191 - 201 Soho Road
From left to right the shops are: William Henry Boraston - Supplies/ Groceries, Ernest Richards - Fishmonger and Fruiterer, Thomas Edwin Young - Tailor, Henry Sims - Ironmonger, Corbett and Sons - Printers, ...
A.C. Gurley - Perry Barr Music Stores
Disc sold by A.C. Gurley who traded at 506 Birchfield Road. The record is 78rpm - a format replaced eventually by the 7" single and since then by the compact disc. The song is from a successful musical ...
Acupuncture Statuette
Photographed in a show window on the Soho Road. The statue shows the acupuncture points all over the body! If you bought this statue or know where it is, why not tell the Digital Handsworth Project via ...
Advertisement for Thomas Blood, Coal Merchant
This advertisment for Thomas Bool, Coal Merchant is from 'Handsworth Church Calendar 1937' by B. A. Porter.
Adverts from St Thomas's Church Magazine
The church magazine contained many adverts each month from local retailers. Included here are the following: E. Bowkett - Baker and Confectioner of Broad Street, Richard Broomfield - Tailor of Holloway ...
Adverts from The Oratory church magazine
A whole page of adverts prior to World War Two. It includes adverts from across the city; those specific to this area are as follows:
O. Place at 185 Ledsam Street offering an intriguing combination ...
Adverts from the war years in The Oratory church magazine
A double page spread of adverts from the magazine. they are easier to read by using the "zoomify" tab.
Relevant to the area of this website are the following: Hunts Garage Ltd of 197-199 Hagley Road. ...
Alston Street
Coley's Privision Shop at the junction with Johnstone Street. Both streets have since been demolished but this crossroads lies near to Rodney Close.
Barritt's Bootmakers on Holyhead Road and Crockett's Road
The is picture is from the early twentieth century. Next door to Barritts appears to be a shop specialising in clocks judging from the grandfather clock outside the door behind the bicycle.
Bell barn shopping centre
Located just off Cregoe Street, this is how the one side of the shopping centre looked in 1974. The lady on the right has been identified as local resident Gladys Nend. Her sister still lives in the area ...
Bell Barn Shopping Centre
Located just off Cregoe Street, this is how it looked in August 2004. Left in business then were the Select and Save (visible to the left) and the chip shop to the right. The area was one of the last ...
Benmore Stores
Benmore Stores, on the Benmore Avenue estate, an area redeveloped between Pershore Road and Bristol Road where the two roads run parallel to each other.
Best and Lloyd Ltd
Located at Wattville Road for a number of years, the company made a large variety of Electrical light fixtures and fittings.
'Best' Lighting for Hotels and Restaurants. Trade Catalogue.
Front Cover. ...
Big bargains at Bradshaws
Advert placed in the Evening Despatch during Bradshaw's closure period. This one is noteworthy for it's appeal directly to male customers. Most of the local residents who remember Bradshaw's would agree ...
Birmingham Household Supply Association Ltd
The Birmingham Household Supply Association traded on Corporation Street in Birmingham City Centre, selling all manner of goods for the home. Advert taken from the programme for the Saint James' Church ...
Bradshaws - Shut after 54 years
The day Bradshaws closed only received this short report in the Evening Despatch. It closed at noon on 29th March 1958 after 54 years open in Cregoe Street.
Bradshaws awaiting demolition
The Cregoe/ Irving Street half of the shop closed and awaiting the bulldozers. The clock has noticeably gone already and to the right can be seen Wright and Platt who were on Irving Street for many years. ...
Bradshaw's closes - Queues for the last time
Article from the Evening Despatch on the closure of Bradshaw's Stores in Cregoe Street. The store closed in 1958 after 54 years open to the public. Bernard Bradshaw, the owner, had considered a new store ...