Birmingham Parks Police
This photograph was taken for an album containing scenes in the parks during the Edwardian period. The Parks Police were a regular presence and were responsible for keeping order and challenging would-be ...
Birmingham Parks Police Badge
Birmingham’s parks were initially patrolled by the city police force. During the 1880s, the Parks Committee had to apply to the Worcestershire police force for additional officers to patrol Cannon Hill ...
Birmingham People’s Kindergarten, Greet
Infant children are tidying the kindergarten room. ‘Home life’ was the basis of activities. Children were encouraged to help each other by doing domestic and garden work and looking after pets. There ...
Birmingham Prison Visiting Committee on the Juvenile Court, 1910
Data was collected on the types of offences committed by young people and reported in juvenile courts.
Birmingham Tram Escutcheon & Standard
This emblem spread across suburban tram routes, particularly from 1911. In June the city took over services of the City of Birmingham Tramways Company on the Bristol and Pershore Roads. This action was ...
Blue Coat Charity School Apprenticeship Indenture
Joseph Eadley would have entered the Blue Coat School when he was 7 years old. The entrance age was increased to 9 in 1819. The School later arranged for children to be apprenticed. Joseph was apprenticed ...
Blue Coat Charity School Apprenticeship Indenture
Mary Taylor would have entered the Blue Coat School when she was 7 years old. The entrance age was increased to 9 in 1819. The School later arranged for children to be apprenticed. Mary was apprenticed ...
Board School Boys
This photograph shows school boys from a Board School in Stratford on Avon.
Board School Girls
This photograph shows school girls from a Board School in Stratford on Avon.
Bonnet from Fancy Dress Costume
This fancy dress costume was worn by Florence Barrow, aged 10, in 1886 for the Lord Mayor's Children's Party.
Booklet describing Birmingham Workhouse
In the past children from poorer families in Britain had to earn a living as a matter of routine. Going to school was not common until 1870. Many children worked from a young age, often in seasonal or ...
Boy in street
Photograph of a boy standing in front of a derelict house. Taken in Balsall Heath, Birmingham by Nick Hedges.
Boy selling newspapers with a blind man on the corner of New Street and Worcester Street by Thomas Clark
Boy with Flag by Vanley Burke
Vanley Burke’s photographs are noted for making visible in a sensitive way black daily life in Britain. Looking straight at the camera the boy presents the viewer with a strong sense of his own identity. ...
Boy with hoop at Calthorpe Park
In the 19th century public parks were introduced to provide the poor and working classes with healthier ways to spend their leisure hours. The land was often given by social reformers – Lord Calthorpe ...
Boys Admission Register of Middlemore Homes, 1873-1914, showing Henry’s admission
Henry Bate sailed to Canada on 20 June 1905 with a party of children sent by Middlemore Homes. Henry lived in 2 Court, Vauxhall with his mother Ada Owen, his step father and two other children. The family ...
Boys Exercising in the School Yard, Birmingham by William Woollaston
This image shows boys exercising with dumb bells. A growing concern for the health and welfare of school children led to physical drill and exercises being introduced into the curriculum. Such activities ...
Boys sitting on cars, Balsall Heath
From a series of photographs taken in Balsall Heath, by Alan J. Wood.