Mike Jones interview

Mike Jones was born in Birmingham in 1926. Both his parents were both deaf and mute and, with no Welfare State to support them, life was a great s...

Milk Float in Handsworth

A horse-drawn milk float from the Island Road dairy. The float is number 29. The photograph probably dates from the years up to the outbreak of the...

National Registration Identity Card for Sheila M. Smith

Inside pages of the card issued to Sheila Smith of Handsworth for use during the Second World War.

National Registration Identity Card for Sheila M. Smith

During the Second World War National Registration was introduced and everyone was issued with an identity card which they had to carry at all times...

Oliver Stillingfleet Locker-Lampson MP

Locker-Lampson (1880-1954) was Conservative MP for Handsworth from 1922 to 1945. In common with many MPs of his generation he saw service as a rank...

Parachute and Harness

Part of the parachute and harness attached to the landmine dropped on Antrobus Road during the blitz. Unfortunately it is unknown exactly what year...

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...

Queslett Road

A photograph taken in the later 1930s in Queslett Road, along the city boundary looking west. The flat-topped tower of the 'Beacon' Cinema is clear...

Regina Lodge, Perry Barr

Group photograph at Regina Lodge, Perry Hall, Perry Barr, on the occasion of the visit of Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout Movement (with medals,...

Rocky Lane by Joseph F. Pimm

Joseph Frank Pimm lived in Woodstock Road, Handsworth. He presented 12 etchings to Handwsworth Historical Society in 1968. He died aged 71 in 1972,...

Rookery Road Blitz damage

The aftermath of an air-raid in Rookery Road during WW2. It is open to conjecture what is going on in the foreground, is the queue of people waitin...

Rookery Road Blitz damage

The aftermath of an air-raid in Rookery Road during WW2. The photograph shows several recognisable themes from daily life in 1942 - a policeman sta...