Birmingham Collection (page 3)

Old fashioned ward at Rubery Hill Hospital, Birmingham, Friday 30th August 1963, showing the high dingy roof and narrow windows

The Rev. Les Milner talking with members Raymond Fox (right) and Ron Gillam outside the Double Zero clubs headquarters. The club has been closed after trouble with Hells Angels

Birmingham Press Club Ball, 29th November 1968. At the tombola stand, members of the cast of ATV series The Champions, from left, Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo and William Gaunt

Crowds turned out to see the last tram through Birmingham City Centre in 1953

Birmingham Road, Blakedown, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. Date: 1957

The Immortal Hour, by Rutland Boughton, Birmingham
The Immortal Hour, music drama by Rutland Boughton from the play by Fiona MacLeod, produced by Barry V Jackson, at the Repertory Theatre, Station Street, Birmingham. circa 1921

Stonehouse Lane, California, near Bartley Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, with a row of houses on the left. Date: circa 1930

War Lane and Victoria Road, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands. Date: circa 1908

Production of Gounods Faust by Carl Rosa Opera Company
Characters from Charles Gounods opera Faust in a touring production by the Carl Rosa Opera Company. Seen here are Charles Manners as Bertram, the Irish tenor Barton McGuckin as Faust

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Swimming Bath
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - girls in the homes swimming pool. Date: circa 1930s

Union Workhouse Infirmary, Kings Norton, Worcestershire
The pavilion-plan infirmary erected in 1897 adjacent to the Kings Norton Union workhouse on what is now Raddlebarn Road, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, south west of Birmingham

Golden spangled Hamburgh cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, Henry Beldons pair, cock cup at Birmingham 1870, hen cup at Kendal, Whitehouse and Spalding 1871

Black Hamburgh cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, Rev. W. Sergeantsons pair, first prize at Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester 1871, and Bristol 1872

Sir Richard Tangye, Birmingham engineering firm
Sir Richard Tangye, Head of the famous Birmingham engineering firm. late 19th century

James Uptons Baskerville Printing Works, Birmingham (litho)
6032838 James Uptons Baskerville Printing Works, Birmingham (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: James Uptons Baskerville Printing Works, Birmingham)

UK, England, Birmingham, Victoria Square, Fountain know as The Floozie in the Jacuzzi infront of Birmingham City Council House

ABA light heavyweight champion Jimmy Moran from Redditch with his coach Dennis Jackson. 30th April 1986

Bull Ring Shopping Centre, Birmingham, 10th June 1964

England, Birmingham, Edgbaston, Dhamma Talaka Peace Pagoda

England, Birmingham, Edgbaston, Waterworks Tower One of the 2 towers - said to have been the inspiration for JRR Tolkiens The Two Towers - Part of the Lord of the Rings trilology

Harborne Road, Chad Valley, Birmingham, West Midlands, with The White Swan public house. Date: circa 1910s

The opening of the Palais de Danse, Birmingham, 1920
The opening of the Palais de Danse, Birmingham, 20 December 1920 Date: 1921

Robinsons Ltd removal vans, Cricklewood, NW London
Two Robinsons Ltd removal vans, Cricklewood, NW London, also at Knolls House, Manchester and Moseley Road, Birmingham, offering a weekly road service. Date: circa 1920s

HMS Birmingham
The British light cruiser HMS Birmingham, commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, which sunk the first German submarine of the war (the U-15). 1914

England, West Midlands, Birmingham City. Night time view of the new, modern Selfridges building, alongside the old St Martins Church

CM11 7060 McLaren 650S GT3
McLaren 650S GT3

The annual Frankfurt Christmas Market, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

TOZER FIRE PUMP / C. 1870
Tozer Fire-Pump, a portable and extremely useful fire- pump, named after the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade of the City of Birmingham

Trade card for J Westwood, gun and pistol maker and dealer, Birmingham (engraving)
7154051 Trade card for J Westwood, gun and pistol maker and dealer, Birmingham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade card for J Westwood)

Principal Eminences of the British Isles (coloured engraving)
5197944 Principal Eminences of the British Isles (coloured engraving) by Emslie, John (1813-75); Private Collection; (add.info.: Principal Eminences of the British Isles.); © Look and Learn

Chamberlain Clock in Birmingham
The Chamberlain Clock, Birmingham, erected to commemorate Joseph Chamberlains tour of South Africa 1902-3 after the end of the Second Boer War

The Birmingham Horse Fair, c. 1841-49 (w / c on paper)
2959557 The Birmingham Horse Fair, c.1841-49 (w/c on paper) by Cox, David (1783-1859); 18.7x29.6 cm; Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; English, out of copyright

Quiet please, at the Birmingham Reference Library, Ratcliffe Place, 27th March 1961

Portrait Of John Derrington, 1750-1805. Creator: James Millar
Portrait Of John Derrington, 1750-1805. Dr John Derrington (1747-1805), Birmingham surgeon and apothecary

Advertisement, Holt Mild Ale, Birmingham
Advertisement for Holt Mild Ale, Beer and Stout bottled by Charles Heeley Ltd. 1931

Harborne Industrial School, Birmingham - Swimming Bath
Boys in the swimming bath at Harborne Industrial School, Birmingham. The pool measured 50 feet by 20 feet. Date: circa 1903

Sketch map of proposed improvements, Birmingham
Sketch map of a locality around Stafford Street in Birmingham with the proposed new street running through it. The boundary of the unhealthy area referred to in the Birmingham Improvement Scheme as

Centenary Square, Hall of Memory, Baskerville House, the New Library, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Lemon Squeezer 1889
A lemon squeezer manufactured by Merritt & Chambers of Birmingham

Henry Darwin tailors shop, Birmingham, 19th century. Artist: T Underwood
Henry Darwin tailors shop, Birmingham, 19th century

Birmingham FC football team 1936. Back row: Evans (Assistant Trainer), Grosvenor, Lea, Clack, Fillingham, Hibbs, Booton, Morral, Gibson (Trainer)

Cadburys Chocolate - Bourneville Works, Bourneville, Warwic
Cadburys Chocolate - Bourneville Works, Bourneville, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Lily Pond in Girls Recreation Grounds Date: 1920s

Cohens Full Cream Dairy van, Birmingham
Cohens Full Cream Dairy van, a Ford van shaped like a milk churn, Victoria, Birmingham. Date: circa 1920s

Key figures behind tariff reform from Birmingham area
The key figures behind tariff reform from the Birmingham area. Tariff Reform introduced by Joseph and Austen Chamberlain in 1903

Birmingham Union Cottage Homes, Marston Green, Warwickshire
A girl stands in front of one of the childrens cottage homes at Marston Green in Warwickshire, to the east of Birmingham. The homes were opened by the Birmingham Poor Law Authorities in 1879 to house

Alabama - Cotton Compress at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama - The Cotton Compress. Birmingham was founded on June 1, 1871, by cotton gin promoters who sold lots near the planned crossing of the Alabama & Chattanooga

Horse-Trams Versus Buses
OLD STYLE VERSUS NEW Brown: Which would you rather ride by? Jones: Oh! the trams of course, no cruelty to the horses, but I am an opposer

City skyline, including Selfridges, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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