Birmingham Gallery

The facade of the original Snow Hill Railway Station on Colmore Row, Birmingham, England

The facade of the original Snow Hill Railway Station on Colmore Row, Birmingham, England. The Colmore Row facade was demolished in 1969, and the rest of the station largely demolished in 1977. Date: circa 1920

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Birmingham, Colmore, England, Facade, Front, Hill, Original, Rail, Railway, Row, Station, Tram, Transport

Dear Love by Dion Titheradge, Laurie Wylie & Herbert Clayton

Dear Love by Dion Titheradge, Laurie Wylie and Herbert Clayton, with music by Haydon Wood, Joseph Turnbridge and Jack Waller. First produced at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, on 21st October 1929 and at the Palace Theatre, on 14th November 1929. Two people fall in love and only belatedly realise that they are already married. Touring to the Wimbledon Theatre, on 19th May 1930. See The Count of Luxemburg for another example of this absurdity. Date: 1930

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

The Bondman by Hall Caine

Flyer showing dramatic scene for The Bondman by Hall Caine, from Drury Lane. Jason rescues Michael Sunlocks from the sulphur mine, where they have both been made to work as prisoners. (Act II scene 2). Wentworth Crokes Company. Touring to Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, on 11th October 1909. Date: 1909

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library