Advertisement for Leo A. Hunt, wireless engineer, Lee Bank
In the years before the television age Leo A. Hunt would have been the man you depended on 'for reliable radio'. Which makes it all the more curious that neither he nor his address appears in the Kelly's ...
Aerial view of Woodview
This rare aerial view is from 1967. The tall tower block at the middle top of the photograph is Haddon Tower. To the right of it is St Luke's Church on Bristol Street. Following the road down from St ...
Bates Newsagents, Lee Bank Road, Lee Bank
Bates Newsagents were to be found at 196 Lee Bank Road, Lee Bank, and the shop is seen here in a photograph dating from 1963. Thomas Bates' shop would have been on the east side of Lee Bank Road, but ...
Bruce Harris - Electrical Engineer
Bruce Harris traded on Lee Bank Road and was located right next to Villa Place (which can just be made out in the wall plaque to the left). In the Trade Directory for 1960 he is listed as being next door ...
Edgbaston Tavern
The Edgbaston Tavern at 85 & 86 Lee Bank Road, Lee Bank. Redevelopment after World War II has completely changed this area, and Lee Bank Road has been absorbed into Lee Bank Middleway.
Girls Talk
Photographed on the grass on Lee Bank Road.
Ground preparations
Ground levelling of the area formerly partly occupied by the local park. The view is looking across to Lee Bank Middleway and two of the four blocks at the top of the road.
Hogarth and Faraday House
Looking from Hogarth House towards Faraday House and the Five Ways shopping centre.
Hogarth and Faraday House
In the background is Lee Bank Middleway along with Lee Crescent.
Hogarth House and Lee Bank Road
This photograph was taken by City Engineers to show the retaining wall of Lee Bank itself. This is the white stretch of wall running along the middle distance. Behind it can be seen Lee Crescent and Lee ...
In Memoriam by Raymond Mason
The painting came about as a consequence of Mason's return to Birmingham when his mother had passed away. The area of his youth was itself now "dying" too, bulldozers moving in to demolish the old housing ...
Lea Mason Secondary School
View from Hogarth House of Lea mason Secondary School. This was closed down and is today the St Thomas Centre including the James Brindley School. To the left of the school is Bell Barn Road with the ...
Ledsam Street and Lee Bank Road in 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
Also including the following road: Lee Crescent, Lee Mount, Leek Street, Lees Street, Legge Lane, Legge Street.
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Lee Bank Road
This view was taken in the 1950's. There is no date listed other than that but there is the intriguing information that the picture was taken through a bus window. It had been involved in an accident ...
Lee Bank Road
Taken during the urban renewal of Lee Bank, at this time still known as Edgbaston B15. The road was widened and is now Lee Bank Middleway.
Lee Bank Road
This view of Lee Bank Road is the section coming up to the junction with Lee Mount. Today Lee Bank Road is of course Lee Bank Middleway. The number 8 bus still runs up this road but the shops and houses ...
Lee Bank Road
Undated photograph of Lee Bank Road - now known as Lee Bank Middleway. The garage on the far side of the road is Prestons of Birmingham. In the near foreground is one of the old corporation bus stops, ...
Lee Bank Road
This view of Lee Bank Road is probably at the "top end" approaching Islington Row. The wall just visible to the left is possibly the railway bridge which would make Wheeley's Lane the turn off just visible ...