Aerial View of Allen's Cross, Northfield

W. Edwards Ltd built the Allen’s Cross estate for Birmingham Corporation in the early 1930s. This photograph was commissioned from Midland Air Serv...

Alma Terrace, Highgate

Despite massive municipal building schemes of the inter-war years, the housing crisis was more pressing in Birmingham in 1945 than 1918. Recent hou...

Analysis of Water from Gloster Cottage, 30 Metchley Lane

The Calthorpe Estate was still being developed during the 1880s as a comfortable retreat for the wealthy; but within its boundaries were many farm...

Baby sitting in a pram

Back-to-back slum house, near Watery Lane, Small Heath, Birmingham.

Baby sleeping in a cot

Municipal Estate, Kingstanding.

Baby, young girl and man in backyard

Slum housing, near the Malden Road, London.

Birmingham City Council Improvement Committee Minutes

The appointment of the Improvement Committee in July 1875 marked the earliest initiative by the City Council to tackle Birmingham’s slums. The orig...

Birmingham City Council Interviewing Sub-Committee Minutes

Using powers conferred by public health and housing legislation, the

Birmingham City Council Tenants Sub-Committee Minutes

The Tenants Sub-Committee was appointed in November 1922. It reported to the City Estates Committee, its chief function being to deal with applicat...

Boy and girl in slum interior

Photograph of a young boy and girl in a dark interior. Taken in Bradford by Nick Hedges.

Boy bathing in slum kitchen

Photograph of a young boy in a plastic bath in a dark kitchen interior. Taken in Hackney, London by Nick Hedges.

Boy in street

Photograph of a boy standing in front of a derelict house. Taken in Balsall Heath, Birmingham by Nick Hedges.