Car crash in Edgbaston
This newscutting from the Birmingham Gazette of 2 December 1924 reports a road accident in Hagley Road, Edgbaston. Two people in the car escaped with their lives when the vehicle skidded and hit a tramcar ...
Church of the Redeemer, Edgbaston
The Church of the Redeemer, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, in a postcard view. This was a Baptist church and was built by James Cubitt in 1881/82. It was demolished in the 1970s.
Church Of The Redeemer, Hagley Road
The Church of The Redeemer, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, was a Baptist church, built on land on the corner of Wyndham Road donated by local benefactor William Middleton. It was designed by James Cubitt and ...
Edgbaston Assembly Rooms, Francis Road, Edgbaston
Edgbaston Assembly Rooms, on the corner of Francis Road and Hagley Road, Edgbaston. The building was erected in 1884, and this photograph was taken around 1890 by W. Horton of Francis Road. In the background ...
Father Christmas comes to Lewis's
Advert printed in the Birmingham Evening Mail. Every year Lewis's Department Store in Birmingham City Centre would welcome Father Christmas. His arrival at the Grotto was preceded by a tour across Birmingham. ...
Five Ways School Magazine
Front cover of the Five Ways School Magazine, Christmas term 1939.
The sketch shows the fromnt of the building as it appeared at the time. The school moved to Bartley Green in 1958. The original building ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
Postcard view of Five Ways, Edgbaston, possibly just after the First World War. The sparse road traffic includes a motor bus and a motorcycle with sidecar, as well as a horse-drawn vehicle and, in the ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
View looking towards Hagley Road,Edgbaston, from Five Ways. The tall building in the background is King Edward's Grammar School, Five Ways. Also in this postcard view is the statue of Joseph Sturge. The ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
A quiet scene at Five Ways, Edgbaston, where the only traffic appears to be a solitary cyclist carefully riding between the tramlines. The view is looking westwards up Hagley Road with the statue of Joseph ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
In this aerial view of Five Ways, Edgbaston, the new Five Ways traffic system is at an advanced stage of construction. The island itself is in use, although the single vehicle heading for the underpass ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
This view of Five Ways, Edgbaston, dates from 1969 and brings out the scale of the redevelopment in the 1960s. The construction of the underpass is in progress, the view being from Hagley Road towards ...
Five Ways, Edgbaston
An early postcard of Five Ways, Edgbaston, dating from around 1900. The view is looking westward along Hagley Road. To the left is the 1862 monument commemorating philanthropist Joseph Sturge; to the ...
George Onions VC
George Onions won the Victoria Cross in the First World War with the Devonshire Regiment. He managed to take 247 German soldiers prisoner and bring them back to British lines, with the assistance of one ...
Hagley Road
a trolley bus moving along Hagley Road early in the twentieth century.
Hagley Road, Edgbaston
Hagley Road, Edgbaston, from an early postcard. The view is looking eastwards towards the city at a time when the amount of traffic was rather a contrast to the scene today. Just beyond the shops is the ...
Hagley Road, Edgbaston
View of Hagley Road, Edgbaston, looking eastwards towards the city centre. The building on the left is the Plough and Harrow Hotel, on the corner of Plough and Harrow Road. The view must date from around ...
Hagley Road, Edgbaston
An early postcard view of Hagley Road, Edgbaston. If the building with the chimneys behind the trees is indeed the Plough & Harrow Hotel the camera is looking westwards. A variety of horse-drawn traffic ...
Hagley Road, Edgbaston
Hagley Road, Edgbaston, from a tinted postcard dating from the later 19th century. The scene is possibly the junction of Plough & Harrow Road and Highfield Road, looking towards the city. Curiously the ...