Description:Home 5 was initially a home for boys only and, as such was on the right hand side of the drive.
In 1948, Home 5 remained as being for boys only with accommodation for 18 boys. In 1949, it became known as Braemar. (Braemar is a place in the Cairngorms – is this what the home was named after?).
By 1979, the number of beds had been reduced to 14 and both boys and girls were living there. In the early 1980s, capacity was reduced further - to 12 beds.
The home closed between 1982 and 1984.
Image: Entitled 'tea-time at Erdington Cottage Homes', this photograph appeared in the City of Birmingham handbook 1950.
Source: This history was compiled by the Birmingham Children's Homes Project, an initiative to explore Birmingham City Council-run children’s homes between 1949 and 1990.