St Patrick's Day Parade
Sheltering from the wind behind a banner, 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
Pipers from the West Midlands Fire Service Pipe Band.
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.
TASCoS Box of Bicarbonate of Soda
Ten Acres and Stirchley Co-operative Society [TASCoS]
The carton for bicarbonate of soda was purchased from the TASCoS chemist in Stirchley. Also known as baking soda, this key ingredient in bread ...
TASCoS Choral Society
This advertisement for TASCOS Choral Society appeared in the handbook for Stirchley Spring Bazaar, 1911. The Choral Society fulfilled social and campaigning roles for the local co-operative movement. ...
TASCoS Contribution Card
Such cards enabled members to access the ‘divi’, possibly the most familiar aspect of co-operative societies and certainly a key element in fostering loyalty and affection. The payment of a dividend from ...
TASCoS Rule Book
The success of the co-operative movement owed much to its ability to operate within political and economic niches. This was both facilitated and constrained by legislation which placed obligations on ...
TASCoS Sports Pavilion at Lifford
This pavilion was designed by Henry Simister, consulting architect for Ten Acres & Stirchley Co-operative Society. Recreational activities were important elements of the co-operative movement. Whilst ...
The Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination
The Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination (CCARD) was set up in 1961 by Jagmohan Joshi and Maurice Ludmer a sports journalist who was also the founding editor of the anti-racist magazine ...
The Moor Pool News
Cover of the Moor Pool Estate magazine, designed to publicise leisure and social activities, advertise local shops and businesses and provide other news for residents of the Moor Pool Estate.
The Moor Pool News
The Moor Pool News was a newsletter printed for residents of the Moor Pool Estate, and appears to have only run for four years between 1910 and 1914. Like similar publications by the Bournville Village ...
The Severn Street School
Image: Photograph from 'The Story of the Severn Street and Priory First-day Schools, Our Jubilee Year' by William White (1895).
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'Two children painting' in Sparkbrook
Evidence of children’s creativity in the past is difficult to find. Drawings, paintings and stories produced by children rarely enter the archive or the museum. Many such items were stored by parents ...
Westminster Endeavour for Learning and Development
Originally based at Westminster Road School in Handsworth, WELD was formed in 1968 as a community education and arts project. It was set up by a group of teachers who wanted to create "a form of education ...
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 ...
Women's Rights Group, Chinese Community Centre
Photograph by Terry Lo.
Women's Tennis Dress
By the early twentieth century women were taking an increasing interest in sport. This led to special clothes being designed for particular activities. The popularity of cycling brought about some revolutionary ...