Commemorative Medal
Medal issued to mark the opening of Calthorpe Park.
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.
Councillor J.S. Nettlefold, J.P.
John Sutton Nettlefold became a key figure in the history of public housing in Birmingham, signalling the growing emergence of local government in the town planning process. Born in London, he later moved ...
Courtney Pine
Courtney Pine, photographed at Ronnie Scott's, Birmingham, 1999. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
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 ...
Dancing in the Dell at Muntz Park
Regular dances were organised in the Dell at Muntz Park by the Bournbrook Entertainments Committee from 1923 onwards. A disused clay pit, known as the Dell, was laid out for dancing and open-air theatre ...
'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 ...
David Cox - 'A Gypsy Encampment'
Artists have often sentimentalised gypsies, using them as local colour in idealised rural settings. Here, however, it appears that David Cox has sketched these people from life, and they are the main ...
Dee Johnson: Singer
Dee Johnson, photographed in Moseley, 1999. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Deed of Gift for Cannon Hill Park
This plan shows the land given by Louisa Ann Ryland to Birmingham Corporation to form Cannon Hill Park, which was opened in September 1873.
Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown (1957 - 1999) at Reggae Sunsplash, Clapham Common, London, 1987. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown, photographed at Alpha Tower, Birmingham, 1987. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Des Coleman
Des Coleman, actor: "There weren't any Black role models around when I was a kid. But you cannot walk around with a chip on your shoulder...Because things might be a bit harder it would be very easy to ...
Discussion of Park Closure at Night
Parks in Birmingham were usually kept closed at night, but in 1954 the Parks Committee did consider leaving Calthorpe Park open. These pages from the Parks Committee minutes consider this proposal, which ...
DJ Spoony
DJ Spoony, photographed at Mobo Unsung, The Academy, Birmingham, 2002. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Domestic Interior, by Reginald Edgecombe
The Edgecombe drawings demonstrate that urban planners in Birmingham were considering the internal layout as much as the external appearance of new houses. This sketch illustrates the creative processes ...