ARP Holyhead Road Area in Handsworth
Hand-drawn Sketch plan of streets and area covered by ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Holyhead Road Sub-division Group C26, with a hand-written list of roads and corresponding numbers of houses, and location ...
Handsworth Dairies
Handsworth Dairies opened in 1910 at Woodville Cottage on the corner of Forge Lane, the proprietors being Valentine and Carleton White. In 1917 they moved to 138 Holyhead Road and then in 1924 onto Island ...
Handsworth Golf Club
The original 9 hole course was laid out in 1895 on land surrounding The Austins now Sandwell Recreation Ground).
The club moved to its present site in 1896 on land leased from the Earl of Dartmouth. ...
Island Lane, Handsworth
Island Lane, Handsworth, seen from Sandwell Road in 1906
Island Lane, Handsworth
Island Lane, now Island Road, Handsworth. 1906
Island Road
Looking towards Handsworth Dairies on the right hand side. A white dairy van is pulling out on the right.
Island Road looking towards Fell Grove
Island Road, Handsworth
Island Road, Handsworth
Island Road, Handsworth
View of Island Lane (now Island Road) looking towards Sandwell Lane, Handsworth. 1905
Lodge Corner, Handsworth
Lodge Corner, Handsworth, at the junction of Island and Sandwell Lanes, viewed from Sandwell Lane. 1906
Lodge Corner, Handsworth
Lodge Corner, Handsworth, at the junction of Island and Sandwell Lanes, from the grounds of the Lodge. 1906
Mike Jones interview
Mike Jones was born in Birmingham in 1926. Both his parents were both deaf and mute and, with no Welfare State to support them, life was a great struggle. His account of his childhood gives a vivid picture ...
Milk Float in Handsworth
A horse-drawn milk float from the Island Road dairy. The float is number 29. The photograph probably dates from the years up to the outbreak of the Second World War.
Sandwell Road and Island Road, Handsworth
This photograph is taken from the point where Sandwell Road and Island Road converge. The building in the centre of the picture is that of Handsworth Dairies which continued operation until the late ...
Sandwell Road, Handsworth
Sandwell Road, Handsworth, nearly opposite Island Road, in 1906