Pat's Journey to Birmingham

Family and traditional Irish life:- Pat has 7 siblings- 5 boys and 2 girls all Limerick born. Pat's family had a happy, humble upbringing -l...

Pat's Journey to Birmingham

Pat left Ireland in 1961 and came to England as there was no work at home. Invited here by his school friend Tony, who’d been in Birmingham a year ...

Pat's Journey to Birmingham

First career in Birmingham was as a Trainee Bus Conductor in Harborne. His friend was working as one and got him a job at a depot. Pat found it ...

Paul Robeson

In 1949 Birmingham was host to two performances by American actor, singer and activist, Paul Robeson. Both concerts took place at Birmingham Town H...

Peter Stanford, 'From Bondage To Liberty' [1]

Photo of Sturge Statue (2006)

Image: Photograph of Sturge Statue(taken by Pete Ashton) Joseph Sturge was a nineteenth century antislavery campaigner living in Birmingham. ...

Photograph of Dr Mary Sturge

This photograph accompanied a feature on Mary Sturge in Edgbastonia magazine. Mary Sturge was a pioneer of medical training for women, and a...

Pin and Flag in Support of Belgian Refugees

This pin and flag was issued by the Birmingham Belgian Refugee Committee, which included Elizabeth Cadbury amongst its members and which was formed...

Political Demonstrations in the Parks

During the 1920s and 1930s, the Parks Committee minutes contain detailed information about the type of organisations applying to use Birmingham’s p...

Portrait of Joseph Sturge

Image of Joseph Sturge, leader of the 'Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society'. 'Timmins' Birmingham Portraits, Large Folio (part 2), SE6. Click on web...

Portrait of Rev. Cohen

A portrait of Cohen, minister of Singer's Hill 1913-1949.

Refugees in Birmingham

Image: a photograph of Jewish Refugees in Birmingham. (Harry Levine, Press Cuttings, 1941 part 1). Behind pictures such as these lies a complica...