Blondin on the Middleway
BLONDIN (1824-1897)was a French tight-rope walker and acrobat, born at St. Omar, France, on the 28th of February 1824. His real name was Jean François Gravelet. When five years old he was sent to ...
The Oratory, Edgbaston
The interior of the Oratory, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, from a postcard. Although the Oratory of St Philip Neri had been founded in 1852 by Cardinal Newman the church seen here was not built until 1903/09, ...
Shakespeare Road and Alexandra Road, Ladywood
Shakespeare Road, Ladywood, looking towards Garbett Street at the bottom of Alexandra Road These Victorian terraces may be undistinguished, but the corner shop with a chimney stack directly above the ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Old toll-gate, Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, as it would have appeared in 1870 (from a 1954 illustration). The gate was erected in 1830 when the turnpike road was opened from Perry Barr to the Old Walsall ...
Wedding at St John's in George Street
Christie (Christopher) Bartley the second eldest Bartley child gets married. Here the wedding party are outside the church of St John in George Street. Chris is just right of centre in the dark suit, ...
Soho House
A view of Matthew Boulton's house in the 1950's, issued as a postcard. The house was acquired by the General Electric Company at the same time for use as a hostel for their apprentices. The structure ...
Ivy House Hotel
The Ivy House public house, Handsworth, situated at 72 Soho Road, on the corner of Soho Road and Ivy Road. This is the 'new' Ivy House, a twentieth-century building that replaced an earlier coaching house ...
Andy Hamilton, Saxophonist, Ralf DeCambre, Guitarist
"Andy Hamilton, saxophonist ,was born in 1918, Port Maria, Jamaica. His first exposure to music was through his family and the church, and he made his first saxaphone out of bamboo. In 1928 he formed ...
All Saints Church
Unknown location.
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 ...
A bride and groom being followed out of the church by wedding guests
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
A baby sitting in front of a pillow
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
A bearded man wearing a suit with a striped tie and patterned turban
There are three pens in the pocket of his suit.
From The Ernest Dyche Collection.
Examples of Grade G photos of children
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
A man and woman signing wedding registry dressed in wedding attire
From The Ernest Dyche Collection.
Two men holding a woman up
From The Ernest Dyche Collection
Two men and a woman, all smartly dressed.
The woman is at the piano, and the men have a violin and drum kit.
From The Ernest Dyche Collection