100 Soho Hill
The Royal British Legion Club stands to the right of the picture.
179 Church Hill Road
Elsmere Villa School was run here by Miss Annie Sharp in 1898.
1918 General Election
The 1918 General Election was held on December 14th and had extra importance due to the recent cease of hostilities in Europe. The economy had obviously been affected by the war, men were returning home ...
1918 General Election Poster for Norman Tiptaft
Tiptaft was the Independent candidate and is here trying to appeal to the women of Handsworth to vote for him. The use of the Elite Picture House for the talk is of interest as is Tiptaft's possibly hopeful ...
1922 General Election
David Lloyd George's Coalition Government had endured after the First World War winning the 1918 General Election. George's Liberals and the Conservatives, under Andrew Bonar Law, had been a successful ...
1922 General Election Result for Handsworth
This is from the Birmingham Gazette of November 17th 1922. The Handsworth result is in the third column along with the rest of the Birmingham results. It reads:
Commander Oliver Locker Lampson (Conservative): ...
1922 General Election: Why You Should Vote For Tiptaft
Here Councillor Norman Tiptaft lists all of the reasons why he was worthy of your vote in the 1922 General Election. Tiptaft had lost the previous election in 1918 but had become councillor for Handsworth ...
38th 1st Birmingham Scouts
This view is taken from Vincent Street looking towards the Moseley Road.
38th 1st Birmingham Scouts
Procession on Vincent Street. The scout headquarters was the former pub on the left of the picture.
38th 1st Birmingham Scouts
Their Scout hut was located here near the railway bridge on Clifton Road
38th Birmingham 1st Clifton Scouts
A Group picture of the 38th Birmingham 1st Clifton Scouts taken at Clifton School
4 Real featuring "Witness"
Considered to be one of the most controversial gospel artists for insisting that Ragga music style can be used to minister on the urban streets. He is now one of the most popular artists on th elocal ...
7th Day Adventist Convention, Summerfield Park, 2002
A yearly event known to Adventists as 'tent meetings'. The event, that took place over three weeeks, welcomed US singing evangelist Pastor Willis as the main speaker. The Convention aims to reach the ...
A Burglar's banquet at Handsworth
A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth Chronicle" 24th December 1892.
An account of one of the many burglaries at this time taking place in the area around Charles Road and Crompton Road.
The home ...
A party of girls about to start for Canada
A party of girls about to start for Canada from the "Emigartion Homes". John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in 1872 as a charitable ...
A Perry Barr Divorce Suit - Assaulting a Wife with a Turkey
This newscutting reports on a divorce suit brought by Agnes Mary Barnes against her husband Frederick James Barnes, a commercial traveller. It was alleged that Barnes had committed adultery with one ...
A Rhubarb Hoax in Handsworth
A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth News" June 30th 1888.
This cutting gives an account of a practical Joke played on a Mr Tomlin, who owned fields in Queens Head Lane.
Someone spread a story ...
A Soldiers Wife For Ladywood