A curious tramcar fatality
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail, 3rd October 1891.
This cutting gives details of the inquest into the death of Walter, Charles Hewitt from Birchfield Road.
Mr Hewitt had tried to jump off ...
A Freak Chicken
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Weekly Post, September 30th 1905.
The article shows an illustration and description of a four legged chicken.
The bird was one of a hatch of Plymouth Rock chickens ...
A Grand Concert
A cutting from the Handsworth Herald announcing a Grand Concert in the grounds of the Old Crown and Cushion on Birchfield Road in aid of the Perry Barr Reservists Fund. There is still a pub called the ...
A Runaway Horse
A newspaper cutting from the "Mercury" June 1906.This sketch is taken from the G.H. Osborne Newscuttings collection. A short article in the Handsworth Herald describes the incident as follows:
"On Monday ...
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 ...
Advertisement for Cross's Stores Ltd.
Advertisment for Cross's Stores who sold groceries and provisions and were specialists in tea and coffee. They had branches at Villa Cross, Herbert Road, Birchfield Road and Kingstanding.
From 'Handsworth ...
Aerial photograph of area around Westminster Road and Birchfield Road
A 1955 aerial photograph covering the area, road names, prominent buildings and place names have been overlaid in white to aid recognition.
Arden Road, Perry Barr
Arden Road, off Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, from a postcard
Barclay's Bank, 339 Birchfield Road
The north-east corner of the junction of Aston Lane and Birchfield Road. The prominent corner building is Barclay's Bank at 339 Birchfield Road. Wimbush's the baker's shop next door is now (2003) Gregg's ...
Birchfield Branch Library
This building on Birchfield Road was once known as the Perry Barr Institute. It became Birchfield Library, a satellite of Handsworth Library in September 1897, when the two front rooms began to be used, ...
Birchfield Picture House
The Birchfield, on the corner of Bragg Road and Birchfield Road, was opened in about 1912 and closed down on 3rd March 1962. For some years it was used as a greengrocer's, and until the 1990's it was ...
Birchfield Road
Numbers 293 to 311 Birchfield Road, eastern side, the section between The Broadway on the right and Bragg Road on the left of the picture. Lloyds Bank is at 301 and A.G. Scrivener Ltd., butchers at number ...
Birchfield Road
A photograph of Birchfield Road taken facing towards Perry Barr. On the right it shows the section between Bragg Road in the distance and the nearer Thornbury Road. The building on the far side of Bragg ...
Birchfield Road
Numbers 349 to 35 Birchfield Road, eastern side, the section running northwards from Aston Lane. The white building to the left of the picture is The New Crown and Cushion Public House.
Birchfield Road flats by the underpass
Birchfield Road School, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road School, Perry Barr, photographed in April 1959
Birchfield Road, Handsworth
Postcard view of Birchfield Road, Handsworth
Birchfield Road, Handsworth
Postcard of Birchfield Road in Handsworth, posted on July 23rd 1904.