balsall heath

Some photos of the former Moseley & Balsall Heath Institute (now the Moseley Dance Centre Hazelle Stage School). This quote from Bill Dargue's site under Moseley (not Balsall Heath): Bill Dargue Moseley Busts of Michelangelo and Shakespeare Michelangelo close up Shakespeare close up...

Hi, thanks for accepting me as a member. In my spare time I decided an interesting project would be to digitise the various tithe maps (originally produced 1838—1845) of the area of Birmingham that used to be in Worcestershire, including the land use and names of the land parcels as they appear...

Hello all. Henry Street was merged with Oldfield Road sometime in the 1890's. Does anyone have any information on the exact location of Henry Street, please? Do any relevant documents survive? Also, any information on when and why this merger took place, and any impact on the house numbering...

Hello folks - long-time lurker, first-time poster. I wanted to flag up a little exhibition we're putting on in Balsall Heath next week, which may be of interest to forum members. It's built around a pile of photos taken by American student Janet Mendelsohn in the late 60s. She spent a lot of...

Some photos of Balsall Heath Police Station on Edward Road in Balsall Heath. Built in 1869.

Hello all, I am trying to find a WWI memorial with my great grandads name on. He was Pte Samuel Wilkes of Clevedon Road, Balsall Heath who died in battle on 20/09/1918. I took at drive around Balsall Heath / Moseley / Highgate last Sunday with the hope of finding it but no joy. I...

Hi, I am seeking information re ALICE MAUD ARNOLD, born to Sarah Ann (nee Collett) and Samuel Paul Arnold, Smethwick Birmingham on 7/09/1893. home address given as Balsall Heath. She is mentioned in the 1911 Census; 1911 Alice was at home with her family at 8, John Street, Smethwick -...

Leonard Wicks, born in 1907 in Burnley, Lancashire, married my Mums Mum in Balsall Heath in 1930. He worked as a Litho artist in 1930 at Kalamazoo in Birmingham. Does anyone know what his job may have entailed, or and does anyone out there remember Leonard Wicks, or know his family? He married...

I'm looking for information about the Loveday family that ran the newsagents at 316 Moseley Road, Balsall Heath from about 1905 to about 1945. The parents were Charles and Amelia Loveday and they had 7 children Constance Loveday William Loveday who married Alice Evans Fanny (Daisy) Loveday...

I'm researching my family and the Copper industries of Selly Oak, and Bitton (Gloucestershire). Would welcome any information about the Elliot Metal Co. , the Thompson family (migrated From Bitton to Selly Oak), and contacts from living relatives. Steve Thompson