Extract from Edgbastonia, 1902
This is an example of the feature headers that were introduced in Edgbastonia in the early years of the twentieth century. They show a strong Arts and Crafts influence.
Extract from Calthorpe Estate Minutes
In the Minutes of the Calthorpe Estate, we find glimpses of the daily lives of individuals. John Thorneycroft rented Metchley Farm - a considerable parcel of land (267 acres) boundaried by Pritchetts ...
Extract from Elizabeth Cadbury's Family Journal
Between 1915 and 1918 Elizabeth Cadbury wrote a weekly family journal that was circulated amongst family members and close friends. These journals provide an insight into the Cadbury’s family life during ...
Fables and Illustrations, by Joseph Southall
This powerful nightmare vision of a weapon of mass destruction is by the Quaker artist Joseph Southall who lived and worked in Edgbaston. 'The Obliterator' appeared in his anti-war pamphlet 'Fables and ...
Fairfield, 20 Dudley Park Road, Acocks Green
This children’s home has been located on two different sites. The first Fairfield opened in 1973 at 20 Dudley Park Road, Acocks Green. In 2004, it moved to Erdington.
The Dudley Park Road Fairfield ...
Family group
Municipal Estate, Kingstanding.
Fancy Dress Costume worn by Florence Barrow
This fancy dress costume was worn by Florence Barrow, aged ten, in 1886 for the Lord Mayor's Children's Party. Florence was the daughter of Richard Cadbury Barrow and grew up in Edgbaston. Later she ...
Farm labourers at Booths Farm, Perry Barr by Sir Benjamin Stone
Parts of Birmingham were very rural until relatively recently and many children were employed in agricultural work.
Fircroft Remand Home, Fircroft College, Bournville
The building was originally a home belonging to the Cadbury family but was turned into a college for disadvantaged people in 1909.
In the Second World War, Fircroft College was used temporarily to ...
Floodgate Street School, Birmingham by Paulo Catrica
Floodgate Street Board School opened in 1891 in the heart of what was regarded as the worst slum area in Birmingham. It accommodated 1,115 children between the ages of 5 and 13. The area around the school ...
Floor tiles from 'Longworth', Edgbaston
These floor tiles, from 24 Priory Road, were rescued from the home of John Thackray Bunce, editor of the Birmingham Daily Post from 1862 to 1898. His daughters Kate and Myra were students at the Birmingham ...
Food and Travel Expenses of Lizzie Lamb, age 17
This notebook is an account of Lizzie Lamb, an employee of Cadbury, for one week's record of expenses (food and travel).
Forhill House, Lea End Road, Bromsgrove
Barrow Cadbury, as a keen observer of remand work in the city, believed that the city needed a new type of remand home or observation centre where children could be observed for longer periods of time ...
Front Cover of the Weoley Castle Review
Weoley Castle Community Association newsletter, volume 2, number 11.
George and Elizabeth Cadbury with their children
Families were often larger than today, and the death of one parent often resulted in extended step-families. George Cadbury had five children with his first wife Mary Tylor: George junior and Edward ...
Girl in fancy dress presenting a bouquet to Elizabeth Cadbury at Bournville Children’s Festival
Girls Exercising in the School Hall, Birmingham by William Woollaston
This image shows girls exercising with Indian clubs. A growing concern for the health and welfare of school children led to physical drill and exercises being introduced into the curriculum. Such activities ...
Girls of Gower Street School, Ladywood, carrying maypoles
The street was the focus of community activities and celebrations of national events. Processions marked special days in the calendar such as May Day.