Percy W. Cox - Building Contractor
Percy W.Cox traded as a builder from 54 Grove Lane, one door from the junction with Grove Avenue.
Advert taken from the programme for the Saint James' Church Fancy Fair held at the New Inns Assembly ...
Perrott's Folly
The Folly in Waterworks Road which was built by John Perrott in 1758.
Perrott's Folly with the Weather Observatory
In 1884 Abraham Follett Osler, the renowned inventor of the self-regulating anemometer, decided it would be the ideal place to do accurate meteorological readings. So for the next 95 years, under the ...
Perry Barr railway station
Postcard view of Perry Barr railway station on the LNWR line, Walsall Road, Perry Barr.
The sign reads:
London & Northwestern Railway Perry Barr Station Booking & Parcels Office
Parcels received ...
Perry Barr School on Birchfield Road
Perry Barr trams
Newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Daily Mail, January 25th 1908.
This is one of a series of letters written to the local press at this time on the subject of journeys into Birmingham and the neccessity ...
Perry Barr Trams
This letter to the Editor of the Daily Post is from a resident of Birchfield Road agreeing with a previous writer. Both are complaining about the amount of steam and smoke generated by trams leaving ...
Perry Bridge - Sites and Monuments Record
A red sandstone bridge of 4 arches over the River Tame, with refuges on the cutwaters on both sides. Considerably repaired. It has 4 semicircular arches. The bridge is probably the one built by order ...
Perry Hall from the Lodge Gate
An engraving by T. Radclyffe from an original drawing by F. Calvert. This was published by W. Emans of Bromsgrove Street in Birmingham. The caption credits it as the seat of the Gough family who were ...
Perry Village Farm
The horse and trap outside the door of School Farm. The farm was owned by Edward Arthur Maybury who may be one of the two men in the photograph.
Phase 1A contruction site at Park Central
On the construction site of phase 1A. In the distance is Bath Row with the former Accident Hospital building to the right.
Phone card display on Ladypool Road
International phone cards provide a cheap method of keepin in touch with family and friends in other countries. They are readily available in Balsall Heath, often on sale - as here - at stalls outside ...
Photograph of the River Tame, Hamstead Hill
This photograph shows the River Tame at Hamstead Hill in 1903.
Picnic in the park
The place is Calthorpe Park; the statue in the background is that of Robert Peel which was moved later (1963) to the Police Training College just further along the Pershore Road - although the base remains ...
Picturesque Handsworth
Some scenic views from Handsworth at the turn of the century. The views are of the Lych Gate of Saint Mary's Church, Camp Lane, Sandwell Road, Church Lane and the Cemetery Gates of Handsworth Cemetery. ...
Pigeon Park
This was open land at the corner of Thornhill Road and Soho Road where St Michaels School used to be. We used to know it as "pigeon park", people would throw food down for the pigeons to eat, on a daily ...
Pigott Street
Numbers 9-12 in Court 2 Pigott Street around the turn of last century. Pigott Street was swept away in the urban renewal of the nineteen fifties. It was in the Edgbaston/ Ladywood area which subsequently ...
Pigott Street
Numbers 5 to 8 in 2 Court taken around 1906 when the area was photographed extensively by Public Works. Pigott Street has long since vanished from the map of Birmingham as it was demolished in the urban ...