'War', by W.L. Sherwood
This dramatic frontispiece to the fourth issue of 'The Southern Cross' (the Edgbaston military hospital magazine) is entitled simply ‘War’. It is the third in a series of visionary works by Staff Sergeant ...
Warwick Pageant
This photograph shows a scene from the Warwick Pageant, with the child selected to act out a sacrifice.
Warwick Pageant Rehearsal
This photograph shows school children attending a rehearsal of the Warwick Pageant.
Watercolour depicting A Bournville Workroom, attributed to H.N. Bradbear
Two images that typify the depiction of Cadbury and, indeed, the image of its female employees in the early twentieth century, are the watercolour design of A Bournville Workroom, c.1910, attributed to ...
Watercolour depicting Cadbury's Girls' Ground, by H.N. Bradbear
‘[Where] industrial life today is concerned, Work and Play are not only closely related subjects, but one subject’.1
The classic image of the Cadbury’s girl at leisure, in the early twentieth century ...
Watercolour depicting Cadbury's Q Block, by Frederick Taylor
The watercolour design by Frederick Taylor of Q Block was reproduced as a colour print in various publications, including the centre-fold to Bournville Work and Play.1 Q Block was described as a large ...
Watercolour depicting entrance to Cadbury's Bournville Works, by Claude Buckle
This watercolour depicts the main entrance hall on Bournville Lane. The artist Claude Buckle painted a number of different views of new factory buildings during the 1930s. In this view Buckle used the ...
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 ...
Watercolour depicting the Men's Recreation Ground, by H.N. Bradbear
‘[Where] industrial life today is concerned, Work and Play are not only closely related subjects, but one subject’.1
Bradbear produced watercolour views of both the men’s and girls' recreation grounds, ...
Watercolour Design for Cover of The Factory in a Garden
The Factory in a Garden was first published during the 1930s along with a companion publication Bournville Village Trust. Cadbury regularly commissioned leading graphic artists of the period, including ...
Watercolour of Cutting Pods, by Frank Newbould
The final group of images depicting cocoa plantations associated with Cadbury in the early twentieth century are by the artist Frank Newbould. During the 1920s and 1930s, Newbould was commissioned on ...
West Midlands Gypsy Liaison Group
Letter from Charles Parker, Chairman of the West Midlands Gypsy Liaison Group, to members, dated 3rd July 1970.
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 ...
'What I think of the Estate' by a resident, Weoley Castle
Anonymous letter illustrating the views of a tenant printed in the Weoley Castle Review on the estate and its facilities.
'What the MO Looks Like in a Surgical Ward', by H. Gardner
This is one of several caricatures published by wounded soldiers in the Edgbaston WW1 military hospital magazine that express deeply conflicted feelings towards the medical and administrative staff.
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When We Build Again (1943)
Section from the film 'When We Build Again', commissioned by the Cadburys firm and narrated by Dylan Thomas, discussing the various types of housing the working-class servicemen were returning to after ...
White Cotton Cap worn by a Cadbury's Employee
This white cap is one of a number of items donated by Amelia Drew, an employee at Cadbury’s Bournville Works during the early twentieth century. This particular cap dates from 1941 and, therefore, it ...
William Mills (1856-1932)
Although William Mills is famous as the Birmingham inventor and engineer who developed the hand grenade familiarly known to First World War British soldiers as the 'Mills Bomb', he was born in Sunderland ...