lee Bank Road and Ryland Road, Lee Bank
At the junction of Lee Bank Road and Ryland Road, Lee Bank, stands Hall's Grocery. This photograph of an entirely deserted street scene dates from around 1958 to 1960. Ryland Road is heading off to the ...
Lee Bank Road, Lee Bank
A view of Lee Bank Road, Lee Bank, with redevelopment under way. The area was eight years into a massive programme of demolition and redevelopment when this photograph was taken on 26 July 1960. Grassy ...
Lee Bank School Diary
The entry reads:
23 April: School reassembles following the Easter holidays. The school football team has also won the championship shield of Division III of the Kings Norton League.
May: Five candidates ...
Lee Bank Secondary School
The former Lee Bank Secondary School located just off Bell Barn Road. The site is now (2005) in use as the E.R. Mason Centre and James Brindley School. Rising in the middle distance is Haddon Tower standing ...
Lee Bank Sign
The old Lee Bank sign which was located on Holliday Street near the junction with Granville Street.
Lee Crescent
This fascinating view of Lee Crescent is looking down the slope. What makes is unique is that it shows the houses on the left hand side which were demolished as part of the widening of Lee Bank Road. ...
Lee Crescent
This view was taken in the fifties. At this time the left hand side (not in view) still comprised of a row of houses too. Since then this side has been demolished.
Lee Crescent
Bernard Allen and friend in Lee Crescent. Lee Crescent was somewhat different in those days to how it is now as it had another line of houses between it and Lee Bank Road (now the Middleway).
Lee Crescent, Edgbaston
Lee Crescent, Edgbaston, was a late Georgian/Regency development, approached from Ryland Road. This photograph was taken in 1954 before the conservation movement had made an impact on the area. It was ...
Lee Crescent, Lee Bank
Two of the houses in early 19th-century development of Lee Crescent, Lee Bank, are seen here in 1954. Subsequent designation as a Conservation Area and restoration as Birmingham's contribution to European ...
Lee Crescent, Lee Bank
In 1954 this house in Lee Crescent Lee Bank, probably number 42, looks as though it might well benefit from the restoration that took place later after Lee Crescent and the adjoining Ryland Road had been ...
Lee Crescent, Lee Bank
When this photograph was taken in 1954 Lee Crescent and neighbouring Ryland Road in the Lee Bank area were yet to benefit from being designated a Conservation Area. The western side of the street has ...
Lee Longlands
Back of the promtional card for Lee Longlands show-flat at Five Ways. The description is fairly easy to read and offers some interesting details such as the "washable curtains"! Open from 2pm to 9pm for ...
Lee Longlands flat at Five Ways
Promotional postcard for Lee Longlands showcase flat at Five Ways. The description of the flat's contents can be found on this site elsewhere. The flat was said to be next to the bank at Five Ways, which ...
Lee Tavern and Haddon Tower
The Lee Tavern was built and owned by Davenports Brewery on Bath Row. By 1999 it was closed along with the rest of the Spring Vale shops. The area (as of 2004) is due for substantial redevelopment in ...
Left Promenade of the Tower Ballroom
This is taken from an official brochure for the Tower Ballroom during the 1920's. It is captioned as being the left promenade although it looks as though we are on the right hand side - perhaps it depends ...