"Brigitte Winsor: Photographs of the St Patrick's Day Parade"

Photographs of the procession through Digbeth, Birmingham, by Brigitte Winsor. The St Patrick's Day Parade in Birmingham started in 1952 and is ...

"Ghazala Saddique: Lok Mela Festival, Birmingham"

Photographs by Ghazala Saddique, October 2000. Lok Mela is the national folk festival of Pakistan, held in the first week of October. It is a cu...

Aunkut

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

Aunkut

Food Sharing at Aunkut (celebration of New Year), Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham. Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 28 Octobe...

Birmingham Robins

Extract from the Birmingham Daily Gazette, 12 January 1903 recording the presence of ‘coloured people’ at the Birmingham Robins winter treat. T...

Boys of Gower Street School, Ladywood, with blacked-up faces

Like the maypole, the boys’ blackened faces were a part of May Day traditions. The day was historically associated with chimney sweeps. They would ...

Ceylon

Originally captioned "The "Perahera" an annual Buddhist Festival, Ceylon." From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.

Children at a street party to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V in Dartmouth Street

Street parties celebrated moments of national significance like royal events, the Boer War or the end of World War 2. At other times the street and...

Children at Garland Day

Garland Day at Abbotsbury, Dorset, was the survival of an ancient festival of Neptune. Boats were formerly decorated with flowers and then cast int...

Children at Garland Day

Garland Day at Abbotsbury, Dorset, was the survival of an ancient festival of Neptune. Boats were formerly decorated with flowers and then cast int...

Children taking part in May Day celebrations at Knutsford, Cheshire by Sir Benjamin Stone

Many of the boys are dressed as soldiers or in patriotic outfits. This is probably a reflection of the fact that Britain was fighting in the South ...

Chinese New Year Celebrations, Arcadian Centre

Photograph by Terry Lo.