School Children in Barbados
In this photograph from Hole Town, the school children are running towards Benjamin Stone and his camera.
Selly Manor
Henry Baker’s painting shows Selly Manor in a ruinous condition. By the early 1900s it was threatened by demolition. George Cadbury arranged for its re-location from Selly Oak to Bournville, where the ...
Sikh and Grandson
Sikh and grandson, by St Peters, Wolverhampton. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.
Singer's Hill Window "Moses"
Image: Singer's Hill Window (photo by Brigitte Windsor)
In 1956, a scheme was launched to create new stained glass windows for Singer's Hill Jewish synagogue, marking one hundred years of worship in ...
Singer's Hill Window, Emancipation of the Jews"
Image: Photograph by Brigitte Windsor.
A publication entitled 'The Stained Glass Windows of Singer's Hill Synagogue, Birmingham' (Birmingham City Archives (JA/2/G/12) gives the following account:
"The ...
Singer's Hill Window, 'The Sabbath'
Image: Singer's Hill Window (photo by Brigitte Windsor)
A publication entitled 'The Stained Glass Windows of Singer's Hill Synagogue, Birmingham' (Birmingham City Archives (JA/2/G/12) gives the following ...
Single Storey Dwellings for Aged People, by Manzoni
Watercolour artist impression by Sir Herbert Manzoni, City Engineer and Surveyor, depicting layout of the kind of elderly person's maisonette-type dwelling built on new housing estates.
Sketches In The Condemned Localities
Ink print accompanying an article, originally printed in 'The Graphic' newspaper, depicting inhabitants of John Street in central Birmingham.
'Some Memories of a Northfield Woman by Margaret Smith'
This account by Margaret Smith provides a fascinating story of the journey of a working-class family from Selly Oak to various new homes across south-west Birmingham. She was born on 23 December 1927. ...
Staff Recommends: 'Civic Gospels: Networks for Social Change'
This is an additional miscellaneous resource list of materials on the ‘Civic Gospels’. Each item was suggested by the staff of Birmingham's Archives and Heritage Services during research seminars held ...
Standard Municipal Housing Designs
Example of non-parlour class of council house, from a roll design templates in the records of Humphries & McDonald, Architects.
Statue of Bishop Gore, St Philip's Cathedral
Bishop Gore, Sweated Labour and Workers’ Education
This photograph was taken by the City Council’s Information Department in the 1950s for inclusion in an official guide and it celebrates Birmingham’s ...
Stirchley High Street (now the Pershore Road)
This image is from the golden age of picture postcards and depicts Stirchley in its Edwardian hey-day. Its origins as an industrial village are not apparent and it is not yet overshadowed by the gentility ...
Stirchley Library - exterior
Lewis Lloyd’s photograph of Stirchley Library was taken in 1913 for the Warwickshire Photographic Survey, now held at Birmingham Central Library. Not long opened at this date, the library was constructed ...
Stirchley Library - interior
Lewis Lloyd captured an important aspect of Edwardian society with this photograph. Still without full electoral suffrage, women found that libraries offered opportunities for them to relax and to gain ...
Street Sign - Court 4
Example of oval-shaped sign used to mark the tunnel-like entrances to the courtyards behind back-to-back houses, usually addressed in censuses and directories with the court number before the house address ...
Sturge Statue near Broad Street.
Image: Early Twentieth Century Photograph from Warwickshire Photographic Society (Broad Street).
Joseph Sturge was a nineteenth century antislavery campaigner living in Birmingham.
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Sunday Sports in our Public Parks
This pamphlet was issued in protest at proposals to relax restrictions on the playing of football, cricket and other sports in Birmingham's parks on Sundays.