Cannon Hill Park Open-Air Swimming Pool
There were open-air swimming pools at Cannon Hill Park, and at Victoria Park, Small Heath. The pool at Cannon Hill Park was opened at the same time as the park, in September 1873, while the pool at Victoria ...
Cannon Hill Park postcard
This scene shows people of all ages enjoying the green space that Cannon Hill Park provided. The boy in the postcard has his bicycle propped against the tree, hinting at the restrictions on cycling in ...
Caravans in Upper Ryland Road
Birmingham’s history is very much a history of migration. Workers from across the region and beyond flocked here to find work in a booming industrial sector during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. ...
Carpenter’s Mill, with Birmingham in the distance
This drawing gives a vivid impression of Edgbaston's rural landscape in the nineteenth century. St Thomas's Church, The Windmill on Holloway Head and St Martin's Church are visible in the distance.
Cartes-de-visite
Technical innovations in the second half of the 19th century allowed photographs to be produced more cheaply. This made photography available to many more people, both as photographers and consumers. ...
Case Notes for Ellen Allport, 1873-1880, All Saints Mental Health Casebook
Other children with health and learning problems were less well served. In the middle of the 19th century Birmingham opened a Lunatic Asylum for Paupers in Winson Green. Extensive records were kept about ...
Certificate for Long Service at Cadbury
This certificate was awarded to Amelia Drew, an employee of Cadbury, after seventeen years service. It was awarded on the fifth of April 1930. Amelia Drew began working for the company in 1913, and as ...
Ceylon
'Kandyan Chiefs with British Counsellor'. Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Ceylon
'Kandyan ladies (and Chiefs) '. Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone
Ceylon
'Group of Kandyan High Priests of the Dalada Malegawa, or Temple of the Sacred Tooth of Buddha.' Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone
Ceylon
'Buddhist Priests and Altar', Ceylon [Sri Lanka], from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Ceylon
Originally captioned 'Buddhist Priests. The robes worn are yellow'. Ceylon [Sri Lanka], from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Ceylon
Coastline and Fishing Boat, nr Columbo'. Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Ceylon
Originally captioned "The "Perahera" an annual Buddhist Festival, Ceylon." From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
'Charity', by Bourguereau
Oil painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905).
For the early Christian Church ‘Charity’ was the ‘mother of all virtues’. From at least the 16th century artists and poets depicted Charity as ...
Child Guidance Clinic Medical Director’s Report
Children and childhood in the early decades of the 20th century gained the attention of new professionals who were trained in psychology.
Child Guidance clinics were founded in the 1930s to treat ...
Child in basement, Liverpool 8 by Nick Hedges
Children’s health was often badly affected by the cold, damp spaces in which they lived. Bronchitis, asthma, and influenza were rife. Illness, and a lack of sleep caused by overcrowding, meant that children ...
Child looking out of window
Back-to-back and Tunnel-back Slum properties, Hockley, Birmingham.