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Atlas Works, Oozells Street.

Jack Daggett Powell and Norman Bartlam at the site of the former Atlas Works Oozells Street. The photograph held by Norman shows the factory building as it looked in 1986, taken from the canal island ...

Birmingham Public Libraries Book Exchange Service

This photograph shows the delivery van outside the old Central Library at Ratcliffe Place. The lady looks very much like the stereotypical image of a librarian!

Brighter Birmingham 1943 leaflet, page 1.

page 1 of 4 of this events leaflet produced by Birmingham City Council in the summer of 1943. The idea was to provide entertainment in public areas to help alleviate wartime stress for the people of ...

Brighter Birmingham 1943 leaflet, page 2.

Page 2 of this 1943 leaflet which features events held in Kings Heath Park, Kingstanding, Lightwoods Park, Muntz Park, Northfield Park and Pype Hayes Park.

Bristol Street

It was clearly a sunny day on 7 September 1949 when this photograph was taken in Bristol Street. The view is looking north towards the city centre and the church on the right is Old Meeting Church. On ...

Centenary Square

Centenary Square lies just off Broad Street which is running North/South to the left of this picture. Five of Birmingham's most imposing buildings are in this scene. The tall glass building to the rear ...

Churchill in Birmingham

Pictures from The Birmingham Gazette of Winston Churchill's tour of Birmingham. He stopped to speak in the city centre to the crowds.

Clydesdale Tower, Holloway Head, Lee Bank

Clydesdale Tower is one of the two Sentinel Towers in Holloway Head, Lee Bank, overlooking Holloway Circus. The view is looking southward along Bristol Street, with the dome of the Catholic Church of ...

Joseph Chamberlain's Funeral

This image shows the Chamberlain family around the graveside. At the head of the grave is the vicar and to the right, leaning over the grave, are Austen and Neville Chamberlain.

Joseph Chamberlain's Funeral

This previously unpublished image shows the gravediggers moving in to finish work after the Chamberlain family had left the funeral. It has a real air of finality to it, after all he had achieved in life ...

Joseph Chamberlain's Funeral at Key Hill Cemetery

This view of the funeral was taken at the end of the graveside service. Joseph's son Austen is wearing a top hat and talking possibly to his half-brother Neville. Alternatively Neville could be the man ...

Joseph Chamberlain's Funeral at Key Hill Cemetery

This exhibition contains previously unpublished images. They were not professionally taken and are the only record of the burial of this great man. Chamberlain, MP and former Lord Mayor of Birmingham, ...

Julius Alfred Chatwin - Architect

Julius Alfred Chatwin, (1830-1907) was educated at King Edward VI School in New St, started work with the local building contractors Branson & Gwyther. In 1851 he was articled to the firm of Charles Barry. ...

Our Libraries: Celebrating 150 Years of Birmingham Public Libraries!

This gallery was put together to celebrate 150 years of Birmingham's public libraries. The celebrations include a series of free events comprising of talks, family activities and displays at Community ...

Superprix Pass

Sponsor's pass for the 1989 Superprix event in Birmingham over the August Bank Holiday. Part of the track followed the middleway that runs through the Lee Bank area and along Bristol Street. The hospitality ...

The Birmingham and Wolverhampton Canal, Birmingham

The last (or first) few metres of the Birmingham and Wolverhampton Canal are seen here as it passes under Broad Street and heads for the Gas Street basin. Late 20th-century redevelopment, including the ...

The Middleway Blocks

This is another one from May Williams. May took several pictures around the blocks. At the time they may have seemed rather uninteresting but they now act as a record of the commonplace and serve as a ...

Three Towers

To the left is Cleveland Tower and to the right is Clydesdale Tower. These at one time were the tallest residential blocks in the city centre. In between them is Beetham Tower under construction. When ...

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