Bomb damage in Birchfield Road

Photograph of Birchfield Road, corner of Mansfield Road, 2 November 1940 Crowds looking at bomb craters from the air raid the previous night. Hands...

Bomb damage in Farm Street

Farm Street, Handsworth, 13 August 1942. German air-raids targetted the industrial premises of Handsworth during the blitz. The nearby metal mercha...

Camp Lane, Handsworth

Camp Lane, Handsworth, showing one of the Regency-style lodges at the junction of Camp Lane and Park Lane. These had belonged to the 18th-century h...

Clearing up in Clifford Street

Clearing up the rubble in Clifford Street on the 13th August 1942. Most air raids took place at night and this would have been an almost daily duty...

Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Handsworth

Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Hunters Road, Handsworth. Built to the designs of A.W. Pugin, St Mary’s Convent opened in 1841, a few months after St...

Douglas Road in the blitz

Rear of Douglas Road, Handsworth, 2 November 1940. The crater from the bomb's explosion is clearly visible in the foreground. The backs of the near...

EJ Thacker and Company: Plumbers, Gasfitters

Thackers were based on Hamstead Road. The pillar in the foreground is reputed to be from Norwood House.

Freer Road Blitz damage

As well as damage to property, there were always damaged roads to be repaired during the blitz. Associated problems would come from damaged water m...

Freer Road Blitz damage

Damaged housing in Freer Road from the air-raids of 1942. Mr Keith Berry has Kindly supplied the following information about this photograph: "T...

Freer Road Blitz damage

The house on the right is number 147 Freer Road, at this time lived in by Mrs Alice M Jacobs. To the left is number 145 - the home of L Potter. Bot...

Friary Road Handsworth

c.1920-1950

Friary Road, Handsworth

c.1920-1950 presented by Miss PA Mills