View of the Soho Manufactory, near Birmingham
The factory was finished in 1765 at a cost of £9,000, and by 1769 employed 700 people making toys, trinkets and silver plate. In 1788 a Coining Mill was erected and this mint made 40,000 coins per hour....
Villa Cross Public House, Handsworth
"Villa Cross Public House. It was near this location that a young man was arrested for a minor traffic offence. Crowds gathered and the situation quickly escalated. The community would eventually witness ...
W A Ellis JP
An abridged version of his biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available for download.
It is no exaggeration to say that the name of Ellis is a household word in Handsworth. ...
W. H . Ward (architect)
Mr William H Ward is popular with all classes of men. For over thirty years his has been a familiar face to the generality of Birmingham’s citizens and he has in his professional capacity contributed ...
W. H. Booth - Handsworth Fire Brigade
Abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available for download. William Henry Booth lived at 213 Church Hill Road in Handsworth.
Mr W H Booth is a son of the late Edward ...
Wages and allowance for Grooms, Soho House
This memorandum sets out the wages and clothing allowances for various grooms employed by Matthew Robinson Boulton at Soho House.
Thomas Poynter came to Soho as Groom 1st February 1820 on wages of ...
Wages and allowance for Grooms, Soho House
This is the reverse of a memorandum which sets out the wages and clothing allowances for various grooms employed by Matthew Robinson Boulton at Soho House. (The memorandum itself is also available).
Thomas ...
Waiting for Churchill
Children from St George's and The Oratory Ladywood Schools waiting for the arrival of "Winston Churchil" at the 60th Anniversary of VE Day celebrations at St John's Church in Ladywood.
Waiting for the number 8
A familiar site is the people waiting and looking down Lee Bank Middleway for a number 8 bus going up to Five Ways. Lewis Green took this picture from his flat across the road. Its an ordinary everyday ...
Waiting for the park to open
Children from St Thomas's School in Great Colmore Street waiting at the gate for the official opening of the new park. Sunset Park was opened with the help of children from St Thomas's and Woodview School ...
waiting for the park to open
Children from St Thomas's Junior and Infant School wating for the gate of Moonlit Park to open for the official opening ceremony. The children had dressed in costumes reflecting the theme of star constellations ...
Waiting for Will
Cold but still in good spirits this is part of the crowd waiting patiently to see Will Smith attending the premiere of "Hitch" at UGC Broad Street in Birmingham.
Waiting for Will Smith
Hospitality staff walk up the famous red carpet while security wait for Will to arrive. Will Smith was in Birmingham for the premiere of "Hitch".
Walking and talking
The first of two pictures. Lewis Green took this picture from his flat of a couple deep in conversation. The outcome in the second picture shows them walking with a suitcase. The story behind it though ...
Wallpaper found at Soho House
This wallpaper was found in the Drawing Room at Soho House, the former home of Matthew Boulton. It was behind a large sheet of lead which had been placed there in the nineteenth century, presumably in ...
Walter Langley - artist from Irving Street and Lee Crescent
Walter Langley was the first major artist to settle at Newlyn in Cornwall, and as such was one of the most important of the colony of artists there. While to some extent overshadowed by Stanhope Forbes, ...
Walter Langley: 'Disaster! Scene in a Cornish fishing village'
Walter Langley (1852-1922) devoted his life as a painter to scenes in the lives of fishing people in Cornwall. This work, from 1889, is slightly more dramatic than some in its depiction of off-stage events ...
Walter Langley: 'Memories'
Walter Langley, born in 1852 and brought up in Irving Street, later became part of the Newlyn School of English painters. His subject matter was largely the lives of Cornish fisherfolk, and 'Memories' ...