Dress by M. & E. Abbott
This striking dress in yellow trimmed with black velvet was made by M. & E. Abbott of 65 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, in 1896. However, we can't be sure exactly how it looked when it left the dressmakers. ...
Edgbastonia Title Page, 1881
‘The contents will be of local interest, or local production, and […] they shall be of a healthy moral tone, and be altogether non-political and unsectarian’. So says the editor of Edgbastonia in May ...
Extract from Calthorpe Estate Minutes
In the Minutes of the Calthorpe Estate, we find glimpses of the daily lives of individuals. John Thorneycroft rented Metchley Farm - a considerable parcel of land (267 acres) boundaried by Pritchetts ...
Farm labourers at Booths Farm, Perry Barr by Sir Benjamin Stone
Parts of Birmingham were very rural until relatively recently and many children were employed in agricultural work.
Floor tiles from 'Longworth', Edgbaston
These floor tiles, from 24 Priory Road, were rescued from the home of John Thackray Bunce, editor of the Birmingham Daily Post from 1862 to 1898. His daughters Kate and Myra were students at the Birmingham ...
Food and Travel Expenses of Lizzie Lamb, age 17
This notebook is an account of Lizzie Lamb, an employee of Cadbury, for one week's record of expenses (food and travel).
Great Western Arcade
Image of the Great Western Arcade today.
Hiatt's and Slavery (part 1)
This is a late nineteenth century interview with the Birmingham Hiatt's handcuffs firm. Read both parts of the interview to see Hiatt's connection to slavery. The company is still in operation today, ...
Hiatt's and Slavery (part 2)
(cont)This is a late nineteenth century interview with the Birmingham Hiatt's handcuffs firm. Read both parts of the interview to see Hiatt's connection to slavery. The company is still in operation today, ...
Illuminated Address presented to Samuel Walliker
The people shown enjoying the fresh air in this painting are benefiting from the philanthropy of a man who made his home in Birmingham only in the latter part of his life. After a career in London and ...
Indian Workers' Association GB [IMG]
Indian Workers’ Association GB (Birmingham Branch) MS 2141 IWA
The IWA combined Marxist politics with a concern for the plight of Asians and other immigrants in Britain and had a close, if sometimes ...
Interview with Alf Waldron, Mabel K. Waldron (his sister) and Mabel. A Waldron (his wife)
Excerpt from an interview with a working-class family from Harborne, giving insights into everyday life on the terrace block they lived in on Gordon Road, the surrounding shops, pubs and industries, and ...
Jacob Jacobs
Image: Jacob Jacobs. Birmingham Faces and Places, Vol 4. Local Studies and History.
James Bissett ( 1762?- 1832)
Submitted by Mike Hunkin, Birmingham Archives and Heritage
James Bisset was born in the city of Perth, Scotland, around the year 1762. Not a great deal is known about his early life and family background. ...
Kimberley Diamond Mines
Kimberley Diamond Mines, South Africa, from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone, June 1894.
Kimberley Diamond Mines
Kimberley Diamond Mines, South Africa, from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone, June 1894.
Kulwant Ubhi and his friend Tony
Photograph of Kulwant Ubhi and his friend Tony at Startins, Aston, Birmingham.
Photograph by Sukhvinder Singh Ubhi, 1990s.
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