Aerial photograph of the area around Soho Road
A 1955 aerial photograph covering the area; road names, prominent buildings and place names have been overlaid in white to aid recognition. Handsworth Park is visible in the North East corner of the photograph.
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Councillor T E Forsyth - Lawyer
This abridged biography is from The Handsworth Magazine.The full biography is available as a download.
Thomas Edward Forsyth lived at 60 Thornhill Road in Handsworth.
He is a native of the county ...
Handsworth Police Court
An illustration from the "Handsworth Herald", 4th February 1893, showing the recently completed Police Court building in Thornhill Road.
Taken from the G.H. Osborne newscuttings collection
Handsworth Riots: Petition to local police
"Journalist interviewing resident regarding submission of petition to police at Thornhill Road Police Station." Pogus Caesar, February 2003.
Handsworth Riots: Petition to Thornhill Rd Police Station
"During the Handsworth disturbances, members of the local community walk in peaceful protest to Thornhill Road Police Station, where they deliver a peaceful petition. Issues raised included police brutality, ...
Handsworth Riots: Petitioner talking to Police Officer
"People from the community were petitioning about false imprisonment and brutality and other concerns.. A man talks to a police officer after handing in a petition at Thornhill Road Police Station." Pogus ...
Pigeon Park
This was open land at the corner of Thornhill Road and Soho Road where St Michaels School used to be. We used to know it as "pigeon park", people would throw food down for the pigeons to eat, on a daily ...
Rhodes Almshouses
The Almshouses were erected in 1871 at the behest of Mrs Matilda Juliana Rhodes in memory of her husband John Rhodes. It contained separate sets of rooms to accomodate sixteen ladies in reduced circumstances....
Thornhill House, Soho Road, Handsworth
Thornhill House, Handsworth. It was occupied in the eighteenth century by John Scales who worked at the Soho Manufactory. James Watt junior lived there prior to moving to Aston Hall, then Matthew Boulton's ...