Handsworth Park, Handsworth
Drinking fountain and boathouse in Handsworth Park, Handsworth. The drinking fountain was presented in 1888 by Austin Lines JP.
The attached download article is from The Handsworth Magazine concerning ...
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
The boating pool, Handsworth Park, from a postcard published by 'The Mutual', Handsworth, and posted on 6th April 1904
Handsworth Park. 1934
The park was opened in 1887 and originally called Victoria Park to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
Handsworth Park: Entrance to Hamstead Road
Colour tinted postcard of the entrance to the park from Hamstead Road. This view was taken around 1910 and is instantly recognisable today.Also known as Victoria Park it was opened on Jubilee Day in ...
Handsworth Police Court
An illustration from the "Handsworth Herald", 4th February 1893, showing the recently completed Police Court building in Thornhill Road.
Taken from the G.H. Osborne newscuttings collection
Handsworth Public Library
Handsworth Library, on the Soho Road, was opened on May 1st, 1880. There were books to borrow, and newspapers in the Reading Room. The first Annual Report in 1881 stated that the Committee:
'had the ...
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
Hand-coloured postcard view of Handsworth Park, Handsworth. Opened to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887, it was originally called Victoria Park.
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
A view of the boating pool in Handsworth Park, Handsworth, in 1970.
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
The view across the flower-beds near the Hamstead Road entrance of Handsworth Park, Handsworth. This photograph, looking towards St Mary's Church in the distance, was taken in 1970.
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
A 1970 view across the pool in Handsworth Park, Handsworth.
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
A view across the boating pool in Handsworth Park, Handsworth, in 1970. The tower of the parish church rises above the trees in the background.
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
The boating pool in Handsworth Park, Handsworth, looking towards the island. The park was originally opened in 1887 but the boating pool is part of a later extension on the Hamstead Road side of the park....
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
A view looking across the bridge and one side of the boating pool in Handsworth Park, Handsworth.
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
The boating pool in Handsworth Park, Handsworth, seen in the heat of an August day in 1971.
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
A scene in Handsworth Park, Handsworth, in May 1971.
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
Drinking fountain in Handsworth Park, Handsworth. In the background, beyond the bowling green, is Park House, which was known as The Grove before Handsworth Urban District Council purchased the house ...
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
Park House in Handsworth Park, Handsworth. Originally known as The Grove, it was acquired by Handsworth UDC in 1887 and eventually demolished in 1968. The caption on this postcard view calls it the Ranger's ...
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
Postcard view showing a girls' sports event in Handsworth Park, Handsworth. This is undated (post war?) but if anyone out there remembers this please get in touch with the Digital Handsworth Project.