1889 1:500 Map Survey

This gallery will eventually include all of the maps shown in the grid. The detail is tremendous and this will be an essential resource for all loc...

A tour around Attwood Green Community Centre

Formerly the Midland Adult School Union (MASU) building the centre was kept going by Optima Community Association. It was finally demolished in 200...

A Visit To The Reservoir

Edgbaston Reservoir was originally known as Rotton Park Reservoir. It was designed by Thomas Telford and constructed between 1824-1829. It soon bec...

Atlas Works, Oozells Street, Ladywood

The impressive large factory of Atlas Works stood on Oozells Street. This illustration is taken from the "Book of Beds" which was their trade catal...

Billy Smart's Circus 1954 at Bingley Hall

A regular treat at Christmas in Birmingham was the visit of the circus. The most fondly remembered two would be Chipperfields and Billy Smarts. Thi...

Birmingham Remembers VE Day

An exhibition of photographs taken by Chris Sutton during the VE Day 60th anniversary celebrations in Birmingham City Centre.

Cilla Black filming at Five Ways

In 1967 the singer Cilla Black made her acting debut in the film "Work...Is A Four Letter Word". The Birmingham weekly paper called The Planet ran ...

Crest Nicholson: Images of Park Central construction

A collection of photographs showing stages of development in Park Central, part of the Attwood Green redevelopment of the Lee Bank area. This im...

Diana, Princess of Wales at St Philip's Cathedral

A series of photographs taken during her visit to plant a tree in the Cathedral grounds. Assisting the Princess were children from St Thomas's Scho...

Haddon Tower Blowdown (film footage)

This picture shows Haddon Tower on Bristol Street undergoing preparatory clearance for demolition. The top floors have already been stripped of fit...

Key Hill Cemetery

Key Hill Cemetery lies at the edge of Birmingham's jewellery quarter and is the last resting place of many of the rich and famous of Birmingham. Th...

Ladywood and Lee Bank 1939-1945

This is the first page of a gallery containing photographs, newscuttings and other documents that help to show what life was like for people in Lad...