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Grosvenor Road Studios (GRS), formerly known as Hollick and Taylor Studios, is a suite of recording studios in Handsworth, [a] Birmingham, England. It is the oldest extant recording studio in the city. [1] [2] The studios are in a former five-bedroomed house, 16 Grosvenor Road, which was built in 1872.
A road from Birmingham to Saltley and Castle Bromwich is recorded in a deed. 1260 – Summer Lane, a road leading to Perry and Walsall, is recorded. 1263 – A church is documented at the site of the modern-day St Martin in the Bull Ring. 1273 – Several mills are recorded to be in existence in Northfield.
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Perry Barr was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Handsworth, [8] on 26 March 1894 Perry Barr became a separate civil parish. Perry Barr Urban District was an urban district in Staffordshire from 1894 until 1928, [ 9 ] when it was largely incorporated into Birmingham and thus also Warwickshire (this included an area which is now considered ...
The Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium, also known as the old Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium or Alexander Sports Stadium was a former greyhound racing and Motorcycle speedway stadium in Birchfield in the north of Birmingham, England. It is not to be confused with the current Perry Barr Stadium on the other side of the Walsall Road and accessed from ...
A riot occurred in 1981, during which similar riots took place in Brixton (London), Chapeltown (Leeds), and Toxteth (Liverpool). The 'sus' law (Vagrancy Act 1824) saw black youths being disproportionately stopped, searched and arrested by the police, on the grounds of mere 'suspicion' of possible illegal activity; this, along with high unemployment and social alienation, was a key element of ...
It took its name from the included hamlet of Perry Barr, [1] which was until then in the parish of Handsworth. [1] It was created in 1894 as a result of the Local Government Act 1894 , [ 2 ] as a subdivision of the administrative county of Staffordshire , and existed until 1928, [ 1 ] when it largely became part of Birmingham , [ 1 ] and so ...
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