Rookery Road Blitz damage

The aftermath of an air-raid in Rookery Road during WW2. As well as clearing the rubble from demolished housing, the locals also had to pull down u...

Rookery Road Blitz damage

The aftermath of an air-raid in Rookery Road during WW2. This photograph is one of several takne by the Public Workd Department in 1942 of bomb dam...

Rookery Road Blitz damage

Bomb damage in Rookery Road during the blitz of 1942. In the background stands Trinity Methodist Church which narrowly escaped being hit in this ra...

Rookery Road Blitz damage

Bomb damage in Rookery Road during the blitz of 1942. The photographer's viewpoint is from just inside Uplands Road looking onto Rookery Road. The ...

Soho Foundry, Handsworth

The old office of Boulton & Watt close to the original gates of Soho Foundry, Handsworth. The greater part of offices had to be pulled down c.1930,...

Soho Road Blitz damage

Bomb damaged shops during the air-raids of 1942. The photograph covers the buildings between numbers 216 down to 192. At that time left to right th...

Soho Road Blitz damage

Bomb damaged shops during the air-raids of 1942. To the left of the photograph is the National Provincial Bank - then managed by C S Parker. The ba...

St Augustine's RC Church

St Augustine's Roman Catholic Church was opened on July 28th 1939. The first priest was Father Moore. It had seating for 400 parishioners and has ...

St Augustine's RC Church

St Augustine's Roman Catholic Church was opened on July 28th 1939. The first priest was Father Moore. It had seating for 400 parishioners and has ...

St James' Church, Handsworth

German prisoners of war search for suspected unexploded bombs in St James' churchyard, Handsworth

St Mary's Church, Handsworth

St Mary's Church, Handsworth, from a 'Bentall Series' postcard published by W.H. Smith & Son, Birmingham

The Gables Hall, Handsworth

Interior view of the Gables Hall, Finch Road, Handsworth. The building was registered for public worship in 1936.