A horse sale in the Horse Fair
The Horse Fair is located off the island at the end of SmallBrook Queensway and it runs into Bristol Street. In the later years of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries there were regular horse ...
Advertisement for Wathes, Cattell and Gurden, Birmingham
Undated advertisement for Wathes, Cattell & Gurden Ltd, dairymen, of Nova Scotia Street, Ladywood. The advertisement, featuring their trade name, 'Wacaden', has the look of the 1950s about it and the ...
Aerial photograph of area around Hill Top Farm, Handsworth Golf Course and Handsworth College
A 1955 aerial photograph covering the area; road names, prominent buildings and place names have been overlaid in white to aid recognition. Also visible are local roads to the area such as Oxhill Road, ...
B.C.Tipper & Son
An advert for a "Restorative, Stimulating and Fever Drink" for animals made by B.C.Tipper & Son, Animal Medicine Makers, Homer Street, Balsall heath.
B.C.Tipper & Son
The rear of B.C.Tipper & Son, Animal Medicine Makers, Homer Street, Balsall heath. Makers of Lice Powders, Cattle Purgatives, Mystery Salts (Conditioner and Blood Purifier and many other mysterious potions...
B.C.Tipper & Son
B.C.Tipper & Son, Animal Medicine Makers, Homer Street, Balsall heath. Makers of Lice Powders, Cattle Purgatives, Mystery Salts (Conditioner and Blood Purifier and many other mysterious potions
Booth's Farm
Booth's farm was part of the Perry Hall estate. The farmhouse was thought to date back to the sixteenth century.
It takes its name from its most famous tenant, the forger William Booth. He rented ...
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr, in 1903. This was for a time the home of William Booth, who was hanged for the forgery of banknotes and coins in 1812.
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
Farm Labourers at Booth's Farm, Perry Barr.
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
Farm Labourers at Booth's Farm, Perry Barr.
Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth
Ann's Pool(?), Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth, 1896
Councillor George Baines
A newspaper cutting from the Despatch, 22nd November 1905.
Familiar Figures no 797.
A caricature and brief description of the career of George Baines of Handsworth.
He owned 2 of the "best farms in ...
D. Mason & Company Trade Advert
Mason & Company were Saddlery and Harness makers based at 141/142 Holloway Head. Their activity in the area would have been enhanced by the regular Horsefairs held near their premises. The advert dates ...
Declaration of an estimate of the value of Rookery Farm
First page of declaration by R.H. Durman, land agent, auctioneer and surveyor, being an estimate of the value of the Rookery Farm, Handsworth, belonging to the Rev. E. Pyddoke.
Creation: c. 1890; ...
Declaration of an estimate of the value of Rookery Farm [second page]
Second page of declaration by R.H. Durman, land agent, auctioneer and surveyor, being an estimate of the value of the Rookery Farm, Handsworth, belonging to the Rev. E. Pyddoke.
Creation: c. 1890; ...
Farm at Rookery Road Board School, Handsworth
Old farm on the site of Rookery Road Board School, Handsworth sometimes known as Wilkes Green Farm. The school, subsequently Rookery Road County Primary School, was built in 1898.
Farm in Sandwell Lane, Handsworth
Farm in Sandwell Lane, Handsworth. 1906
Farming near Queslett Road, Kingstanding
Farming near Queslett Road, Kingstanding, at harvest-time. In this photograph from the 1940s scene a reaping machine can be seen, together with traditional stooks and haystacks in the background.