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 Distinct Sensation'
This newscutting tells of a young lady from Perry Barr who had ventured out in her furs for the first time that autumn. As she got on the tram and passed down the car the other passengers began to blink ...
A Freak Chicken
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Weekly Post, September 30th 1905.
The article shows an illustration and description of a four legged chicken.
The bird was one of a hatch of Plymouth Rock chickens ...
A Grand Concert
A cutting from the Handsworth Herald announcing a Grand Concert in the grounds of the Old Crown and Cushion on Birchfield Road in aid of the Perry Barr Reservists Fund. There is still a pub called the ...
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 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 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 Runaway Horse
A newspaper cutting from the "Mercury" June 1906.This sketch is taken from the G.H. Osborne Newscuttings collection. A short article in the Handsworth Herald describes the incident as follows:
"On Monday ...
A Tale of Starvation
A newspaper cutting from the Handsworth Herald, May 13th 1905. This is a report on the discovery of a semi-concious man being found lying in Rocky Lane.
It was later discovered by Police-constable Potts ...
A Warning
At this date there were a large number of complaints about the quality of the tram service from Perry Barr into Birmingham. This cutting from the East Birmingham News is a poem about a youth who wanted ...
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 ...
Advert for the Perfect Thrift Building Society
From 1891. Most of the city would have lived in rented accommodation and this is an early example of attempts made to improve the lot of the working people.
Aerial photograph of area around Aldridge Road Recreation Ground
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.3 of 89 in the volume. ...
Aerial Photograph of area around Great Barr Park
A 1955 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.1 of 89 in ...
Aerial photograph of area around Perry Barr Locks
A 1955 aerial photograph covering the area; road names, prominent buildings and place names have been overlaid in white to aid recognition.
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. ...
Aerial photograph of area east of Perry Barr Reservoir
A 1955 aerial photograph covering the area; road names, prominent buildings and place names have been overlaid in white to aid recognition.
Aldridge Road
Aldridge Road on 3rd April 1928.