"Prepared" - The Birmingham ARP Journal

Front cover of the Birmingham ARP Journal from April 1939. This is five months before Britain and France declared war on Germany but the cover imag...

A.C. Gurley - Perry Barr Music Stores

Disc sold by A.C. Gurley who traded at 506 Birchfield Road. The record is 78rpm - a format replaced eventually by the 7" single and since then by t...

Air Raid Map of Handsworth and other areas of Birmingham

This is a composite map showing damage sustained over the first 77 air raids on Handsworth - which is the shaded area - during the Second World War.

Albert Road, Handsworth

Albert Road in Handsworth on the morning of February 13th 1941 after a night-time Luftwaffe raid. Handsworth was targetted extensively during the b...

Albert Road, Handsworth

Back view of houses in Albert Road Handsworth - taken again on the morning of February 13th 1941. Although the blitz was aimed at industrial target...

Anti-Aircraft Gun Emplacements (Hill Top) - Sites and Monuments Record

Two re-inforced concrete gun emplacements, with the remains of 6 magazines in each, together with mounting holes for guns. A concrete service roa...

Antrobus Road in the Blitz

Backs of bomb damaged houses in Antrobus Road, Handsworth on the morning of February 13th 1941.

Antrobus Road in the Blitz

Front of houses in Antrobus Road the morning after a night-time air raid. This photograph was taken on February 13th 1941.

ARP Holyhead Road Area in Handsworth

Hand-drawn Sketch plan of streets and area covered by ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Holyhead Road Sub-division Group C26, with a hand-written list of ...

ARP Log Book August 18th 1940

A page from an Air-Raid Warden's logbook during the blitz. No 7. Aug 18/1940 Sirens sounded at 22.44/45 hrs. Very dark night. Wardens ag...

Barbara Lewis - Liberal Candidate for Handsworth

Barbara Lewis contested the 1945 General Election as a Liberal. Her biography here tells us that Lewis was born in Smethwick and educated at Birmin...

Barbara Lewis addresses the electorate 1945

Barbara Lewis was the Liberal candidate for Handsworth in the 1945 General Election. Her chances were slim as she was up against a large Conservati...