Mary Street Schooldays
Keith Whitehouse (left) and sister Pamela (right) attended the ‘Girls’ Boys’ and 'Infants schools’ in Mary Street. Later the school came to be known as ‘Belgrave Primary’.
Keith was there between 1959 ...
Mary Street Tram Terminus
Elizabeth McKeon (nee Bartley)has fond memories of the street bonfires in Balsall Heath. "About a month before bonfire night we kids in the street collected the materials for a ‘street bonfire’. The ‘gang`, ...
Masonic Lodge on Severn Street
This grade A listed building stands opposite the Mailbox retail development. Prior to being a Lodge it was used as a Synagogue.
MASU Centre
The Midland Adult School Union Centre which formerly stood on Gaywood Croft off Cregoe Street. In recent years it was taken over by Optima Community Association and was used as the local Community Centre. ...
Matthew Boulton's Bedroom, Soho House
This room was used as a bedroom by Matthew Boulton (1728-1809. The photograph was taken by Birmingham photographers Lewis and Randall in 1927 when Soho House was a hotel. Soho House is now a museum ...
Mavis Bartlett at the back of the Edgbaston Hotel
This pub was at the corner of Lee Bank Road and Ryland Road. Mavis was the daughter of the then licensee Len Bartlett.
Mayor James Crump
James Crump was Lord Mayor of Birmingham from 1938 - 1939. He lived at 235 Great Colmore Street. Crump was born on 25th August 1873 at Bromsgrove. He was an Area Secretary of the Transport and General ...
Meeting for Lady Electors 1922
As in 1918, the parties at the 1922 General Election were keen to extract support from the female electorate. At this time the vote was restricted to all women over the age of 30. Two women were MPs - ...
Meeting the locals
The Queen Mother taking time to talk to local residents during her tour of the Y Block development in 1957. So far none of these residents have been identified.
Meeting the Queen Mother
Local residents meeting the Queen Mother during her official vist to Nash House in 1957. Do you know anybody in the crowd?
Meeting the Queen Mother
Harry Wallace, caretaker of Nash House and his colleagues and family. They are posing happily either before or after meeting the Queen Mother on her official visit to see the Y-Block development.
Members of a local Gurdwara, Handsworth
"During the riots I was still Director of WMEMAS Arts organisation and heavily involved with the local community. A number of us went to the Guru Nanak Singh Gurdwara, Soho Rd. Members of the temple were ...
Memorial tablet from Saint James Church
Memorial tablet of the baptistry dated 1914 to 1919 and listing those killed in the Great War. Image taken from a page of the St James Fancy Fair programme. Fancy Fair held at New Inn's Assembly Rooms ...
Memorial of War Service of Handsworth Grammar School 1914 - 1918
Following the end of the First World War Handsworth Grammar School issued a memorial booklet to all those from the school who had served - pupils and masters alike. In addition to the list, which is available ...
Memorial to victims of WW2 air raids
This plaque was unveiled in 1995 as a memorial to all those killed during the blitz on Birmingham. It is on the wall of the tower of St Thomas's Church on Bath Row - itself a victim of the raids. A Peace ...
Memories of Lee Bank by Jim Davenport
The Lee Bank I remember as a child 70 years ago was vastly different to what it is today, we even had three chemists!
I was born in 1898 in the part of Irving Street that no longer exists. The area ...
Men at the Bar in the Frighted Horse
Men at work, Handsworth
"Men at work in Lozells, Hamstead Road area of Handsworth." Pogus Caesar, February 2003.