Boys in Calthorpe Park

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Date:1900 - 1910 (c.)

Description:This photograph shows a group of boys in Calthorpe Park. Their clothing suggests that they are from working-class or lower middle-class backgrounds. It is easy to imagine that they might have found themselves in trouble with the Parks Police for minor offences.

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Sport and Leisure Photographs, Slides, Transparencies Parks Moseley Edgbaston Children and Childhood 1901-2000 (20th century)

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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Archives & Heritage

Donor ref:BA&H: Misc Photos/Birmingham Parks Album/p37 (91/1742)

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