handsworth

Hello! Does anyone here know the name of any "cycle" factories (bicycle or motorcycle) in Handsworth? I am trying to figure out where a relative worked in 1915, while living in Handsworth at 14 Elmurst Road. He is listed in the 1911 census as a "Packing House Dealer" on own account. Then in...

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...

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...

Hello all and a happy new year in three days time. I'm keen to learn what became of Heathfield House (not to be confused with James Watts' Heathfield Hall (aka House). Heathfield House existed on the corner of Holyhead Road and Booth Street, Handsworth certainly in 1895 to 1915. It was quite a...

Good evening - this is my first post. Doing some family history research and I wonder if anyone would be able to tell me if a big house in Handsworth called "The Moors" in c. 1875 is the same house known as "Moorfields, 19 Church Lane, Handsworth" in 1900? Thank you.

In the 60s I lived in Victoria Road, Handsworth. Around the corner on Nineveh Road was Thompsons radio & TV repair shop where Prashar's is now? Does anyone remember what happened to Mr Thompson from Barbados originally, or to his associates / employees who worked from there, "Whippy" was one of...

Dear All, I've searched and searched for a photo of the old Crompton Arms in Handsworth, important to me for fond memories and to help in a music project that I'm working on flagging up where successful Birmingham artists first performed and both The Beat and Steel Pulse first played in public...

A biography of my sister Hazel Christian can be viewed on www.hazelmysister.hpage.com. This contains references to her life in Lozells, Handsworth & Kingstanding, before she moved to Worcestershire in later life. Hazel was born in 1928 and died in 2009, aged eighty. Edit - unfortunately the...

In the early 1980s I went with a friend to the Turkish Baths in Handsworth. What an experience! As remember, you went down a flight of steps, and there was an iron gate into that part of the building. The baths were old-fashioned, and rather like a film set. At the end, you lay on a marble...

I have some info about a relative with a John AMBLER being his "Sureties" into a School. He is from 43 Soho Road Handsworth in 1887 Also Thomas Hughes 144 steelhouse lane, Birmingham under which it says Fancy Draper

does anyone know anything about the gillon family who used to live in Booth Street, Handsworth until they moved in 50s/60s? There were four children and their mother's name was Florence (Nee) Finnegan. I have been trying to trace them for a long time. I think one daughter was called Margaret and...