"Enter the dream-house, brothers and sisters......."

The foyer of the Odeon Kingstanding was, for a generation, a portal to the best and worst dreams filmland had to offer. It lay only a few miles ...

1918 General Election

The 1918 General Election was held on December 14th and had extra importance due to the recent cease of hostilities in Europe. The economy had obvi...

1922 General Election

David Lloyd George's Coalition Government had endured after the First World War winning the 1918 General Election. George's Liberals and the Conser...

A Survey of the Township of Handsworth, 1794

Extract from Vestry Minutes of St Mary's Church, Handsworth. "At a Vestry Meeting held in Handsworth Church on the 22nd April 1794. It was resolve...

Aeronaut and Entertainer: The exploits of Lempriere

Lieutenant George Philip Lempriere of Handsworth was famous throughout Great Britain and Europe for his balloon ascents and parachute descents. He ...

Best and Lloyd Ltd

Located at Wattville Road for a number of years, the company made a large variety of Electrical light fixtures and fittings. 'Best' Lighting for ...

Boulton & Watt - Weekly Wages Book, 1826-1830

This volume is presented page by page, up to the year 1828. It records weekly wages and includes totals spent on: carpenters, smiths, fitters, b...

Brought To Book - Handsworth Library

The beginnings In the 1880 Kelly's Directory Handsworth is described as 'a fashionable suburb to the north-west of Birmingham, containing many h...

Building The Kingstanding Estate

‘CITY’S NEW SUBURB MAKING THE DESERT BLOOM DEVELOPMENT OF PERRY BARR ON MODERN LINES’ Headlines in the Birmingham News for 21...

Cannon Street Memorial Baptist Church Oral History Project

THE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT The idea for the project was a natural evolution within the Church. Members of the church confided in Pastor Fryer, discl...

Communities in Handsworth after 1945

Text: Malcolm Dick and Rajinder K Dudrah Sections 1. Handsworth Today 2. Handsworth and the Soho Road 3. 1945-1970 4. 1970-1985 5. 1985 ...

Greek Me , 1996

Transparency, wooden clock, metal, perspex, plastic lettering, and interactive lights. 18x18x13 cms. Shown in Intersection 11-20- June 1997. 16-...