Advertisement for Miss Easter, Ladies' Hair Specialist
Advertisment for Miss Easter, Ladies' Hair Specialist. From 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Advertisement for Peggy's Beauty Saloon
Advertisment for Peggy's Beauty Saloon from the 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Advertisment for Alfred E Stroud, Builder, Plumber, Glazier and Decorator
This advertisment for Alfred E Stroud is from 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Baptist Chapel, Hamstead Road
Designed by J.P.Osborne, Hamstead Road Baptist Chapel, built in 1883, is in the Gothic style of the 14th century.
Bellringers at St Mary's Church
A group portrait of the bellringers at Saint Mary's Church taken sometime in the early 1900's. The only identified person is the gentleman to the far right, A. Paddon Smith. Mr Smith became Lord Mayor ...
Broadway Cinema
The West End Brewery owned by George Hemming & Sons stood at the corner of Wrentham Street in 1889. It was on this site in September 1911 that building began on a cinema. Designed by Harold Seymore Scott ...
Burial Of James Stone at St Mary's Church
The photographer John Benjamin Stone's brother James was a prominent local figure in Handsworth. Most notably he was one of the main promoters of the opeing of Victoria Park. The following is an extract ...
Church Lane & Hamstead Road, Handsworth
This photograph was taken from the corner of Wellington Road, looking to the junction of Church Lane and Hamstead Road.
Church Lane & Hamstead Road, Handsworth
This photograph is a view from Wellington Road, looking to the junction of Church Lane and Hamstead Road.
Corner of Villa Road and Hamstead Road
The writing on the paving reads C.O. O'Neill boundary. The photograph was taken outside the old Post Office.
EJ Thacker and Company: Plumbers, Gasfitters
Thackers were based on Hamstead Road. The pillar in the foreground is reputed to be from Norwood House.
Funeral of Mr. Wainwright in Handsworth
In this diary entry, John Benjamin Stone MP recounts the day of Mr Wainwright's burial in Handsworth.
"Wed July 2nd 1902.
Letters from home saying Mr Wainwright would be buried today.
Left Euston ...
Hamstead Colliery Disaster: The Miners' Last Message
This card was issued following the fire at Hamstead Colliery on March 4th 1908. The miners' names listed are: A.Curtis, J.Guest, H.Watts, T.Cole, T.Johnson and Joe Hodgkiss.The writing on the board was ...
Hamstead Road
Numbers 92 to 98 Hamstead Road are the boarded up houses in the centre of this picture. The building on the left is Taj & Co., butcher's and that on the right is Hamstead Baptist Church.
Hamstead Road
Undated early twentieth century postcard view of Hamstead Road.
Hamstead Road Baptist Church, Handsworth
Hamstead Road Baptist Church, Handsworth. Erected in 1882-3 and designed by the architect John. P. Osborne. Note the storm damage to the spire
Hamstead Road Toll-gate and Toll-house
The toll-gate and toll-house, Hamstead Road, Handsworth, at the Villa Road junction. A large lamp and the table of tolls are on the side of the house facing the gate, which stands wide open for a man ...