Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
The unprepossessing Birchfield Road entrance to Perry Barr Stadium, the dog track and speedway circuit at the junction of Walsall and Aldridge Roads. From a private photographic survey of buildings demolished ...
Nineveh Road, 1906
Looking up Nineveh Road. The site of bull baiting in Handsworth and the tree from which the spectators used to watch
Nineveh Road, Handsworth
Nineveh Road, Handsworth, looking towards Bacchus Road, 1906. Bull baiting was recorded on this site as late as 1829, the spectators allegedly watching from the tree.
The Eternal Optimist
Man studying the form at Ladbrokes on Soho Road