Back garden at 271 Balsall Heath Road
Pamela and Keith Whitehouse and friend Stephen Blakemore, relax in the garden with pet dog ‘Trudy`. Keith says “The garden was large with a number of trees including apple trees”. Beyond the fencing can ...
Balsall Heath Panthers
Balsall Heath Panthers was the original name of the present day Sandwell Cycle Speedway Club. The club was founded in 1948 and raced on a bomb site in Balsall Heath Road. A gentleman by the name of Charlie ...
Balsall Heath Panthers Cycle Club
Racing on their track which was a converted former bomb site on Balsall Heath Road.
Balsall Heath Panthers Cycle Club
Racing on their track which was a converted former bomb site on Balsall Heath Road.
Balsall Heath Panthers Cycle Club
A crowd watching the Panthers in action on their track alongside Balsall Heath Road.
Balsall Heath Panthers Cycle Club
A crowd watching the Panthers in action on their track alongside Balsall Heath Road. It is noticeable that there appears to be no barrier for the crowd to stand behind at all!
Balsall Heath Panthers Cycle Club
The Panthers in action on their track alongside Balsall Heath Road.
Balsall Heath Road
Numbers 94-96 Balsall Heath Road shown here in 1972.
Balsall Heath Road 2002
Balsall Heath Road, looking towards the Five Ways. The high rise blocks in the background were, mostly, built in the early 1960s and refurbished in the 1980s and 1990s.
Bomb damage on Balsall Heath Road
Damaged houses on Balsall Heath Road which was taken after an air raid in the blitz on Birmingham. Balsall Heath was heavily bombed during the Second World War.
Civvy Street in Balsall Heath
Frederick Whitehouse went back to his job in Civvy-Street as an electro-plater. Wife Muriel had a job in management with Pinnick’s the furniture store on the corner of Longmore Street and Balsall Heath ...
Houses in Balsall Heath Road
Keith Whitehouse's family had to leave No 271 Balsall Heath Rd in 1968 because of the clearance. Keith says, “My memories of the house and Balsall heath are fantastic and at the time I didn’t want to ...
Released to Balsall Heath
Sapper 2144260 F. Whitehouse (born 1917) is released on 30th June 1946. He served with the Royal Engineers. Inside the record of war credits, Fred's Release Book shows he collected War Credits from Gooch ...
The Balsall Heath Panthers
The origins of the club go back to 1947 when Charlie Humphrey, who lived in Balsall Heath Road and attended Dennis Road School, was shown a cycle speedway bike by one of his school friends and began laying ...
The Balsall Heath Panthers
An action photograph of the Balsall Heath Panthers in action on their newly laid track in Balsall Heath Road.
The Balsall Heath Panthers
This photograph shows a little more of the bomb-site location which was home to the Panthers for their early years.
The Balsall Heath Panthers
Possibly one of the sunday morning crowds which gathered to watch the Panthers race. The shops in the background were pulled down as part of the later urban renewal of the area. It was by tracing the ...
The Balsall Heath Panthers
Another image from the early years of this cycle speedway team who raced on Balsall Heath Road. At this point there is no safety rail on the outside of the track. The crowd seem to enjoying the race, ...