Purus Bakeries
Purus Bakeries traded on Rookery Road at numbers 261 to 267 inclusive. The advert is interesting as it employs an approach a little beyond the norm for the times of merely listing products and services. ...
Putrid Rabbits for Sale
A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth Herald", 2nd January 1897.
This cutting details the case brought against 2 shopkeepers on the Soho Road for selling skinned rabbits that where unfit for human ...
Quad Bikes in Pickwick Park
"My kids cost me a bomb on carnival day. They go off and spend it on quad bikes, food etc. There is free stuff too, the Children’s Centre have their stall where you can colour, paint and make cards and ...
Quartermaster Serjeant Martin Bayliss
Martin Bayliss (200083) served in the Royal Warwickshire regiment during World War One. He became a Quartermaster Serjeant and received three medals - the Victory, War and Territorial Efficiency medal. ...
Queen Mother leaving Nash House
The Queen Mother leaving Nash House accompanied by the Lord Mayor - Ernest William Apps. In the background to the right is the caretaker Harry Wallace in his uniform.
Queen Mother waves to the crowd at Nash House
The Queen Mother waves to the crowd below and on the neighbouring balconies. She is on the top left balcony with Mayor Apps and a few other dignitaries and residents.
Queen Victoria visits Birmingham
On 23rd March 1887 Queen Victoria visited Birmingham to lay the foundation stone for the Victoria Law Courts on Corporation Street. This was in fact the day before her birthday and was her golden jubilee ...
Queen's Hospital, Bath Row
This print is by L. Tallis of London. The hospital was founded in 1847 on Bath Row becoming Birmingham Accident Hospital in 1941 and closing in 1993. The building frontage was listed and incorporated ...
Queen's Stores Public House on Bath Row
This is the south side of Bath Row. Cregoe Street still runs down from here today and the junction with it is dwon in the distance. This pub stood on the corner of the junction with Piggott Street - what ...
Queslett Road, Kingstanding
Queslett Road, Kingstanding, showing the Sand and Gravel Works. The photograph was taken as the Duke of Kent's car was passing during a visit to the area in the 1930s.
Queslett Road, Perry Barr
Queslett Road, Perry Barr, seen on 5th April 1928
R. Wright Pawnbrokers on Bell Barn and Upper Ryland Road
R. Wright's stood on the corner of these two roads. He was also a jeweller and clothier. The urban renewal of the area demolished all of Upper Ryland Road and the St Thomas Centre now occupies the site ...
Reading For Miss
This is one of the few Vanley Burke photographs with a title. Taken at Grove Lane Junior and Infant School, Handsworth in the 1970's.
Rear of Brookfields School in the blitz
This image of Brookfields school was taken after it was hit during an air raid in 1941. The school is also known as Ellen Street School as it stood on the corner of Ellen and Pitsford Street. The school ...
Rear of Edward Street
The Lyric Picture House (just visible at the end of the line of the terrace) was in Edward Street. It had previously been a church building! The end for the Lyric came when the immediate area was demolished ...
Rear of houses in Wenman Street
Around the age 15 and 16 years, Keith Whitehouse went to St Martin’s Youth Club in Sherlock Street. “A whole gang of us from Balsall Heath went there, that community feeling spread across from Balsall ...
Rear of Number 14 Florence Street
A resident in the backyards of Florence Street. Visible are the wash tubs and wash houses. This image was used as evidence supporting the need to do something about conditions in the back to backs in ...
Rear of numbers 259 and 260 Great Colmore Street
These houses would have stood at the Bristol Street end of Great Colmore Street. Through the entry can be seen Great Colmore Street itself.