"Cyclists on Teacup Track" at Victoria Park

Agreement between Lieut. Lempriere and 'Blanche & Diacoff' to perform "Cyclists on Teacup Track" twice daily at Victoria Park, Handsworth on 24th a...

"Percy Victor and his Troupe of Dogs" booked for Victoria Park

Agreement between Lieut. Lempriere and Percy Victor to perform twice daily with his troupe of dogs at Victoria Park, Handsworth, on 24th and 25th J...

191 - 201 Soho Road

From left to right the shops are: William Henry Boraston - Supplies/ Groceries, Ernest Richards - Fishmonger and Fruiterer, Thomas Edwin Young - Ta...

A Freak Chicken

A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Weekly Post, September 30th 1905. The article shows an illustration and description of a four legged chick...

A Runaway Horse

A newspaper cutting from the "Mercury" June 1906.This sketch is taken from the G.H. Osborne Newscuttings collection. A short article in the Handswo...

A Tale of Starvation

A newspaper cutting from the Handsworth Herald, May 13th 1905. This is a report on the discovery of a semi-concious man being found lying in Rocky ...

A Woman's Remarkable Leap into Canal

Maud Brotherton threw herself from Tower Hill Bridge into the Walsall Canal which was suggested to be a distance of sixty feet into a six foot deep...

Advert for Lieut. Lempriere - Aeronaut and Lecturer

Advertisement for Lieut. Lempriere 'Aeronaut and Lecturer', with testimonials. Lempriere lived in Handsworth at 169 Hunter's Road and then at Wilto...

Advertise in the sky - Lempriere Advert

'Advertise in the Sky, Where everybody must see it, and not only see it - but OBSERVE and talk about it. DON'T WASTE MONEY on hoardings, and newsp...

Advertisement for Lempriere Balloon Ascent and Parachute Descent

Advertisement for an event at which Lieut. Lempriere performed. At Britannia Athletic Grounds, Dial Lane, Hill Top, West Bromwich, on Boxing Day, M...

Aerial photograph from Lempriere's balloon

Aerial photograph taken from Lempriere's balloon above river & trees. Lempriere's aeronautical displays with balloons and parachutes attracted l...

Aerial view

An atmospheric view taken during one of Lieutenant Lempriere's balloon flights.