Advertisement for Wathes, Cattell and Gurden, Birmingham
Undated advertisement for Wathes, Cattell & Gurden Ltd, dairymen, of Nova Scotia Street, Ladywood. The advertisement, featuring their trade name, 'Wacaden', has the look of the 1950s about it and the ...
Adverts from St Thomas's Church Magazine
The church magazine contained many adverts each month from local retailers. Included here are the following: E. Bowkett - Baker and Confectioner of Broad Street, Richard Broomfield - Tailor of Holloway ...
Aerial view of central Lee Bank
This view shows two obvious landmarks from the air - the park to the left and the Holloway Head playing fields to the middle top. Other landmarks are visible too such as St Thomas's Church Tower on Bath ...
Agreement between St Thomas's School and Harry Robert Birch
The agreement drawn up to appoint Harry Birch as headmaster of St Thomas's School. The document was amended on November 13th 1903 to account for out of school activities.
Birch was living in Park Street, ...
Bethel Presbyterian Church
The Bethel Presbyterian Church of Wales on Holloway Head.
Chapman's Mill - by Chris Upton
Turn the clock back a little more than a century and there were genuine windmills to see in Birmingham and not a Dutchman in sight. Perhaps the most famous of them stood in the unlikely location of Holloway ...
Chapman's Windmill and R.Wier on Holloway Head
Chapman’s brick built tower mill stood on the hill overlooking Holloway Head. It is thought to have been constructed in 1745 by Clark’s who were millwrights in Deritend until the late 18th century. There ...
Clergy and officers of St Thomas's Church
St Thomas’ Church, Birmingham
Clergy and Church Officers, 1929
Rector Rev. J Bell, MA, Rural Dean of Edgbaston
Curate Rev. H B Wilson, OBE, MRCS
Church Sister Sister Rhoda
Churchwardens Mr T ...
D. Mason & Company Trade Advert
Mason & Company were Saddlery and Harness makers based at 141/142 Holloway Head. Their activity in the area would have been enhanced by the regular Horsefairs held near their premises. The advert dates ...
Dog And Duck on Holloway Head
The road into Birmingham from Five Ways was known as the "hollow way" due to the rutting of the cart tracks. As you approached the town down the hill you would see the Dog and Duck public house on the ...
Dog And Duck, Holloway Head
A drawing of the Dog And Duck Inn on Holloway Head in 1865. To the rear can be seen Chapman's Mill which gave the name to Windmill Street and Chapman's Passage. The Inn stood about where the garage is ...
Hanson Map of Holloway Head area in 1778
This is a detailed section of the map. Most of the area shown is filled with the orchards and fields which lined the route from Bath Row down into Holloway Head. Note that the very end of the route into ...
Holloway Circus
This island lies between Holloway Head, The Horsefair and Smallbrook Queensway. It contains a mosaic of The Horsefair in its heyday and a plaque to Councillor Thomas for whom the Thomas Gardens on the ...
Holloway Head
Holloway Place, Holloway Head showing a street market, or perhaps a shop spilling out onto the street. It appears to be attracting a crowd. In spite of the shabby surroundings window-boxes are in evidence ...
Holloway Head
A postwar view of the area looking down towards the city. Unusual to see this view without the iconic Sentinels tower blocks.
Holloway Head in 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
Also including the following streets: Holliday Road, Holliday Street, Hollie Lucas Road, Hollier Street, Holly Avenue, Holly Grove, Holly Lane
Holloway Head Playing Field
The sign for the old playing field on Holloway Head is still in situ as of February 2005, though worn with age. Barely readable and severely faded it remains as a reminder of the field's use.
Holloway Head, Chapmans Mill and R. Wier's Store
Chapman’s brick built tower mill stood on the hill overlooking Holloway Head. It is thought to have been constructed in 1745 by Clark’s who were millwrights in Deritend until the late 18th century. There ...