Alderman Dr Louis Glass, Lord Mayor of Birmingham
Louis Glass, who was born in 1903 in Burton-on-Trent, qualified as a doctor and then, in 1929, was elected onto Birmingham City Council for the Ladywood ward. The committees on which he served reflect ...
Alderman F.C. Clayton, Mayor of Birmingham
Francis Corder Clayton was born in Kelvedon, Essex, in 1843 and came to Birmingham as a young man to work in the chemical manufacturing industry for J. & E. Sturge in Wheeley's Lane. In the 1881 Census ...
Alderman Glass
Louis Glass, who was born in 1903 in Burton-on-Trent, qualified as a doctor and then, in 1929, was elected onto Birmingham City Council for the Ladywood ward. The committees on which he served reflect ...
Alderman William Cook JP
This is an abridged biography of William Cook, the full version is available on this page as a download.
Mr Cook was born on November 28th, 1834, at the village of Kingscourt, near Stroud in Gloucestershire. ...
Alfred Bowkett - Liberal candidate for Ladywood in 1924
This leaflet was part of the campaign ephemera produced for Alfred Bowkett. Bowkett grew up in Ladywood; his first school was Clark Street and he remained in business in the area with his own firm of ...
Birmingham presents Lloyd George with the Freedom of the City
A ticket for the ceremony at the Town Hall when the Council presented David Lloyd George with the Freedom of the City. All presumably went well but many of those present (including Lloyd George) would ...
Captain Alfred John Loftus
By the demise on the 29th ult, of Captain Alfred John Loftus, F.R.G.S, Handsworth has lost one of the most picturesque of her residents. (Captain Loftus lived at 6 Grosvenor Road).
He was born at Darlington, ...
Charles Henry Glassey - Handsworth Conservative Association
This is an abridged version of his biography, the full version being available as a download on this page.
Mr C H Glassey, F.N.S., the indefatigable Secretary of the Handsworth Division Conservative ...
Children's Party at the Council House
Invitation from The Lord Mayor William Adlington Cadbury. The William A. Cadbury Charitable Trust website (www.wa-cadbury.org.uk)has this to say about him...
William was the second son of Richard Cadbury, ...
Council House, Birmingham
The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, built in a classical style in 1874/79. This postcard view has space for the message on the front,which implies that it dates from before 1902. For its time ...
Councillor A. Lane
This is an abridged biography from The Handsworth Magazine. The full biography is available as a download.
Councillor Alfred Lane, of Tudor House (Birchfield Road), Perry Barr, was born at Halesowen, ...
Councillor Arthur Price
This is an abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine, the full version is available as a download.
Upon the retirement of Mr W A Ellis, J.P., from the Handsworth District Council, after being ...
Councillor C.A. Palmer - JP and Cyclist
This is an abridged version of Councillor Palmer's biography. The full version is available as a download. Councillor Palmer in fact lived at Park Hill off Hamstead Hill and not Hamstead Road as this ...
Councillor G H C Hughes
This is an abridged version of the biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download.
George Henry Hughes lived at 3 Trinity Road in Birchfield.
Mr Hughes has, ...
Councillor G.H. Johnstone
This is an abridged version of Councillor Johnstone's biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full biography is available as a download.
He was born in 1841, in a picturesque old cottage, which ...
Councillor George Baines
A newspaper cutting from the Despatch, 22nd November 1905.
Familiar Figures no 797.
A caricature and brief description of the career of George Baines of Handsworth.
He owned 2 of the "best farms in ...
Councillor Henry Loveridge
This is an abridged version of his biography, the full version is available on this page as a download.
Councillor Henry Loveridge, whose recent appointment to the chair of the Finance Committee of ...
Councillor John Edwards
This is an abridged biography from The Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download.
The junior member for Murdock Ward on the Handsworth Urban District Council, Mr John Edwards, ...