Selly Oak Nursery, 26 Tiverton Road
Selly Oak Nursery opened in a new building in 1921. Fresh air and allowing children to move freely between inside and outside was a key feature of the Nursery’s design. The classroom is spacious and ...
Shoemaking, Norton Reformatory Annual Report
Children were educated and trained in various trades, including shoemaking, gardening, tailoring and farming.
Sir Gilbert Barling
In 1920, Barling observed that the education of ‘workmen’ should equip them for ‘the duties of citizenship and for an effective share in the control of industry’.1 As Vice Chancellor of the University ...
Sir William Ashley
Sir William Ashley was chairman of the W.E.A. & Birmingham University Joint Committee. He was also instrumental in founding the country’s first Faculty of Commerce, at the university. Ashley saw this ...
Sir William Ashley's Working Notes
This report is discussed elsewhere (see University Council Minutes), forming as it does part of the official university record. This working copy is in a different context, being included in Sir William ...
Staff Recommends: 'Civic Gospels: Networks for Social Change'
This is an additional miscellaneous resource list of materials on the ‘Civic Gospels’. Each item was suggested by the staff of Birmingham's Archives and Heritage Services during research seminars held ...
Statue of Bishop Gore, St Philip's Cathedral
Bishop Gore, Sweated Labour and Workers’ Education
This photograph was taken by the City Council’s Information Department in the 1950s for inclusion in an official guide and it celebrates Birmingham’s ...
Sunday School Anniversary Parade
Methodist Sunday School Anniversary Parade, Wolverhampton. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.
The 1st Southern General Military Hospital, Edgbaston
This postcard shows VAD nurses in the grounds of their accommodation at University House, Edgbaston, which had been the student women's hostel.
The Chinese in Birmingham
Photograph by Terry Lo.
The Hebrew School Log Book
The Hebrew School Log Book (1867-1886).
This is a page from one of the log books from the National Hebrew School, covering the years of 1867-1886. The Jewish teacher’s entry makes several complaints ...
The Severn Street School
Image: Photograph from 'The Story of the Severn Street and Priory First-day Schools, Our Jubilee Year' by William White (1895).
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The Sitting Room, by Myra Bunce
‘Mr. Bunce is an intense lover of art and artists […] notable examples of Wainwright, of his old friend Henshaw, of H. Moore, Langley, J. Collier, Aumonier, East, Donaldson, Thomas Baker, Wyllie, and ...
The Town Hall
Image: An illustration of the Town Hall in the nineteenth century.
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The Warwickshire Photographic Survey and Schooling
The Warwickshire Photographic Survey is made up of some 25,000 photographs, 10,000 of which are from the original survey. Set up in 1890 by the Birmingham Photographic Society members Sir John Benjamin ...
Thomas Hackett (1869-1950)
Thomas Hackett: Politician, Co-operator & Advocate for Adult Education
This photograph is from an official album of Birmingham City Councillors. Thomas (Tom) Hackett was elected in 1913 as Labour ...
Tinkers Farm Council School
Tinkers Farm Road Council School opened in a new building in 1931 to accommodate junior and infant children. It was built because of the move of population from the poor inner city areas to the suburbs. ...
Traveller Children and Education
Education was a continual problem for travelling communities since access to it was often difficult. Travelling caused schooling to be disrupted as children would spend a few months in school and would ...