The Junction, Kings Norton, by Frank Lockwood

Campaigning for Canals in Kings Norton Frank Lockwood’s pencil drawing The Junction, Kings Norton shows the toll house i...

Austin A90 Atlantic Record Breaker

Built at Longbridge, this car established world endurance records at the Indianapolis Raceway in April 1949. It evokes excitement but also illustra...

Bath Row Redevelopment Scheme

Pencil sketch by Reginald Edgecombe depicting an artist impression of new housing and road infrastructure for the new Bath Row Redevelopment Zone w...

Birmingham Bus Crew Member

This photograph was taken some time after Birmingham City Transport abandoned it’s ‘colour bar’ in 1954 (see

Birmingham Buses and the Colour Bar

Mirroring the situation in other British cities, in post-war Birmingham black people were barred from employment as conductors or drivers on buses....

Birmingham City Transport Bus Ticket

Birmingham City Transport [BCT]: Serving Passengers and Rate Payers The bus ticket was purchased by a worker at Longbridge. It ...

Birmingham City Transport Report

Recruitment in Eire 1951 This report reflects a major aspect of Birmingham’s dependence on immigrant labour in the 1950s and be...

Birmingham Tram Escutcheon & Standard

This emblem spread across suburban tram routes, particularly from 1911. In June the city took over services of the City of Birmingham Tramways Comp...

Boys sitting on cars, Balsall Heath

From a series of photographs taken in Balsall Heath, by Alan J. Wood.

Bristol Road Tramcar

The Bristol Road Tramway¹ This tram (fleet number 395) is a rare survivor of Birmingham’s once mighty...

Bristol Road Tramway

Whilst the soundscape of trams moving along Birmingham streets ceased in 1953, this distinctive recording was a notable feature of the ‘tram room’ ...

Cadbury Barges

Frank Newbould’s picture unites the corporate Cadbury view of the ‘factory in a garden’ with a ‘Roses and Castles’ folk image of