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'Mrs. Wilkinson disinfects Lamp'
Thursday, 23/08/1894, Birmingham Gazette
CHURCHWARDENS AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE HANDSWORTH DIFFICULTY.
After the inquest on the body of Mary Phillipe, at the
Lamp Tavern, Handsworth, on Tuesday evening, it was
understood that the police would remove...
From the pamphlet Marks, J. (2001). Handsworth on old picture postcards. Reflections of a Bygone Age.
'35. An unidentified group outside a branch of Birmingham Municipal Bank at 206 Rookery Road, Boards, held by some of the group proclaim "Arbitration. Brotherhood, Co-operation and...
It's very unusual!
The Piers Road address seems to still be in use; while the area had that slightly shoddy makeover around 1981 and the buildings are getting pretty rundown now, the shop is still standing at the corner of Ashwin Road and there's a ’Piers Road' sign on the garden wall next door.
I've seen a Facebook Image, circa 1900, in the Nhóm lịch sử địa phương / (Handsworth) Local History Group, showing a hardware shop on a corner of Piers Road; the name on the shop window appears to be 'W Duddleston'. The shop is claimed to be on the corner of Soho Rd and Piers Road, but the...
Me too, really. Used to be taken there by a great aunt when I was three or four. She used to tell me to be a racing car on the path while she sat down on one of the benches. I'm pretty sure that was a way to get a few moments of quiet for her!
I'd like to see the statue back where it belongs...
Handsworth Park's bronze statue of a girl with a lamb was removed by (to me) person or persons unknown. in 1988.
Us Bensons are distantly connected to John P. Walker, the original sculpter, who was the husband of the sister-in-law of our maternal grandfather – no real connection at all, but we...
Does anybody remember the brilliant toy shop that was on Soho Road in Handsworth around 1970? It was not far from the Grove Lane junction and the premises became, I think, Sketchley's the drycleaners; it was close to the 70/74/79 bus stop heading into town.
I have very faint memories and would...
The head obviously didn't want you seeing HIM setting up shots on the green baize.
I remember there was a snooker hall, but it was way before my time at the grammar.
That #29 in this picture looks as if it has the line of the guttering at its westerly end that can be seen on the original image. Very nice sourcing!
That's a great shot, too.I'm guessing it was taken around 4pm 'in the summer', but it's late and I'm away t'm'pit; unless you've got more...
They seem a friendly enough bunch, don't they?
Wanting to know more, I followed the link and was accepted as a group member. I'm hoping we can get some further images via Walsall-specific groups; I'm looking for higher-definition on the property to reproduce details as enhancing the original...