Apprenticeship agreement between Thomas Stirling of the parish of St. Giles in the Fields, London, and George Hardy, chimney sweep, of St. Marylebone

Climbing boys were sent up chimneys to clean them. Although there were fewer of them than other child workers their sufferings captured the imagina...

Arrow and Rita Marley

Arrow and Rita Marley (wife of reggae legend Bob Marley) photographed at the Commonwealth Institute, London, 1987. From the collection "Muzik Kinda...

Arthur and Rachel Albright with their eight children

Beaumont Albright was born on 21 August 1861 at the family home in Edgbaston. He was the youngest of eight children of Quakers Arthur Albright and ...

Arthur O'Neill (1819-1896)

Submitted by Stephen Roberts Arthur O'Neill lived in Birmingham from 1840 until his death in 1896. He made his mark as a Chartist, a peace lect...

Arts and Charities

Image: Birmingham Jewish Arts Society scrapbook, 1924-1931. Jewish interest in drama, literature and the Arts would countinue in many differnt t...

Arts and Charities

Image: Jenny Lind Historical sources show that in the Birmingham Jewish community, drama, literature, music and the arts have always been inte...

Asian Music Circle

Like African forms of dance, South Asian dance has a long history in Britain. As early as 1838, Indian dancers- the Bayadères- performed in Britain...

Asian Resource Centre

The Asian Resource Centre was established in 1976 at Villa Road in Handsworth. It was founded on the belief that it was "necessary and desirable fo...

Aston Children's Home

This children's home was initially in a building known as Jubilee House. Jubilee House was opened as a children’s home late in 1978 and was desi...

Athelstan House (Junior Remand Home), 232 Moseley Road, Highgate

This home has had a number of different functions during its long history and a number of different names including 'the Birmingham Children's Rema...

Augustus Pablo: Jamaican Producer

Born Henry Swaby in St Andrew, Jamaica in 1953, he was better known as Augustus Pablo, an influential keyboard player and producer of reggae/dub mu...

Aunkut

Aunkut (celebration of New Year), Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham. Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 28 October 2000.