Homes for Sparkbrook
This photograph shows volunteers at work decorating a Sparkbrook property.
Improving the condition of properties had the potential to better the physical and mental well-being of Sparkbrook's residents. ...
Illuminated Address presented to Samuel Walliker
The people shown enjoying the fresh air in this painting are benefiting from the philanthropy of a man who made his home in Birmingham only in the latter part of his life. After a career in London and ...
John Phillips, philanthropist (born 1836)
Between 1851 and 1871, the number of Jewish families living in Edgbaston had increased from two to a hundred - an indication of the growing prosperity of many Jews.1 John Phillips was one of a number ...
Letter from Eliezer Edwards to Hugh Nettlefold
In November 1884, a lengthy article about the Botanical Gardens appeared in Edgbastonia magazine. This letter illuminates the background to the publication of that article.
Correspondence about the ...
Letter from Norman Chamberlain to Boys Club Members
Norman Chamberlain wrote this letter to members of the Boys Club he organised, to be read in the event of his death while serving in the Grenadier Guards during the First World War. He encourages them ...
Middlemore children on board ship on route to Australia
Middlemore Homes were founded in 1872 by John Throgmorton Middlemore (1844-1924). His mission was to ‘save boys and girls from lives of crime and pauperism’ in the slums of Birmingham and believed they ...
Minutes of Edgbaston Archery Association AGM
The Edgbaston Archery Association (later the Edgbaston Archery and Lawn Tennis Association) was formed in 1860. Membership was carefully controlled: ‘applicants for admission to be proposed by a Member, ...
My journey to and Life in Britain
I joined Indian Workers Association in late sixties and was a trade union shop steward.
I am very proud of the Indian Workers Association because of the help and advice that I received from the comrades. ...
Norman Chamberlain
Norman Chamberlain was the paternal cousin of Neville Chamberlain. He was Chairman of the Parks Committee of Birmingham City Council between 1912 and 1914, when he volunteered to serve in the First World ...
Pearson’s Fresh Air Fund Day at Manor Farm Park
A number of ‘Fresh Air’ funds were set up in both Britain and North America during the late nineteenth century, to provide days out or sometimes summer holidays, in the countryside, to children from low ...
Pearson’s Fresh Air Fund Day at Manor Farm Park
One of a series of photographs documenting days out at Manor Farm Park for children from city centre schools, run by Pearson's Fresh Air Fund with the assistance of Elizabeth Cadbury who offered the use ...
Playing Tennis at Birmingham Botanical Gardens
'The lovers of lawn-tennis will perhaps be surprised to learn that Major Gem was the first to bring that game before the public, but it is an unquestionable fact'.
An obituary for Major ‘Harry’ Gem ...
Programme for Lickey & District Horticultural Show & Sports
Horticultural societies often reflected an interest in gardens promoted by the Arts and Crafts Movement, which was characteristic of many Edwardian suburbs. This society’s flower show and sports day served ...
Refreshment Tariff, Lisseter and Miller
Lisseter and Miller had been asked to quote for the supply of catering for the café in the Botanical Gardens. This is their proposed price list. A note at the top says 'approved'.
St Patrick's Day Parade
Before the start of the parade.
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.
St Patrick's Day Parade
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.
St Patrick's Day Parade
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.
St Patrick's Day Parade
In the bitterly cold wind on the top of Camp Hill, Birmingham, before the start of the parade.
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.