The 1st Southern General Military Hospital, Edgbaston
This photograph shows an outdoor performance presented by the Birmingham Athletic Club (BAC) in an open-air ward at the 1st Southern General Hospital at Edgbaston. The Club was directed principally as ...
The Chamberlain Family at Highbury
This photograph is from an album compiled by Mary Endicott Chamberlain, third wife of Joseph Chamberlain. The album contains a number of photographs of the grounds at Highbury Hall, and includes several ...
The Chinese in Birmingham
Photograph by Terry Lo.
The Chinese in Birmingham
Photograph by Terry Lo.
The Chinese in Birmingham
Photograph by Terry Lo.
The Cyclist’s Finger-Post: a Route-book for Birmingham Cyclists
Cycling became a popular recreation in the late nineteenth century. This route-book describes routes radiating out from the city centre, including one through Edgbaston.
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 Odd Ball
Poster for an exhibition of sports photography by Roy Peters, featuring fooball and rugby players, tennis players and snooker players, amongst others. The exhibition was shown at the Triangle Photography ...
The photographer’s daughter, Rosemary, on the beach at Deganwy by William Smedley Aston
William Smedley-Aston (1868-1941) was an Arts and Crafts photographer. His daughter, Rosemary, is shown here on the beach at Deganwy. Rosemary, who was born in 1907, became a medieval historian.
'The Taming of the Shrew' at Cannon Hill Park
This photograph shows a matinee performance at the arena at Cannon Hill Park. Plays had first been performed in the parks as part of the wartime entertainments organised as part of the Brighter Birmingham ...
Train spotting at New Street Station by J.H. Russell
As well as the street, other public spaces provided a means of entertainment. Train spotting was a very popular hobby for school boys.
Tug of war at Bournville Children’s Festival
The Bournville Children’s Festival took place every year to encourage children and families to take part in healthy leisure activities. Young workers from the Cadbury works were also encouraged to take ...
'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 ...
Wall Plaque from Westfield Road, Edgbaston
This cast iron plaque, one of a set of three, was attached to a wall along a footpath in Westfield Road, Edgbaston, listing plants, supplied by Barr & Son, that were planted there between 1884 and 1897. ...
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 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 ...