The Queen's Hospital becomes the Accident Hospital
This cartoon appeared in the Birmingham Despatch. The caption notes that 50 beds are already occupied! The Accident Hospital has itself closed down since then. It was located at the top end of Bath Row ...
The Railway Public House
The Railway stood on the junction of Clifton Road and Malvern Street. It was a Mitchells and Butlers pub. It has closed down but the building remains as it was converted into flats. It is still recognisable ...
The Railway Public House on Clifton Road
This pub was on the corner with Malvern Street, close to the railway bridge from where it takes it's name. It closed in the last ten years and is now a domestic residence. It is though still recognisable ...
The Red House, Great Barr
The Red House, Great Barr from a postcard. It is shown as a convalescent home for children on the 1918 Ordnance Survey map. By the 1937 map the area was shown as Red House Park with a members golf club. ...
The Red Lion, Soho Road
This coaching house had its first licence granted in 1542. The present building is a replacement built on the same site. Oliver Cromwell used the Red Lion to provide stabling for his horses and rest for ...
The Regent Cinema
The Regent was also known as The Ledsam due to it being on Ledsam Street. It was opened in 1910 and closed about 1959, which was when this picture was taken.
The Reverends Webster, Whicker and Sheppard (St Thomas's Church)
In 1898, the Rev F S Webster accepted the Living of All Soul’s Langham Palace, London, and he was succeeded by the Rev. W G S Whicker, whose devoted labours on behalf of both Church and Schools are well ...
The Roman Catholic Church of St John and St Martin in George Street
This church was established in 1896. It was originally founded from St Anne's in Alcester Street and was run by them until 1903 when it became a separate mission.
The Royal Mint, Icknield Street, Ladywood
The Royal Mint public house stood at 200 Icknield Street, Ladywood, taking its name from the actual Mint that is on the opposite side of the road. Presumably people only became confused if they had been ...
The Royal visit to St Philip's Cathedral
Princess Diana planted a tree at St Philip's Cathedral in Birmingham while here to re-open Victoria Square. In this photograph a young man seems to be taking the chance to have a closer look at the Mayoral ...
The Sentinels, Holloway Circus, Lee Bank
In April 1970 the view down Holloway Head, Lee Bank, shows the Sentinels - Cleveland and Clydesdale Towers. These matching 32-storey towers were designed by James A. Roberts in association with the City ...
The Shakespearian Bar
This pub stood on the corner of Great Colmore Street and Cregoe Street. In the distance can be seen Bradshaw's Stores and St Thomas's Church. Local resident Fred Mead remembers that the owner of the shop ...
The Ship Inn
The Ship Inn, Camp Hill established 1560.
The Sir Charles Napier Public House, Gooch Street
This pub is on the corner of Bissell Street. General Sir Charles James Napier,(August, 10, 1782 – August 29, 1853), was a general of the British Empire and the British Army's Commander-in-Chief in India, ...
The site of the new St Thomas's
The site of St Thomas's School on Great Colmore Street. Down to the right is Lytham Croft. The school was built to relpace the infant and junior school on Bath Row. The secondary replacement in the area ...
The site of the new St Thomas's School
This view shows the land cleared to make way for the "new" St Thomas's School in Great Colmore Street which replaced the old one on Bath Row. In the distance can be seen St Thomas's Church which to this ...
The Soho Manufactory
The Soho Manufactory was founded in 1761 by Matthew Boulton on Handsworth Heath in the parish of Handsworth near Birmingham. The site of a water mill was taken over, quickly converted and expanded over ...
The Star Cafe on Mary Street
Mary Street corner with Strensham Road. The Star Cafe stands at the junction, with the beautiful iron balconies to the left, for which Mary Street is well known locally.