Handsworth Views by Allen Edward Everitt

Everitt (1824-1882) was a prolific Birmingham artist and antiquarian whose watercolours and line and wash drawings are an important visual record o...

Lithographs of Perry Hall by Charles Walter Radclyffe

Charles Walter Radclyffe (1817-1903). Radclyffe was born in Birmingham, the son of William Radclyffe, and lived and worked in Monument Lane for muc...

'Matthew Boulton' Pattern Book 2

This gallery shows Matthew Boulton Pattern Book 2, one of a series containing designs for silver, ormolu and plated ware produced by Boulton and Fo...

Midland Vietnamese Community Association

The Midlands Vietnamese Community Association (MVCA) is the principal Vietnamese community organisation in Birmingham. Throughout its 18-year exist...

Oral Histories of Handsworth - Interviews with Helen Lloyd

Helen Lloyd recorded interviews for BBC national and local radio for many years. In 1998, she was appointed West Midlands Producer for the BBC Ora...

Portraits of Famous people from Handsworth

This pencil drawing of Jamelia was created by Wan Tameze from Broadway School. This and the other portraits in this gallery were produced as part ...

Roy Douglas with his 'family and friends'.

Roy Douglas, a self taught artist and sculptor lives in Handsworth. Roy was born in Jamaica and came to England in 1959.The works he creates often ...

Saint Mary's Baptismal Register

This exhibition includes examples of Saint Mary's registers of baptisms from the nineteenth century. Select the decade you require by clicking o...

The Austins and elsewhere by Elizabeth Jane Hasluck

Elizabeth was the wife of Daniel Sidney Hasluck and they lived at The Austins. Elizabeth presented a bound volume of 28 of her watercolours to her ...

Threads through Time

Soho House Museum celebrated its 10th birthday in 2005. The Asian Women's Textile Groups wanted to celebrate by designing and making some costumes ...

Valuation of the buildings, lands, tithes and premises of Handsworth in 1794

Compiled in 1794 by J. Bishton and Richard Fowler, this document lists the occupiers and proprietors of land in the Handsworth and Perry Barr areas...