60th anniversary of VE Day in Chamberlain Square : "George Formby" entertains
A tour round a public ARP shelter - sixty years on
During the Second World War air-raid shelters were located in people's gardens but there were also many public shelters too, capable of coping with many people at a time. Some of the back-garden Anderson ...
Air-raid shelter at Parker, Winder & Achurch, Broad Street
An air-raid shelter on sale at Parker, Winder & Achurch Ltd. in Broad Street, Birmingham. This is an Anderson shelter, made of corrugated iron and meant to be erected in a hole with plenty of earth all ...
Alfred Knight VC - Press report on his award
This article is taken from The Weekly Mercury. Use the zoomify tab (plug in download required) to read the full article. Knight’s award was gazetted on 8th November 1917 and the citation read as follows: ...
Alfred Knight VC - the road naming in his honour
The padre says a few words before the unveiling of Alfred Knight Way by his family. Standing to the right is Alfred's grand-daughter Anne Walsh.
Alfred Knight VC from the Post Office Rifles
Alfred is pictured here with his wife Mabel relaxing while on leave from the front. Knight was awarded the Victoria Cross for his series of gallant actions at Ypres on the 19th to 20th September. Knight ...
Alfred Knight Way
The family of the late Alfred Knight VC gathered by the road named in his honour. On 9th November they were present at the opening of this new road in the Park Central development of Birmingham. Knight ...
Alfred Smith - Grave at Keyhill Cemetery
Alfred Smith served with the RAF in World War Two. He was killed on 17th June 1941 and is buried at Keyhill Cemetery in Birmingham. Smith was an aircraftman second class in 218 squadron of the Royal Airforce ...
All Saints Church (reverse of postcard)
This postcard was sent by a mother to her convalescing son, a World War One casualty. Private Harold Willey (16629) survived the War. his convalescence was at the Battenhall Red Cross Hospital in Worcestershire. ...
ARP Shelter toilets at George Road
The toilet cubicles in the shelter are between the main rooms. All of the doors have now gone but some of the pans and cisterns remain, one or two still being apparently useable.
At Davos For The Duration
This article was printed in the Weekly Post. Davos was the home of Christian Kunzle who owned the Kunzle's factory and cake shops in Birmingham. Kunzle came from Davos in Switzerland and every year he ...
Auchinleck at Five Ways
Closeup photograph of the head of the statue of Field Marshall Claude Auchinleck. The shopping centre was named in his honour at Five Ways. Auchinleck died in 1981 at Marrakech.
Avery's Volunteers, Handsworth
Birmingham's "Win the War Day" procession on 21st September 1918. The men in this picture are some of the Avery employees. The firm of Avery made wieghing machines and took over the Soho Foundry site ...
Bell Barn Road - George V Jubilee Party
The residents are gathered at a street party to celebrate the 25th anniversary of George V's accession to the throne. The little girl in the foreground is Sheila Woolridge(with a girl with a headband ...
Birmingham "Tommies" Pierrot Troop
"The Pedlars" - a pierrot troop formed from members of the 2nd Birmingham City Battalion, now on active service. Seated in front is Private Herbert Adams of 225 Lodge Road, Winson Green, Birmingham. This ...
Birmingham lads in Germany
Interesting photograph from The Weekly Mercury of some Birmingham soldiers held as prisoners of war in Germany during World War One. The third from left in the back row is said to be Private J. Godsell ...
Birmingham Library Staff training with the Birmingham Pals
Picture World followed the recruitement and training of the men in the three Birmingham Pals Battalions of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. These men (from the 1st Battalion)are seen training in Yorkshire. ...
Birmingham Pals Reunion in 1965
Closeup copy of the photograph taken at the reunion of the 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Reunion Dinner. The 15th were the second of the "Pals" regiments formed in Birmingham in 1914. The ...