"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...

Advertisement for Military Ball

Military Ball advertisment for 1st Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers, Handsworth Companies held at the Town Hall, Birmingham on Friday 9th March 1883.

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...

ARP Warden in Longford Road, Kingstanding

Mrs Paget, ARP warden, in Longford Road, Kingstanding, during World War II

Avery's Volunteers, Handsworth

Birmingham's "Win the War Day" procession on 21st September 1918. The men in this picture are some of the Avery employees. The firm of Avery made w...