1. Handsworth Today
Text: Malcolm Dick
Handsworth represents many of the features of contemporary Birmingham:
• A change in the local economy from manufacturing to service industries. As local manufacturing has ...
100 Soho Hill
The Royal British Legion Club stands to the right of the picture.
100 Soho Hill, Handsworth
107 Edward Rd
This section of the road has since been demolished. At one time Edward Road had dozens of local shops offering a wide range of goods. Today only a few remain - mostly around the junction with Cannon Hill ...
117 Great Colmore Street
Alfred Kilby's butcher's shop at 117 Great Colmore Street, decked out for Christmas. Although this was a butcher's shop for some years it only traded under Mr Kilby's name from 1895 to 1897, so the photograph ...
170 Belgrave Road
A yard area identified as the above but covering several addresses. The washing drying on the line and the open windows attest to a sunny day.
179 Church Hill Road
Elsmere Villa School was run here by Miss Annie Sharp in 1898.
191 - 201 Soho Road
From left to right the shops are: William Henry Boraston - Supplies/ Groceries, Ernest Richards - Fishmonger and Fruiterer, Thomas Edwin Young - Tailor, Henry Sims - Ironmonger, Corbett and Sons - Printers, ...
1984 Carnival
"It's a Knockout" meant playing some unusual games in costume. These are some of the simpler costumes from the 1984 contest. In years gone by carnival and sports events sometimes ran on different days ...
1999 Carnival
The 1999 parade on Edward Rd seen from the front. The procession is heading up and onto the Moseley Road.
19A Wellington Road
More information on this house in Wellington Road would be gratefully received.
19b Wellington Road
More information on this house in Wellington Road would be gratefully received.
259 and 260 Great Colmore Street
Undated photograph by the Public Works Dept of Birmingham Corporation. part of the housing which had stood for many years in Lee Bank and subsequently demolished as part of the urban renewal of the area. ...
35 Bell Barn Road, Lee Bank
Although the original caption to this Public Works Department photograph calls it 35 Bell Barn Road, Lee Bank, the address does not appear in Kelly's Directory. However, when this photograph was taken ...
35 Summer Road, Lee Bank
The name Mitchells & Butlers can be seen over the front of 35 Summer Road, Lee Bank, and indeed directories of the time list Mrs Doreen Taylor of 35 Summer Road as a beer retailer. The photograph was ...
356 Moseley Road
Three bay 2 storey painted brick villa Circa 1830-40. At the time of this picture it was, sadly, in a state of disrepair and covered with graffiti. The property illustrates the affluence and wealth of ...
360-2 Moseley Road
Semi-detached pair of two bay 2 storey villas Circa 1830-40. This building is immediately adjacent to 356 which was built around the same time. This building was better maintained at the time since it ...