Don Letts: Film Maker / Musican.
Don Letts was born in London 1956 and was around during the punk explosion in Britain. While working as a DJ at the Roxy in London he played a mixture of dub, reggae and punk records. Letts is credited ...
Dr Jacqueline Andall
Dr Jacqueline Andall, Lecturer in Italian Studies, University of Bath: "Being black is only one of many identities. I realized fairly early on that society did not expect black people to achieve. I was ...
Dr Morgan Dalphinis
Dr Morgan Dalphinis, Director and Chief Executive, Urban Learning Foundation: "The priority for young people, particularly for black kids, is to make a clear decision about what is important. That means ...
Dr S. Prince Akpabio OBE
Dr S. Prince Akpabio OBE, Dental Surgeon and Founder President of the Commonwealth Dental Association: "Be honest with yourself and determine if you would like to serve your fellow human beings irrespective ...
Dragon Inn Takeaway
Photograph by Terry Lo.
Drawing of a Middlemore Girl
As an Edgbastonian, John Middlemore was proudly celebrated in the pages of the Edgbastonia magazine:
‘A benevolent Edgbaston gentleman who has solved one of the difficult social problems of modern ...
Drum
Drum machine to emulate the start of Arti (prayers) during the Hindu festival of Navratri, at the Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham.
Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 7 October 2000....
Dudley & Dowell Foundry
Lunch break at Dudley & Dowell Foundry, Cradley Heath. Photograph by Paul Hill.
Dudley & Dowell Foundry
Dudley & Dowell Foundry, Cradley Heath. Photograph by Paul Hill.
'Easington'
Poster for an exhibition of two sets of photographic work about the East Durham colliery village of Easington during the 1984-1985 Miners' Strike, shown at the Triangle Photography Gallery. One set of ...
Ecole Belge
Leaflet appealing for money to continue the Belgian School, June 1918
Although some of the Belgian children attended local schools, the ‘Ecole Belge’ or Belgian Primary School opened in Birmingham on ...
Edgbaston with Tower of Edgbaston Church
This drawing shows how rural Edgbaston was in the mid-nineteenth century. The tower of Edgbaston Old Church is visible in the background.
Edgbastonia Title Page, 1881
‘The contents will be of local interest, or local production, and […] they shall be of a healthy moral tone, and be altogether non-political and unsectarian’. So says the editor of Edgbastonia in May ...
Edgbastonia Title Page, 1900
Edgbastonia magazine greeted the new century with a re-designed title page.
Edgbastonia Title Page, 1902
Edgbastonia incorporated the City's coat of arms 'Forward' into its title page in 1902.
Eight children in slum bedroom
Group photograph of eight children in a slum bedroom. Taken in Moss Side, Manchester by Nick Hedges.
'Electric Treatment' in the Dining Room Ward at Highbury Hospital
In this photograph wounded soldiers are undergoing ‘electric treatment’ in the Auxiliary Hospital at Highbury, which specialised in orthopaedics as did Birmingham No.2 War Hospital at Hollymoor. Rubery ...
Elsie Owusu
Elsie Owusu, architect: "When I was much younger I was always wanting to be outside the system, but now I realise that being at peace in this kind of society is about managing the system."
Photograph ...