Birmingham Infants’ Health Society and School of Mother-craft, 6th Annual Report
Theories about child development in 19th century science, medicine and anthropology led to the emergence of the idea of ‘the normal child’. Children were increasingly observed, measured, tested and individual ...
Birmingham International Marxist Group
Birmingham International Marxist Group [IMG] MS 1591 Paul Mackney Collection
Despite advocating a mass picket in support of the ‘Grunwick’ strikers, the IMG’s credentials as a mobilizer of the industrial ...
Birmingham Mail Charity Boots
From 1889 the Birmingham Mail newspaper ran a Christmas appeal. One of the causes it supported was buying boots for poor children who would otherwise go barefoot. The first distribution of boots was made ...
Birmingham Musical Festival
Birmingham Triennial Music Festival, took place from 1768 until the First World War, and was an important showcase of contemporary musical talent. The festival of 1900 included a performance of The Song ...
Birmingham Pageant
In 1938 Birmingham celebrated the 100th anniversary of the city’s Borough Charter. A pageant was the main feature of the celebrations, held at Aston Park from July 11th to the 16th (because of its success, ...
Birmingham Parks Police
This photograph was taken for an album containing scenes in the parks during the Edwardian period. The Parks Police were a regular presence and were responsible for keeping order and challenging would-be ...
Birmingham Parks Police Badge
Birmingham’s parks were initially patrolled by the city police force. During the 1880s, the Parks Committee had to apply to the Worcestershire police force for additional officers to patrol Cannon Hill ...
Birmingham People’s Kindergarten, Greet
Infant children are tidying the kindergarten room. ‘Home life’ was the basis of activities. Children were encouraged to help each other by doing domestic and garden work and looking after pets. There ...
Birmingham Prison Visiting Committee on the Juvenile Court, 1910
Data was collected on the types of offences committed by young people and reported in juvenile courts.
Birmingham Robins
Extract from the Birmingham Daily Gazette, 12 January 1903 recording the presence of ‘coloured people’ at the Birmingham Robins winter treat.
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Birmingham Trade Directory 1862
Birmingham Tram Escutcheon & Standard
This emblem spread across suburban tram routes, particularly from 1911. In June the city took over services of the City of Birmingham Tramways Company on the Bristol and Pershore Roads. This action was ...
Birmingham War Hospital Committee Minutes
These minutes record the management of the two Birmingham War Hospitals at Rubery Hill and Hollymoor between 1916 and 1922. During 1914 it became clear that many more beds would be needed than the existing ...
Birmingham's 40,000th Municipal House
Photograph originally published in the Birmingham Post depicting the opening of Birmingham's 40,000th municipal home by Neville Chamberlain.
Birmingham's Early Synagogues
Image: An Architectual Drawing of Singer's Hill by Yeovill Thomason.
No visual images exist of the very first Jewish synagogue in eighteenth century Birmingham. We know it was used for worship in 1779 ...
Birmingham's 'Female Society for the Relief of the Negro Slave’ .
The reports, minute books, cash books and illustrated albums of Birmingham’s ‘Female Society for the Relief of the Negro Slave’ show just how organised, determined and creative its members were in their ...
Birmingham's First Jewish Synagogue
William Hutton's 'History of Birmingham' (1780).
This interesting description of Birmingham’s first Jewish synagogue is important as it marks one of the first published accounts of Jewish life in Birmingham. ...
Birmingham's First Turbanned Guard
In both the workplace and the school, the denial of the right of Sikh men and boys to wear one of the fundamental symbols of their faith and identity caused Sikhs and anti-racist activists alike to campaign ...