Sybil Phoenix MBE
Sybil Phoenix MBE, Founder and Director of Marsh Phoenix Memorial Trust: "The most challenging aspect is the counselling work that I do. It makes you weep and it makes you happy. It's difficult but rewarding. ...
TASCoS Box of Bicarbonate of Soda
Ten Acres and Stirchley Co-operative Society [TASCoS]
The carton for bicarbonate of soda was purchased from the TASCoS chemist in Stirchley. Also known as baking soda, this key ingredient in bread ...
TASCoS Choral Society
This advertisement for TASCOS Choral Society appeared in the handbook for Stirchley Spring Bazaar, 1911. The Choral Society fulfilled social and campaigning roles for the local co-operative movement. ...
TASCoS Contribution Card
Such cards enabled members to access the ‘divi’, possibly the most familiar aspect of co-operative societies and certainly a key element in fostering loyalty and affection. The payment of a dividend from ...
TASCoS Rule Book
The success of the co-operative movement owed much to its ability to operate within political and economic niches. This was both facilitated and constrained by legislation which placed obligations on ...
TASCoS Sports Pavilion at Lifford
This pavilion was designed by Henry Simister, consulting architect for Ten Acres & Stirchley Co-operative Society. Recreational activities were important elements of the co-operative movement. Whilst ...
The Corner Shop, Black Country - Gallery 2
For over many decades now small shops have been adapting to changing circumstances to survive and to meet the needs of new communities.
The inspiration behind this shop front collection of images ...
The Corner Shop, Black Country - Gallery 3
The Corner Shop site-specific promenade theatre performance was based on new research conducted with Black Country shopkeepers, their families and customers undertaken by community members. In autumn ...
The Moor Pool News
Cover of the Moor Pool Estate magazine, designed to publicise leisure and social activities, advertise local shops and businesses and provide other news for residents of the Moor Pool Estate.
The Moor Pool News
The Moor Pool News was a newsletter printed for residents of the Moor Pool Estate, and appears to have only run for four years between 1910 and 1914. Like similar publications by the Bournville Village ...
The Saltley News
The Saltley News was produced by Birmingham Community Development Project- a government initiative aimed at addressing social deprivation in a number of British cities. The first issue of the Saltley ...
'Two children painting' in Sparkbrook
Evidence of children’s creativity in the past is difficult to find. Drawings, paintings and stories produced by children rarely enter the archive or the museum. Many such items were stored by parents ...
Two women with children in the street
Back-to-back and Tunnel-back Slum properties, Hockley, Birmingham.
WEA Development Education Project - Eunice Campbell
My name is Eunice Campbell and I am 72 years old. I was born in Jamaica in the Parish of St Andrews in the district of Rockhall. I am of Caribbean origin and came to England in 1960, I even remember ...
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.
Women's Rights Group, Chinese Community Centre
Photograph by Terry Lo.