'Gypsies near Bromford Forge', by Joseph Barber
There have been Romany travellers or ‘gypsies’ in Britain since the 1500s, and from the beginning they were suspected and persecuted. The first evidence we have of a travelling family in Birmingham comes ...
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 ...
Interview with Alf Waldron, Mabel K. Waldron (his sister) and Mabel. A Waldron (his wife)
Excerpt from an interview with a working-class family from Harborne, giving insights into everyday life on the terrace block they lived in on Gordon Road, the surrounding shops, pubs and industries, and ...
Mahmood Hashmi
MAHMOOD HASHMI - Critic, essayist, author, editor, playwright and educationalist
Entry submitted by Pervaiz Khan
Mahmood Hashmi is a long established name in Urdu literature with a wide range ...
Mary Cottrell
Mary Cottrell was the first female Labour councillor for Birmingham Corporation and was a leading figure of co-operative women’s guilds, both with TASCoS and regionally. She also became the first woman ...
Mother and child window shopping
Municipal Estate, Kingstanding.
My journey to and Life in Britain
I got married in 1957. My parents arranged my marriage and that was the tradition of those days. Bride and bridegroom had no say in the choice of their partners. Those marriages lasted for a long time, ...
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. ...
My journey to and Life in Britain
I have two elder sisters and a younger brother.I am from a middle class family. I was living in an extended family in India with parents, grand parents and uncles. My father was a retired military officer. ...
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 ...
NUDAW Stirchley Branch Dinner
The National Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers recruited from the TASCoS workforce and the branch dinner, which this menu refers to, was held directly across the road from TASCoS’ central ...
Photographs by Bill Brandt
The following photographs by the British photographer Bill Brandt (1904-1983) were taken for the Bournville Village Trust from 1939-1943.
Exhibition compiled by Dr Nicola Gauld
Pin and Flag in Support of Belgian Refugees
This pin and flag was issued by the Birmingham Belgian Refugee Committee, which included Elizabeth Cadbury amongst its members and which was formed by the City to raise money and provide food and shelter ...
Poor girl in Sutton Park
The comments about the domestic circumstances were very personal, going beyond dry reportage, and it is clear he often found his work an emotional strain. Here he describes visiting a family living in ...
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 ...
Sketches In The Condemned Localities
Ink print accompanying an article, originally printed in 'The Graphic' newspaper, depicting inhabitants of John Street in central Birmingham.
'Some Memories of a Northfield Woman by Margaret Smith'
This account by Margaret Smith provides a fascinating story of the journey of a working-class family from Selly Oak to various new homes across south-west Birmingham. She was born on 23 December 1927. ...
St Patrick's Day Parade
Some of the crowd on Digbeth High Street.
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.