St Patrick's Day Parade
Irish dancer.
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.
St Patrick's Day Parade
Dancers from the Scanlon School of Irish Dancing, Birmingham.
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.
Watercolour depicting East Indian Labourers, by Jeanne Borde
In 1903, Jeanne Borde's watercolour of East Indian Labourers was used on the cover of Brandon Head’s book, The Food of Gods.1
1 Brandon Head, The Food of Gods: A Popular Account of Cocoa (1903)
Watercolour depicting Factory Girls Dancing in Bournville Grounds
This watercolour of girls participating in open-air dancing was taken from a photograph dated 1921. The watercolour was an exact copy of the photograph. Both images are illustrative of gender segregation ...
Women Dancing in the Dell at Muntz Park
From about 1914 organised dancing in some of Birmingham’s public parks became a popular activity. The Parks Committee made arrangements for dances to be held on public holidays and during the summer season ...