Chopra Puja
Chopra Puja, during the Hindu festival of Diwali, at the Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham.
Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 26 October 2000.
Chopra Puja
Dr Satish Brahmbhatt (Knowle). Chopra Puja, during the Hindu festival of Diwali, at the Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham.
Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 26 October 2000.
City of Religion: Staff Recommends
This is an additional miscellaneous resource list of materials on the ‘City of Religion’. Each item was suggested by the staff of Birmingham's Archives and Heritage Services during research seminars held ...
Congregation
Congregation, African Methodist Episcopal Church of Zion, Wolverhampton. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.
Drawing of a Middlemore Girl
As an Edgbastonian, John Middlemore was proudly celebrated in the pages of the Edgbastonia magazine:
‘A benevolent Edgbaston gentleman who has solved one of the difficult social problems of modern ...
Drum
Drum machine to emulate the start of Arti (prayers) during the Hindu festival of Navratri, at the Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham.
Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 7 October 2000....
Early Jewish Presence In Birmingham
‘A House Inhabited by Jews’ (1750).
In one Birmingham’s early ‘levy books’, a number of Jews can be seen living together as early as 1750. This is an important piece of evidence. It proves that ...
Edgbaston with Tower of Edgbaston Church
This drawing shows how rural Edgbaston was in the mid-nineteenth century. The tower of Edgbaston Old Church is visible in the background.
Education, Rights and Resistance
Image: Birmingham's Hebrew School (Cornish's Guide to Birmingham and its Manufactories, 1856. Local Studies and Archives)
The quest for Jewish rights and education played an important role in the ...
Elizabeth Cadbury (1858-1951)
Entry Submitted by Caroline Forman [Birmingham Archives and Heritage Department]
Elizabeth was the wife of George Cadbury, of Cadbury’s Chocolate, Bournville. She was brought up in a period of British ...
Engraving of Singer's Hill Interior
The Midland Illustrated News (1869).
After the Severn Street Synagogue would come the famous Singer's Hill Synagogue, opened in 1856. The architect Yeoville Thomson was commissioned for the design. ...
Faiths, Journeys, Jewels: Jacob Jacobs and Birmingham
[Submitted by Dr Andy Green]
Introduction: Rediscovering the Past
From a sign on a wall, it is sometimes possible to uncover a whole history. Buildings that we walk past every day can often hold ...
Father Joseph
Father Joseph preaching, New Testament Church of God, Wolverhampton. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.
Fighting Prejudice
In the twentieth century, the 'Birmingham Hebrew Congregation' of Singer's Hill faced a humanitarian crisis- the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany.
In WWII, Hitler's brutal regime would ...
Finding Refuge
It has been estimated that Birmingham received approximately 700 Jewish refugees between 1933 and 1945.There are a number of different archive sources and historical accounts to help us get a better understanding ...
Garba
Garba dance during the Hindu festival of Navratri, at the Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham.
Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 26 October 2000.
Garlanding
Garlanding religious leader (Guru Nanak), Wolverhampton. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.
Guru Nanak Assembly
Assembly at Civic Centre, Wolverhampton, to welcome Guru Nanak, 1977. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.