Advertisement for Cross's Stores Ltd.
Advertisment for Cross's Stores who sold groceries and provisions and were specialists in tea and coffee. They had branches at Villa Cross, Herbert Road, Birchfield Road and Kingstanding.
From 'Handsworth ...
Aerial photograph of the Hurlingham Road and Warren Farm Road area
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 the Kingstanding area around Kingstanding Road
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 the Kingstanding Circle
A 1955 aerial photograph covering the area; road names, prominent buildings and place names have been overlaid in white to aid recognition. Visible roads include Rough ROad and Kingstanding Road.
Bandy Wood Cottages
The game of Bandy which was played in the woods was a game similar to hockey. The cottages (one shown here) were well known in the 1930s when this picture was taken.
Bandywood Cottages, Kingstanding
Bandywood Cottages, Kingstanding, in the 1930s. They were situated in the Bandy Woods, where at one time a game called bandy was played.
Bandywood Road, Kingstanding
Bandywood Road on the Kettlehouse Farm Estate, Kingstanding. 20th October 1934
Beacon Road, Kingstanding
An autumnal scene in Beacon Road, Kingstanding
Beech Tree Cottages, Kingstanding
Beech Tree Cottages, Kingstanding, in 1929. This is one of a group of terraced cottages collectively known as Beech Tree Cottages near the Hare & Hounds public house.
Bendall Road, Kingstanding
Street party in Bendall Road, Kingstanding, to celebrate the Coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953
Birchfield Picture House
The Birchfield, on the corner of Bragg Road and Birchfield Road, was opened in about 1912 and closed down on 3rd March 1962. For some years it was used as a greengrocer's, and until the 1990's it was ...
Building The Kingstanding Estate
‘CITY’S NEW SUBURB
MAKING THE DESERT BLOOM
DEVELOPMENT OF PERRY BARR ON MODERN LINES’
Headlines in the Birmingham News for 21st April 1928.
As early as 1913 an inquiry ...
City Day Nursery, Dunedin Road, Kingstanding
City Day Nursery, Dunedin Road (near the Circle), Kingstanding
College Road looking onto Kingstanding Road
Junction of Kingstanding Road (left) & College Road (right), Kingstanding. 14th September 1932
College Road, Kingstanding
College Road near the junction with Holly Lane, Kingstanding. View looking south, 2nd March 1927. Holly Lane (now Kingstanding Road) is behind the buildings.
College Road, Kingstanding
College Road, Kingstanding, at the Crossway Lane junction. 1933
College Road, Kingstanding
College Road, Kingstanding, at its junction with Kingstanding Road (on the left) in 1931. Where the roads meet a sign points towards Sutton to the right and advertisements for cigarettes figure prominently....
College Road, Kingstanding
College Road, Kingstanding, looking towards the canal from Crossway Lane, 2nd March 1927