[Causeway Green Hostel, Birmingham 1949]

[Submitted by Kevin Searle] One important reason as to why the black community in London, developed around Brixton, is because many of the arri...

Everyweek magazine

This page comes from 'Everyweek' magazine and shows scenes and characters from the First World War, including black and Asian servicemen.

Faces and Places: Dick Turpin

Dick Turpin and Family [submitted by Birmingham Stories] It is often observed amongst archivists that we frequently come across some of ou...

Faces and Places: Stuart Blofield's Story

This article was kindly sent to the Birmingham Stories project by Mr Stuart Blofield, who grew up in the Birmingham Edgbaston area and now lives in...

Faces and Places: Thomas Ewart Mitton

Submitted by Maggie Burns, Birmingham Archives and Heritage Thomas Ewart Mitton, called Ewart (his family name)in this article, born in April 18...

Fighting Prejudice

In the twentieth century, the 'Birmingham Hebrew Congregation' of Singer's Hill faced a humanitarian crisis- the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party ...

Finding Refuge

It has been estimated that Birmingham received approximately 700 Jewish refugees between 1933 and 1945.There are a number of different archive sour...

Oswald Mosley

Image: Oswald Mosley at the Town Hall. (Birmingham Newspaper Cuttings Political History 1930-1932) It is important to remember that at the time ...

'Shaken Roots'

Poster for an exhibition of photographs of the experiences of the San people of Namibia, taken by Orde Eliason, Paul Weinberg, Jurgen Schadeber and...

Turban'd Roadmenders

This page comes from a publication called 'The War Budget', 18 January 1917, and is captioned ‘Britain’s Turban’d Roadmenders at Work’.It shows th...

'Two Faces of War' and 'Nicaragua'

Poster for two photographic exhibitions shown at the Triangle Photography Gallery 4 February-1 March 1986. These consist of 'Two Faces of War' - an...

Win the War Day

This photograph of workers from Kynoch Limited in a tableau was taken for ‘Win the War Day’ on 21 September 1918. The group includes a black woman....