Glenthorne Youth Treatment Centre, Kingsbury Road, Erdington
Glenthorne was a purpose-built residential treatment centre for young people which opened in 1978. It could accommodate, at the time of its opening, 62 children aged between 12 and 19. The children coming ...
'Going to bed', by Joscelyne Gaskin
Joscelyne Gaskin (1903-1993) was the daughter of the Birmingham artists and designers Arthur Joseph Gaskin and Georgie Evelyn Cave France. Her parents both worked in a variety of media, with Georgie initially ...
Graveyard of Sir Josiah Mason's Orphanage by Sir Benjamin Stone
It is possible to see the surname of a child and their date of death in this photograph – Taylor 1905. The existence of the Orphanage’s graveyard is a physical reminder that child mortality was commonplace. ...
Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank
New council flats being built on slum clearance land off Great Colmore Street in the Lee Bank Redevelopment Area.
Greenhouse Corridor at Highbury Hospital
This photograph shows WW1 wounded soldiers relaxing during a break in the pioneering orthopaedic rehabilitation programme at Highbury Hospital (previously the residence of Joseph Chamberlain) in the Mosley ...
Gwen Lally, Pageant Master
On the 2nd February 1938, the Birmingham Mail announced that Miss Gwen Lally (1882-1963) would direct the Birmingham Pageant to celebrate the centenary of the Charter of Incorporation, to be held in July ...
Gymnasium at Highbury Hospital
This photograph shows WW1 wounded soldiers on the pioneering orthopaedic rehabilitation programme at Highbury Hospital (previously the residence of Joseph Chamberlain) in the Mosley suburb of Birmingham. ...
'Gypsy Encampment', Cookley
This photograph shows children on a traveller site on Whittington Lane, Cookley.
Harborne Tenants Ltd. House type 4L
Section from page 48 from a prospectus published by Harborne Tenants Limited showing one of a variety of housing designs used during the construction of the estate.
Highbury Park Sketch Plan
This sketch plan of the grounds and gardens of Highbury Hall was drawn by Hilda Chamberlain in 1894. It accompanied a letter written to her brother, Neville, who was managing the short-lived and ultimately ...
Highbury Voluntary Aid Detachments Hospital
This photograph shows an outdoor ward at Highbury Hospital in the Birmingham suburb of Moseley staffed by Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD) nurses. Nationally, over 3,000 Auxiliary hospitals attached to ...
Highgate Close Children's Home, Highgate
In the very early 1970s, six purpose-built children’s homes were opened each of which could accommodate 18 children. 22 Highgate Close was one of these, opening in 1972.
The idea for the 18 bed children's ...
Homes for Birmingham: the Communist Party Plan
At the end of the Second World War public housing had become an increasingly contentious political issue. Both mainstream and fringe parties printed their own solutions for public circulation. Parties ...
Hospital Street, Newtown
In the very early 1970s, six purpose-built children’s homes were built each of which could house 18 children. Hospital Street was one of these, opening in 1972.
The idea for the 18 bed unit came from ...
Houses on Ravenhurst Road
This photograph provides visual evidence of the designs of houses on the Moor Pool Estate at Harborne. John Nettlefold was invited to become Chairman of Harborne Tenants Limited in 1907. Its most unique ...
Hyperion Road Working Girls' Hostel, Castle Bromwich
The working girls' hostel on Hyperion Road was opened in 1967 on the Bromford Bridge Estate.
Hyperion Road was not a purpose-built children's home. Instead, it was two houses which were made available ...
Ice skating at Cannon Hill Park
Illuminated Address presented to Samuel Walliker
The people shown enjoying the fresh air in this painting are benefiting from the philanthropy of a man who made his home in Birmingham only in the latter part of his life. After a career in London and ...