Auchinleck at Five Ways
Closeup photograph of the head of the statue of Field Marshall Claude Auchinleck. The shopping centre was named in his honour at Five Ways. Auchinleck died in 1981 at Marrakech.
Chamber Of Commerce, Harborne Road, Edgbaston
In the 1950s the Calthorpe estate commissioned their own plan for future development from local architect John Madin, probably the first such town-planning framework to be commissioned by a private urban ...
Cilla Black and David Warner
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967.
Cilla Black and David Warner at Five Ways
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967. The bus is a number 9 to Quinton.
Cilla Black and David Warner at Five Ways
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967. The bus is a 130.
Cilla Black filming at Five Ways
In 1967 the singer Cilla Black made her acting debut in the film "Work...Is A Four Letter Word". The Birmingham weekly paper called The Planet ran a feature on the filming which took place in and around ...
Cilla Black meets the public at Five Ways
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967. With Cilla is her co-star David Warner.
Clock by Shakar, Mosha, Christopher, Tammy and Emma T.
The story of the Five Ways Clock by pupils from Woodview Primary School. Use the zoom" button to look more closely.
Communication Row
Today Communication Row features the Nautical Club and the back entrance to ITNet Ltd. Here 100 years earlier it features back to back housing of the type so common across the city centre. The turn around ...
Courts 23 and 24 in William Street.
Early twentieth century view of William Street Court Houses. At this time William Street ran across Bishopsgate Street and through the area now known as Shepherd's Gardens.
David Warner and Cilla Black
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967.
Five Ways Estate
Taken in 1992. This view is of the estate before the regeneration programme commenced. Principal difference on this photograph is the original roofing which has now been replaced by a futuristic part ...
Five Ways School Magazine
Front cover of the Five Ways School Magazine, Christmas term 1939.
The sketch shows the fromnt of the building as it appeared at the time. The school moved to Bartley Green in 1958. The original building ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Five Ways, Edgbaston, looking down Islington Row. This postcard view of 1921 shows the statue of Joseph Sturge, which was erected in 1862. Joseph Sturge (1793-1859) was a Quaker businessman active in ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
In this aerial view of Five Ways, Edgbaston, the new Five Ways traffic system is at an advanced stage of construction. The island itself is in use, although the single vehicle heading for the underpass ...
Gravestone in the Jewish Cemetery
The disused cemetery stands next to the railway line which at one time threatened the site. The walls of the cemtetery have a slight historical interest as there is now so little in the immediate area ...
Harry and Arthur Sadler on William Street
The young Sadler brothers are pictured here outside their home on William Street. The Sadler family had no connection with Islington Motors, whose van they are posing next to. The company were based on ...
King Edwards School
An account in words and pictures of King Edwards' School Five Ways by pupils -Craig, Jerome, Serene, Nyle, Damon, Bethany of Woodview Primary School.