Al Sharpton, Political Activist

"Controversial black political activist and preacher. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Sharpton began preaching at the age of 4 and was ordained a minis...

College Road, Perry Barr

College Road, Perry Barr, seen on 27th May 1927 with a row of bungalows enjoying a pastoral setting. Magnification reveals that the building on the...

Grove Lane Baths: Main Entrance Interior

The inside of the main entrance to Grove Lane baths with the ticket office to the right hand side of the picture. The baths were opened on 28th Jan...

Handsworth Old Rectory (and Manor House) - Sites and Monuments Record

The site of the Manor House was "not improbably" that occupied by the old rectory, close to the church, now part of Victoria Park. Its moat could...

Handsworth Old Town Hall - Sites and Monuments Record

The original Town Hall is situated in Grove Lane, some 100 yds below the Grove Tavern. It is of plain domestic architecture of the sixteenth cent...

Island Road, Handsworth

Island Road, Handsworth. 7th January 1925

"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...

"George Hallett: Handsworth through Southern Eyes"

George Hallett came to Handsworth in 1971 and 1972, when he was commissioned by the Times Educational Supplement to take photographs of the black c...

"Matthew Murray: Wrestlers at Holyhead Leisure Centre"

Matthew Murray - text by Addie Vassie at hug, Amsterdam Matthew’s images are universal in their insight and unintentionally have a tendenc...

"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...

"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...

"Ruth Handley: Portraits"

Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist in portrait photography. Mostly known for her photographs of actors and actresses who visited h...