Morris Commercial six-wheeled vehicles

Trade Catalogue of Six-wheeled vehicles manufactured at Morris Commercial Works in Soho, Handsworth. January 9th 1934. Front Cover. 1 of 34. Scann...

Morris Fire Engines

Fire Engines manufactured by Morris Commercial Cars Ltd, Soho, Handsworth. Front Cover. Publication 55b, October 1931. Scanned from original in Lo...

Mrs McGhie: Local Hero

A gallery showing some more of the inspirational work done by Mrs McGhie and Shades Of Black in the Handsworth community. This first picture is ...

Paradise To Reality with Mrs McGhie

Eunice McGhie-Belgrave was born in Jamaica, left there for England in 1957 aged 22 and set up home in Handsworth. This exhibition traces her journe...

Post Office Directory of Staffordshire 1872

The pages for the Handsworth area reproduced here in full. The neighbouring districts of Perry Barr (page 10) and Birchfield (pages 11 and 12) are ...

Prepared: Handsworth in the Blitz

Handsworth endured heavy bombing during the Second World War due to its large number of munitions factories. Due to close proximity the local housi...

Robson's Trade Directory of Birmingham and Sheffield 1839

William Robson's Trade Directory of 1839 is a curious amalgam of the Midlands and Sheffield. Why Sheffield was included is a geographical mystery b...

Sale Catalogue for the contents of Heathfield Hall

George Tangye, a prominent local businessman and engineer leased Heathfield Hall, the former home of James Watt in 1876 and remained there until hi...

Sir John Benjamin Stone and Handsworth

John Benjamin Stone was born in Aston in 1838. Stone was active as a local councillor, magistrate and MP in the Birmingham area. It is though for h...

Sites and Monuments Record

This is a growing exhibition of the Handsworth Parish entries from the Birmingham Sites and Monuments Record (SMR), which is a database of all arch...

Soho Foundry 1797 Inventory

This inventory appears in its entirety, page by page. Boulton & Watt had this factory built in 1796, specifically for the manufacture of their s...

Soho Mint - Catalogue of Machinery and Plant

This sale catalogue appears in its entirety, page by page. 'A Catalogue of the Valuable Machinery and Plant of the Soho Mint... to be Sold by Au...