Autobiography of Richard Bennett, chimney sweep, written for the Birmingham Association for the Suppression of Climbing Boys
In the 1830s John Cadbury led a campaign in Birmingham against the employment of climbing boys. He called a meeting of all the sweeps in the town and tried to convince them to use machines instead. He ...
Bath Row Redevelopment Scheme
Pencil sketch by Reginald Edgecombe depicting an artist impression of new housing and road infrastructure for the new Bath Row Redevelopment Zone which encompassed Lee Bank.
Birmingham and the Grunwick Dispute 1976-1978
SETTING THE SCENE
‘Grunwick’ was an industrial dispute centred on Cricklewood, north London but which had national significance. Political and campaign groups from around Britain rallied to the support ...
Birmingham Broadside November 1977
BIRMINGHAM’S SOLIDARITY
Birmingham Broadside November 1977 MS 1591 Paul Mackney Collection
This image reflects both traditional and emerging aspects of the local labour movement. The report of the ...
Birmingham Bus Crew Member
This photograph was taken some time after Birmingham City Transport abandoned it’s ‘colour bar’ in 1954 (see 'Transport Workers in South-West Birmingham'). Immigrants often chose to record their status ...
Birmingham Buses and the Colour Bar
Mirroring the situation in other British cities, in post-war Birmingham black people were barred from employment as conductors or drivers on buses. Although they were employed in local authority garages ...
Birmingham Canal
Image: Photograoh from Warwickshire Photographic Survey (date unknown).
The canal systems were vital for the developemt of metal industries in Birmingham. See 'Campaiging for Social Justice for a ...
Birmingham City Council Tenants Sub-Committee Minutes
The Tenants Sub-Committee was appointed in November 1922. It reported to the City Estates Committee, its chief function being to deal with applications for municipal housing. Estates Department officials ...
Birmingham City Transport Report
Recruitment in Eire 1951
This report reflects a major aspect of Birmingham’s dependence on immigrant labour in the 1950s and beyond.1 Key sectors became associated with the Irish workforce, including ...
Birmingham International Marxist Group
Birmingham International Marxist Group [IMG] MS 1591 Paul Mackney Collection
Despite advocating a mass picket in support of the ‘Grunwick’ strikers, the IMG’s credentials as a mobilizer of the industrial ...
Birmingham Mail Charity Boots
From 1889 the Birmingham Mail newspaper ran a Christmas appeal. One of the causes it supported was buying boots for poor children who would otherwise go barefoot. The first distribution of boots was made ...
Birmingham Trade Directory 1862
Black Abolitionists in Birmingham
The following pages give an introduction to some of the black abolitionists who came into contact with Birmingham. They not only campaigned against slavery and for the rights of their own race, but for ...
Bournville Work & Play
The publication Bournville Work & Play was one of a series of publications produced by Cadbury during the 1920s and 30s. The publications were intended to promote the working practices of the company, ...
Bournville Works and the War 1914-1919
Bournville Works and the War 1914-1919 was a commemorative publication produced at the request of Cadbury’s employees in 1920. Throughout the war Bournville Works Magazine featured a column entitled ...
Boy selling newspapers with a blind man on the corner of New Street and Worcester Street by Thomas Clark
Bristol Road Tramcar
The Bristol Road Tramway1
This tram (fleet number 395) is a rare survivor of Birmingham’s once mighty electric tram fleet.2 It was built in 1911-12 and preserved in 1953, just weeks before the tram ...
Cadbury advertisement: Something Like a Present
This window bill is part of a bound volume of advertisements and other marketing paraphernalia produced by Cadbury at their Bournville Works.