Two women with children in the street
Back-to-back and Tunnel-back Slum properties, Hockley, Birmingham.
Unveiling of Sturge Statue, 1862
Image: Engraving of statue published in the 'Illustrated Times'(1862).
Joseph Sturge was a nineteenth century antislavery campaigner living in Birmingham.
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Viennese girls with Elizabeth and George Cadbury in the garden of their home
On 29 October 1920 18 girls from Vienna arrived in Bournville where they lived with local families for a year. They were all between 8 and 12 years of age and lived in Bournville until 2 September 1921 ...
View of New Tower Blocks and Infrastructure, by Reginald Edgecombe
Reginald Edgecombe was a designer commissioned by the Council to produce artist’s impressions of what Birmingham might look like post-war once reconstruction was complete. A collection of his watercolour ...
Warwick Pageant
This photograph shows a scene from the Warwick Pageant, with the child selected to act out a sacrifice.
Warwick Pageant Rehearsal
This photograph shows school children attending a rehearsal of the Warwick Pageant.
West Midlands Gypsy Liaison Group
Letter from Charles Parker, Chairman of the West Midlands Gypsy Liaison Group, to members, dated 3rd July 1970.
Woman and four children
Photograph of a woman in a headscarf with four small children in a slum interior. Taken in Winson Green, Birmingham by Nick Hedges.
Woodbrooke
This nineteenth century house in Selly Oak has been much extended, originally for private purposes and since 1903 in connection with its use as a Quaker education centre (see also ink drawing of Woodbrooke). ...
Woodbrooke College, Selly Oak
This ink drawing depicts Woodbrooke College in Selly Oak. It was produced in 1956 by James Porteous Wood. He was a noted artist and designer whom the Birmingham Post commissioned to produce drawings of ...
Young black girl in slum interior
Photograph of a young black girl in a slum interior. Taken in Balsall Heath, Birmingham by Nick Hedges.
Young boy reading a book
Photograph of a little boy reading a book in outside stairwell. Taken in Liverpool by Nick Hedges.
Young boy sitting on pavement
Back-to-back and Tunnel-back Slum properties, Hockley, Birmingham, 1943
Young girl in slum bathroom
Photograph of a little girl in a slum bathroom. Taken in Moss Side, Manchester by Nick Hedges.