Postcard of Edgbaston Reservoir
In 1903 postcards were still a relatively new phenomenon. Only the address could be written on the back, and any message had to be fitted onto the front alongside the picture. This postcard carries a ...
School photo c.1993
"This is a school photograph. I remember starting at my local school in Ersel..."
"My first memory is being the first black person in the classroom, and everybody's looking at you. I was nervous actually..."
"The ...
The Effect of Flat Dwelling on Children
Much of the new accommodation built after 1945 for the purposes of re-housing comprised increasingly taller, high-density tower blocks, many built in the five Redevelopment Areas. They also rose across ...
Trenches at Calthorpe Park
This photograph is one of several images taken of trenches dug in Birmingham’s Parks as part of Civil Defence preparations made by the city authorities during the Munich crisis of 1938. Although the outbreak ...
'What I think of the Estate' by a resident, Weoley Castle
Anonymous letter illustrating the views of a tenant printed in the Weoley Castle Review on the estate and its facilities.