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After the 1985 riots and a change in perception of British sub-urban integration, community relations were reviewed. Local government worked to improve community relations as a way of managing both racial and cultural differences. Encouragement was provided by arts organisations such as West Midlands
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marked the line between being safe and unsafe from bombing, with Handsworth Wood being an official evacuation zone, despite being at least ten miles away from any countryside that might now qualify as "green belt" land, and being on the periphery of many "high risk" areas. During the Second World
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grew out of the Flower Show and Carnival; Caribbean-style carnivals began in Handsworth Park, in 1984, with a street procession via Holyhead Road. In 1994 the carnival was held in Handsworth Park for the last time. The following year it was moved from the park out onto the streets of Handsworth,
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In the 2010s neighbourhood schemes and developments have helped to improve the area. Businesses in the area, particularly on Soho Road have contributed towards schemes in partnership with council. Soho Road, Holyhead Road & Soho Hill is within a Business Improvement District (BID) area.
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bought the hall and lived there until his death in 1920. From 1927 the hall was demolished and the lands redeveloped. What was the Heathfield Estate is now the land that comprises West Drive and North Drive. Watt's workshop from the house was dismantled and rebuilt in the
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s online article "Riots don't happen without a reason" (August 2011) seeks to explore the context and histories of these inner-city riots, since the 1980s; emphasising the need for improvements in the relationship between the community and the police.
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The development of the built environment was sporadic and many of Handsworth's streets display a mixture of architectural types and periods – among them some of the finest Victorian buildings in the city. Handsworth has two
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Among education providers is the Rookery School, a 100-year-old mixed state primary school, still housed largely in its original buildings. These were opened in 1899 to the designs of the architect
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Handsworth & Birmingham newspaper cuttings collected and arranged by G. H. Osborne between approx. 1870 and 1900, Birmingham City Council, Central Library Archive (ref: L.f30.3)
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base expanded, significantly increasing the demand for both skilled and unskilled workers. During this time, there was direct recruitment for workers from the
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is a listed building in Oxhill Road which also held Sunday school classes in a small building on the corner of Oxhill Road and Church Lane. It also contains
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was set up on the northern edge of Handsworth, on Handsworth Heath. It operated from 1766 to 1848, and was demolished in 1863. Boulton commissioned
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Showbiz Hall of Fame article described him as "possessing one of the finest English tenor voices of the twentieth century."
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migrated to Handsworth from Jamaica. He later led the TGWU and after retirement was enabled as Baron Morris of Handsworth.
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was born in Handsworth in 1902, and began his singing career as a child chorister at the local parish church of
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A number of initiatives promoting community cohesion exist within this multicultural community. The
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There was further unrest in 1991 and 2005; with a fatality occurring during the 2005 riot. The
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in the most successful period of the club's history. Buried at St Mary's Church
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period, a rebuilding programme required much unskilled labour and Birmingham's
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Handsworth: Old & New: A History of Birmingham's Staffordshire Suburb
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A tram depot was erected near Birmingham Road, next to the border with
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The Manor of Handsworth: An Introduction to its Historical Geography
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in 1985, but has been empty since 2008 and is considered "at risk".
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for illumination and a pioneer in the development of steam-power.
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Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath
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Handsworth has produced some notable popular musical acts:
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the boundary between Handsworth and the outlying suburb of
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Handsworth parish was transferred from Staffordshire to
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Handsworth General Purposes & other Committees -
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was built as a daughter church to St James'. In the
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Together with his duettist wife 25: 1149:main line between Birmingham and 818:Birmingham International Carnival 742:'s lead guitarist and songwriter 2320: 1741: 1462:"Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth" 865:King Edward VI Handsworth School 803:has hosted numerous events: The 679:Handsworth Park Community Garden 421:King Edward VI Handsworth School 87: 31: 1045:The Crazy World of Arthur Brown 917:Harry Samuel Bickerton Brindley 314:, Handsworth lies just outside 45:may be too short to adequately 1359:. Birmingham Reference Library 1163:National Express West Midlands 991:(born 1981), singer-songwriter 849:Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy 738:. In addition, hard rock band 637:, photographed the riots, and 387:Historically in the county of 55:provide an accessible overview 1: 1619:, Birmingham Library Services 1357:"Heathfield Hall, Handsworth" 1161:. The area is also served by 902:Barber Institute of Fine Arts 1565:. Simon & Schuster Ltd. 1329:. Bclm.co.uk. 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Index

Handsworth, Birmingham

lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview

Language
OS grid reference
SP 040 896
Metropolitan borough
Birmingham
Shire county
Staffordshire
Metropolitan county
West Midlands
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
B20/B21
Dialling code
UK
England
West Midlands
grid reference
SP035905
Birmingham

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