Bicknell Croft Children's Home, Kings Heath
There are several parallels between this home and another children's home which was built on Reynoldstown Road. The two homes are very similar in structure, at least outwardly. Both were built in 1967 ...
Birmingham and District War Refugees Committee, Register of Belgian refugees
During World War 1 thousands of refugees escaped from war-torn Belgium and many settled in Birmingham. The Birmingham War Refugees Committee chaired by Elizabeth Cadbury found work for adult refugees, ...
Birmingham and Moseley Society Journal
In contrast to the general movement to open up green spaces in the city to provide parks for Birmingham’s urban and suburban population during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Moseley Park ...
Birmingham Blue Coat School Boys
The Blue Coat School stood at the east end of St Philip’s churchyard. It was founded as a charity in 1723 to board and educate the children of the poor. Boys and girls were taught to read, write and do ...
Birmingham Blue Coat School Girls by Sir Benjamin Stone
The children were clothed in distinctive blue uniforms. The photographs are particularly important as the names of the children are included. These can be cross referenced with the other school records. ...
Birmingham Boys and Girls Union Report
The caption underneath this photograph of boys who attended the junior boys club organised by the Birmingham Boys and Girls Union illustrates the anxieties that many middle-class reformers had about working-class ...
Birmingham Childrens Homes- Resources for Schools
Introduction to resources for schools
The records reproduced here are a sample of the archive material about Birmingham Children’s Homes, held by Birmingham Archives & Heritage. They have been put ...
Birmingham Daily Post Article
This report discusses an incident in Cannon Hill Park, in which Charles Cartwright's carriage was pelted with snowballs as he drove through the park on the morning of Sunday 10 January. The article expresses ...
Birmingham Infants’ Health Society and School of Mother-craft, 6th Annual Report
Theories about child development in 19th century science, medicine and anthropology led to the emergence of the idea of ‘the normal child’. Children were increasingly observed, measured, tested and individual ...
Birmingham Mail Charity Boots
From 1889 the Birmingham Mail newspaper ran a Christmas appeal. One of the causes it supported was buying boots for poor children who would otherwise go barefoot. The first distribution of boots was made ...
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 Robins
Extract from the Birmingham Daily Gazette, 12 January 1903 recording the presence of ‘coloured people’ at the Birmingham Robins winter treat.
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Black Ivory. A tale among the slavers of East Africa by Robert M. Ballantyne (1825-1894)
Adventure stories, such as Black Ivory became a popular genre for boys in Victorian children’s literature. It was a genre which also reflected the growth of British power with the adventures opening up ...
Black nursemaid, Bournville
This is a photograph of an un-named black nursemaid sitting with three white children who are presumably in her care. It was taken in the Triangle, Sycamore Road, Bournville, in the early 20th century. ...
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 ...