Franchise Street, Perry Barr
Mrs Lily Burrows in the front garden of her home in Franchise Street, Perry Barr. Part of the Birmingham Polytechnic complex is visible in the background.
No Fireguards - Birmingham Children Burnt to Death
This newscutting deals with the inquests into the deaths of two children, one from Franchise Street, Perry Barr. The mother of two year old Kate West was upstairs when she heard Kate screaming in the ...
Suspicious Death in Birmingham
This newscutting from the G.H. Osborne collection deals with the inquest into the death of William Newton of Franchise Street, Perry Barr. He had been out drinking at the Freeholder's Arms and the next ...
The Danger of Tinned meats.
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail August 3rd 1893.This is a report following the inquest into the death of of a young girl who died as a result of eating rabbit from a damaged tin. The tinned ...
Weary of Life - Shocking Case at Perry Barr
This newscutting from the G.H. Osborne Collection gives details of the case of eleven year old Edith Johnson. She lived with her father and stepmother in Franchise Street, Perry Barr and was a pupil ...