West Midlands Collection (page 8)

Packing chocolate bars at the Cadbury factory at Bourneville 26th March 1953

Worker on the production line at the Cadbury factory at Bourneville 26th March 1953

Components being manufactured for assemble at the Phillips Cycle factory in Birmingham 10th March 1953

Def Leppard, the first headlining act at play at The Forum, a multi-purpose venue set in the grounds of the NEC. 11th September 1987

Machinist at Newly Brothers Engineering works in Birmingham. 10th November 1949

Mrs Parton and family in Small Heath. 25th November 1969

Coventry cycle collector Mr T M Freeman seen here admiring his new purchase a Singer three wheeler. 7th July 1932

Original Caption: Cavalcade of Bicycles. Twelve old bicycles in the St Marys Hall crypt, which represent various stages in the development of the cycle making industry

Santos FC, including their player Pele, pictured at Villa Park for a match against Aston Villa. 21st February 1972

Petrol Queues for the Motor Mart garage on London Road. Long queues are forming in a bid by motorists to beat the 6pm deadline, after which a 5d increase will be applied. 22nd November 1968

Last minute queues for "cheap"petrol. Queues more than 100 years long build up
Last minute queues for " cheap" petrol. Queues more than 100 years long build up outside one Coventry garage as motorists fill up before tomorrows price increases

Mechanic Mr Keith Brodrick, putting up a "No Petrol"
Mechanic Mr Keith Brodrick, putting up a " No Petrol" notice at the Butts Garage. Some of Coventry and Warwickshires petrol stations

"2p off every gallon, cash sales only"offer at a petrol station in West
" 2p off every gallon, cash sales only" offer at a petrol station in West Midlands. 19th February 1975

Petrol station. West Midlands. 21st June 1967

Petrol station sign, West Midlands. 19th February 1975

Gulson Garage, West Midlands. 19th February 1975

Nurses at Birmingham Hospital going on duty with their gas masks 5th September 1939

A gas mask lesson at Bromsgrove school 22nd September 1939

These children in a neutral area of Birmingham have no school within reasonable distance of their homes, their own being now an emergency hospital

Militiamen in training 27th July 1939 Militiamen seen here at Oswestry camp receiving training on different types of anti-aircraft gun

A gas mask lesson at Birmingham Hospital for the doctors, nurses and ambulance men. 5th September 1939

Lined up for the first roll call of their six monthsservice at Whittington Barracks, these young militiamen do not look as though they are finding it much of an ordeal

Militiamen in training 15th July 1939 Militiamen seen here at Whittington Barracks, Lichfield receiving basic training. The Militiamen were the result of The Military Training Act 1939 which was an

Militiamen in training 27th July 1939 Militiamen seen here at Oswestry camp receiving basic training. The Militiamen were the result of The Military Training Act 1939 which was an Act of Parliament

Pictured, apprentices of Driver Southall Ltd, who found an answer to label snags. 4th September 1972

Some of the Militiamen from Birmingham and the Midlands arriving at Whittington barracks, Lichfield, this morning, to begin their six months training 15th July 1939 The Militiamen were the result of

Militiamen in training at Oswestry camp. 27th July 1939 The Militiamen were the result of The Military Training Act 1939 which was an Act of Parliament passed by the Conservative administration on 26

Militiamen in training 27th July 1939 On parade at Oswestry camp.in the background are several classes on different types of anti-aircraft gun

Militiamen under going training with a Bren light machine gun at the South Staffordshire Regiment training Depot. 15th September 1939 The Militiamen were the result of The Military Training Act 1939

Militiamen reporting for training at the South Staffordshire Regiment Training Depot seen here being issued with their uniforms

Young pop sensation Tiffany performs at Birmingham Bull Ring in front of fans. 19th January 1988

Thousands of young pop fans gather at the Bull Ring Shopping Centre for pop singer Tiffany. Birmingham, West Midlands. 19th January 1988

Platform 1 at New Street Station, Birmingham, West Midlands. October 1965

A railway stations left luggage and lost property. Birmingham, West Midlands. Circa 1965

Litter on the tracks at New Street Station, Birmingham, West Midlands. 31st August 1955

Council workmen constructing a public air raid shelter outside Lloyds Bank in Church Road, Birmingham on the eve of the outbreak of the Second Word War. 1st September 1939

A council workman surveys the sandbag protection at an un-named school in the West Midlands. Circa September 1939

A sound locator crew working with a Search Light unit during an air raid exercise in the West Midlands.. Such methods, as well as the Observation Corps

Schoolboys from Yardley Primary School help council workmen fill sandbags just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. 1St September 1939

Birmingham University students and workmen from the City Council seen here filing sandbags in a pit near the University, for the protection of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on the eve of the outbreak

The Out Patients Department of Birminghams Queen Elizabeth Hospital sandbagged in preparation for the outbreak of the Second World World. 1st September 1939

Registering for Military Training 3rd June 1939. Six thousand five hundred young men presented themselves at employment exchanges in the Greater Birmingham area on Saturday afternoon

Army spotter taking part in a searchlight exercise in the West Midlands involving the Army and the RAF just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. 8th August 1939

Searchlight exercise in the West Midlands involving the Army and the RAF just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. 8th August 1939

Many hands make light work... Said these girls from C and A
Many hands make light work...Said these girls from C and A. When they cheerfully joined in sandbag filling in Birmingham City Centre on the eve of the outbreak of the Second World War

Whitley Hospital, Coventry, West Midlands. Into the 100lb capacity tumble-drier goes the washing, tipped automatically. In 15 minutes even the heaviest blanket will be ready for finishing. May 1966

An exterior view of Whitley Hospital, Coventry, West Midlands. 27th February 1985

Birds on a rooftop in, Victoria Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, 11th September 1973

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping