Atlas Works, Oozells Street
Hardwoood enamelled autocot made by Atlas Works on Oozells Street. From the "Book of Beds" which was their Trade Catalogue.
EJ Thacker and Company: Plumbers, Gasfitters
Thackers were based on Hamstead Road. The pillar in the foreground is reputed to be from Norwood House.
F E Wilkes Decorating Contractors
F E Wilkes Decorating Contractors, Mary Street Balsall Heath
Farrier in Handsworth
Sadly the original image doesn't say where it is from but the Handsworth Historical Society beiieve it to be from Handsworth. It is probably early twentieth century in date.
History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire by William White (1834)
White's 1834 Directory includes a description and brief history of Handsworth. Local gentry and trades people are listed for the area along with the neighbouring Perry Barr.
John Edwards, Steel Pen Manufacturer
John Edwards traded from 40 Hill Street. Hill Street runs up the side of the Post Office into Victoria Square. Birmingham was a thriving home of the pen manufacturing industry and their is a pen museum ...
Men Working
This is Balu's workshop on Crick Lane, behind the girls grammar school.
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 ...
Pitts & Phillips, builders and decorators, Lee Bank
The premises of Pitts & Phillips, builders, plumbers and painters, were at 25 Bristol Road, Lee Bank, on the corner of Stone Road. This photograph was taken in 1923, but the company had been at this address ...
Richard Farmer - Undertaker, Upholder and Cabinet Maker
Farmer traded in the nineteenth century and had premises at 32 Edgbaston Street, which is near St Martin's Church, and Russell Row at Five Ways.
Topographical account of Handsworth in 1872 (part one)
From the 1872 Staffordshire Post Office Directory.
Topographical account of Handsworth in 1872 (part two)
The page also includes the first section of the trade directory listing for Handsworth in 1872.