MAHMOOD HASHMI - Critic, essayist, author, editor, playwright and educationalist Entry submitted by Pervaiz Khan Mahmood Hashmi is a long...

"My Journey to and Life in Britain"

MY JOURNEY TO AND LIFE IN BRITAIN My name is Sarwan Singh. I came to this country in 1960. I have lived all my life in Handsworth and worked in ...

A Home for the Association

As the organisation's work grew it became essential to acquire somewhere to accommodate its activities and provide a focal point within the local c...

Ahmed's Journey

"My name is Ahmed Mirreh. I was born in Khamis Mashed in Saudi Arabia. I stayed there for 6 years. In 1989 civil war was in Somalia. My parents em...

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...

Birmingham China Town Lions Club

Photograph by Terry Lo.

Birmingham Chinese Elders Concern Group

Photograph by Terry Lo.

Cellar Youth Club

Cellar Youth Club was based in the cellar at the Sparkbrook Association's headquarters in Braithwaite Road. The youth club was decorated by its mem...

Creating Space for Play

The Sparkbrook Association's interest in child development and welfare led to the opening of a number of playgroups. Playgroups were places mothers...

Drawing of a Middlemore Girl

As an Edgbastonian, John Middlemore was proudly celebrated in the pages of the Edgbastonia magazine: ‘A benevolent Edgbaston gentleman wh...

Faces and Places: Sarwan Singh and the Indian Workers Association

[Submitted by Sarwan Singh] On the 3rd of October 2008 Birmingham Stories held an event entitled 'Race and Racism' in Birmingham Central Library...

Front Cover of the Weoley Castle Review

Weoley Castle Community Association newsletter, volume 2, number 11.