Chris Cleverly
Chris Cleverly, Barrister, Head of Trafalgar Chambers: "When you see someone transform themselves, it doesn't really matter what from to where, then you know that your past does not necessarily affect ...
Christadelphian Hostel
This document shows an example of different religious communities connecting with one another to find support in a moment of crisis. Here, we find Birmingham Christadelphians coming to the aid of the ...
Chung Ling Soo- magician and masquerader
Chung Ling Soo- magician and masquerader
Chung Ling Soo was the stage name of William Ellsworth Robinson, a stage magician from America. Born in 1861, Robinson modelled his act on Chinese magician ...
Chung Ying Restaurant, Wrottesley Street
Photograph by Terry Lo.
City of Religion: Staff Recommends
This is an additional miscellaneous resource list of materials on the ‘City of Religion’. Each item was suggested by the staff of Birmingham's Archives and Heritage Services during research seminars held ...
Cocoa - The Story of its Cultivation, illustrated by Frank Newbould
Frank Newbould’s designs for Cocoa: the Story of its Cultivation, were in a bold graphic style. He used vibrant colours to illustrate some of the key stages in cocoa cultivation, from harvesting through ...
Committal papers of Charles Record
Charles Record was a 35 year old labourer who was committed to to Birmingham Borough Lunatic Asylum, later called All Saints Hospital, on 18 May 1861. This is the third page of his committal document.
The ...
Committal to All Saints Mental Hospital
Charles Record was a 35 year old labourer who was committed to to Birmingham Borough Lunatic Asylum, later called All Saints Hospital, on 18 May 1861. This is the first page of his committal document.
The ...
Congregation
Congregation, African Methodist Episcopal Church of Zion, Wolverhampton. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.
Connaught Gardens, Balsall Heath
Photograph by Terry Lo.
Connaught Gardens, Balsall Heath
Photograph by Terry Lo.
Contributions of Africans in Birmingham from 1950
Introduction
This exhibition offers an insight into the experience of African migrants in Birmingham since 1950. In the sixty years since 1950 Birmingham has changed beyond all recognition physically, ...
Courtney Pine
Courtney Pine, photographed at Ronnie Scott's, Birmingham, 1999. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Crescent Bicycles Catalogue, Arthur E. Sayer & Co., Sherlock Street, Birmingham
This catalogue shows that companies were actively marketing bicycles to women by 1900. Inside we find the 'Crescent No 3' Ladies Safety model, which has 'saddle and handle positions arranged to allow ...
Cross-dressing
Vesta Tilley (1864-1952) was born as Matilda Powles, in Worcester, and was performing in music hall by the age of four. She was one of the most well known and highly paid music hall artists of her time ...
Cultural Performance
This is a flyer, dating from the 1960's, promoting Indian Independence celebrations organised by the Birmingham branch of the Indian Workers Association at the Midland Institute.
Many cultural performances ...
Dalton McConney
Dalton McConney, Chief Inspector, London Metropolitan Police: "It takes a high degree of courage by any black person to join the police service and then not be seen as traitors to their cause...if we ...
'Darshan'
Poster for an exhibition of photography by Asian photographers, shown at the Triangle Photography Gallery, 5-28 February 1987. The poster is illustrated with a photograph by Sunil Gupta. This exhibition ...