A curious tramcar fatality
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail, 3rd October 1891.
This cutting gives details of the inquest into the death of Walter, Charles Hewitt from Birchfield Road.
Mr Hewitt had tried to jump off ...
A Guard killed at Perry Barr
These newscuttings report the death and inquest of train guard Mark Robins. Robins was a guard on a L&NWR coal train to Perry Barr. He was directing his train into a siding to allow a football train ...
A Handsworth Milkseller in trouble
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Gazette 21st May 1883.
The article refers to a Mr Henry.E. Leckington, a milk seller of Terrace Road ,Handsworth, being summoned for selling milk below the standard ...
A lady killed at Perry Barr
This newscutting from the G.H. Osborne collection deals with the death of Mrs Elizabeth Wells. Mrs Wells was the wife of Austin L. Wells of Warren Farm, Perry Barr. She was being driven to Birmingham ...
A Skeleton at Handsworth
A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth Herald", 12th November 1892. A short article which gives an account of the discovery of a human skeleton in Douglas Road. A small boy had alerted Detective Deacey ...
A woman drowned at Perry Barr
A newspaper cutting taken from the Sutton Coldfield and Erdington Times November,22nd 1889.
This is a brief report following the discovery of a womans body in a pool on Mr Austin Well's farm, near Holly ...
A. Andrew and Sons Undertakers - Bath Row
The company of A. Andrews occupied a site on Bath Row for decades. The firm occupied numbers 163 to 175 Bath Row and this stood at the junction of Bath Row with Islington Row. The current site of where ...
Acupuncture Statuette
Photographed in a show window on the Soho Road. The statue shows the acupuncture points all over the body! If you bought this statue or know where it is, why not tell the Digital Handsworth Project via ...
Aerial photograph of area around Saint Margaret's Hospital
Aerial photograph covering the area; road names, prominent buildings and place names have been overlaid in white to aid recognition.
Volume covering the North of the city. Photo No.2 of 89 in the volume. ...
All Saints Church (reverse of postcard)
This postcard was sent by a mother to her convalescing son, a World War One casualty. Private Harold Willey (16629) survived the War. his convalescence was at the Battenhall Red Cross Hospital in Worcestershire. ...
At Davos For The Duration
This article was printed in the Weekly Post. Davos was the home of Christian Kunzle who owned the Kunzle's factory and cake shops in Birmingham. Kunzle came from Davos in Switzerland and every year he ...
Attempted suicide by a clergyman at Perry Barr.
This article from the Gazette dated 28 December 1886 recounts the attempted suicide of the curate of Perry Barr, the Rev. R. P. Walker, when he attempted to slit his throat with a razor blade. The explanation ...
Belgrave House
A business card from the 1930's showing that Belgrave House was now being used as a surgery by Doctor William McMullan. (Kindly donated by Mr. Donald Empson of Minnesota, USA)
Charity presentation for the Children's Hospital
The Birmingham Sporting Club raised a lot of money for local charities. They held regular functions at The Tower Ballroom at Edgbaston Reservoir. Here they are presenting a £1,000 cheque to the House ...
Child's Death at Perry Barr
A cutting from the Handsworth Herald relating to the death of two-month old Thomas Henry Adams of Well Head Lane.
From the G.H. Osborne newcuttings collection.
Christian Kunzle plaque
Blue plaque for Christian Kunzle in Birmingham. This plaque is on the site of Kunzle's shop which stood where the Abbey National Building Society is in Five Ways Shopping Centre. Kunzle is fondly remembered ...
Coughs and sneezes spread diseases.
A wartime poster issued by the Ministry of Health and the Central Council for Health Education.
The poster was designed to encourage people not to spread diseases so not to damage the war effort.
Fatal Tram Accident
There were a number of fatal accidents involving trams. This one was particularly poignant. Five year old Leonore Sandbrook and her brother had been on an errand and stopped at Corporation Street on ...