1. Handsworth Today
Text: Malcolm Dick
Handsworth represents many of the features of contemporary Birmingham:
• A change in the local economy from manufacturing to service industries. As local manufacturing has ...
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 quiet Soho Road
Early morning on Soho Road and a contrast to the normal traffic laden images.
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 ...
Advert for the "Elite" Picture House
The Elite cinema opened on 30th September 1913 at 116 Soho Road which lies between Thornhill Road and Stafford Road. The proprietor was Lizzie Mann and the first film shown was "Bread Upon The Water". ...
Advert for William Bruckshaw - Butcher
William Bruckshaw traded at 139 Soho Road, which is located near to the junction with Waverhill Road.
The advert is from the Handsworth Church Bazaar of October 1893.
Aerial photograph of the area around Soho Road
A 1955 aerial photograph covering the area; road names, prominent buildings and place names have been overlaid in white to aid recognition. Handsworth Park is visible in the North East corner of the photograph.
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Aerial photograph of the Handsworth Park area
A 1955 aerial photograph covering the area; road names, prominent buildings and place names have been overlaid in white to aid recognition. Also clearly visible in the photograph are the Soho Road, Saint ...
African Liberation Day, 1977
African Liberation Day demonstration 1977
Arthur Rose - Butcher and S. Darlington - Newsagent
Two adverts from the programme for the Saint James' Church Fair held at the New Inns Assembly Rooms between November 20th to 23rd 1929. Arthur Rose simply conveys he is a butcher while S. Darlington expands ...
Asian Youths, Holyhead School
"It is summertime, and Asian pupils from Holyhead School, Handsworth playfully pose for the camera." Pogus Caesar, February 2003
Austin Road United Church of God Crusade, Handsworth.
A procession through the streets of Handsworth spreading the gospel and seeking new members for the church. The power of gospel song to inspire and unite, to uplift and give strength to the oppressed ...
Band Playing at the Red Lion
Beehive, Soho Hill
Dominoes is an important game for African Caribbean men. It is played passionately and noisily. The game pictured here is taking place in the Beehive Pub on Soho Road.
Black Expressions Theatre Group
This was one of the first black theatre groups set up in the area. They used to meet at the top of Villa Road
Boy & Butcher Shop
This photgraph was taken because the striking stripey trousers that the boy is wearing look like they have been made out of the canopy material from the shop. This is Walter Smith butcher shop and it ...
Boy Scouts in Handsworth Park
The annual Scout Jamboree held in Handsworth Park.
C.H. Beddoe - Antiques
Beddoe traded on the Soho Road at number 107 (one shop away from the junction with Holliday Road) selling, and buying, antiques. His advert is interesting as it tells us the kind of items he was looking ...