Case Notes for Ellen Allport, 1873-1880, All Saints Mental Health Casebook
Other children with health and learning problems were less well served. In the middle of the 19th century Birmingham opened a Lunatic Asylum for Paupers in Winson Green. Extensive records were kept about ...
Certificate for Long Service at Cadbury
This certificate was awarded to Amelia Drew, an employee of Cadbury, after seventeen years service. It was awarded on the fifth of April 1930. Amelia Drew began working for the company in 1913, and as ...
Children and satchels, by Lisel Haas
With growing industrialisation in the 1800s employers required a more numerate and more literate workforce than before. The work of humanitarian reformers led to laws being passed to prevent the employment ...
Children from Port Elizabeth
This photograph shows children with a teacher in Port Elizabeth, Africa.
Children’s Hospital Special Appeal
In 1886 the Children’s Hospital organised a campaign to raise funds to stop a ward from closing with the loss of ten beds. The Children’s Hospital was dependent on charity and donations in order to deliver ...
Creating Space for Play
The Sparkbrook Association's interest in child development and welfare led to the opening of a number of playgroups. Playgroups were places mothers and fathers could bring their children to play alongside ...
Daily routine in Norton Reformatory
The boys’ lives were strictly regulated. Activities were timetabled for each day between waking up at 6am and going to bed at 10pm. Cleanliness was required at all times. The boys were under constant ...
Domestic Economy Lesson, Somerville Road Board School, Birmingham by William Woollaston
This photograph has been carefully constructed. It was taken to be displayed or circulated as evidence of good educational practice. The blackboard is used to describe what is happening. The subject is ...
Dormitory rules in Norton Reformatory
Dr Jacqueline Andall
Dr Jacqueline Andall, Lecturer in Italian Studies, University of Bath: "Being black is only one of many identities. I realized fairly early on that society did not expect black people to achieve. I was ...
Dr Morgan Dalphinis
Dr Morgan Dalphinis, Director and Chief Executive, Urban Learning Foundation: "The priority for young people, particularly for black kids, is to make a clear decision about what is important. That means ...
Drawing of George De Courcey, All Saints Mental Health Casebook
This drawing by Robson, the asylum doctor, is the only visual record of a child in All Saints Asylum. George was admitted from the workhouse in 1876 aged 9. Like Ellen Allport he is described as insane ...
Ecole Belge
Leaflet appealing for money to continue the Belgian School, June 1918
Although some of the Belgian children attended local schools, the ‘Ecole Belge’ or Belgian Primary School opened in Birmingham on ...
Education, Rights and Resistance
Image: Birmingham's Hebrew School (Cornish's Guide to Birmingham and its Manufactories, 1856. Local Studies and Archives)
The quest for Jewish rights and education played an important role in the ...
Elizabeth Cadbury (1858-1951)
Entry Submitted by Caroline Forman [Birmingham Archives and Heritage Department]
Elizabeth was the wife of George Cadbury, of Cadbury’s Chocolate, Bournville. She was brought up in a period of British ...
Entrance to the Blue Coat School by Sir Benjamin Stone
The Blue Coat School stood at the east end of St Philip’s churchyard. It was founded as a charity in 1723 to board and educate the children of the poor. Boys and girls were taught to read, write and do ...
Extract from Calthorpe Estate Minutes
In the Minutes of the Calthorpe Estate, we find glimpses of the daily lives of individuals. John Thorneycroft rented Metchley Farm - a considerable parcel of land (267 acres) boundaried by Pritchetts ...
Faces and Places: Helen Newill
[Submitted by Angela Skitt, Birmingham Archive and Heritage]
Helen Newill's Positions:
Chair of The Association for the Rescue and Training of Young Women (Birmingham
District), 1906-1914
Head ...