Illuminated Address presented to Samuel Walliker
This elaborate illuminated address was presented to Samuel Walliker, Postmaster of Birmingham, in 1891. It congratulates him on his good works on behalf of the poor.
Independent Labour Party Minutes
This is a page from the 1914-1921 minute books of the Birmingham Branch of the Independent Labour Party, which was chaired for most of the First World War by the Edgbaston artist Joseph Southall. Under ...
Individual boy in uniform, Norton Reformatory
Drill was part of the regular routine for boys at Norton. The reformatory also had a cadet corp.
Instructions on the position of schools in the event of invasion sent to the head teacher of Shooting Butts Camp School by Staffordshire Education Authority
Interview with Alf Waldron, Mabel K. Waldron (his sister) and Mabel. A Waldron (his wife)
Excerpt from an interview with a working-class family from Harborne, giving insights into everyday life on the terrace block they lived in on Gordon Road, the surrounding shops, pubs and industries, and ...
Invitation to the Opening of Calthorpe Park
This invitation was issued to William Sands Cox, founder of Queen's Hospital in 1840 as a clincal school for the Birmingham Royal School of Medicine. The invitation is richly illustrated and contains ...
Ipstones Avenue Children's Home, Stechford
This children's home at 50 Ipstones Avenue opened in 1974 as a purpose-built children’s home with 18 beds.
Ipstones Avenue was one of a series of nine purpose-built children’s homes which opened during ...
Ipswich Walk Children's Home, Chelmsley Wood
In the early 1970s, six purpose-built children’s homes were built each of which could accommodate 18 children. Ipswich Walk was one of these, opening in 1973.
The idea for the 18 bed units came from ...
Irwin Avenue Children's Home, Rednal
Irwin Avenue children's home was built as what was known as a 'family group home' in 1952 on the Rednal housing estate.
The home at 50 Irwin Avenue was part of a programme of new children’s homes, ...
John Phillips, philanthropist (born 1836)
Between 1851 and 1871, the number of Jewish families living in Edgbaston had increased from two to a hundred - an indication of the growing prosperity of many Jews.1 John Phillips was one of a number ...
Junction of Park Hill Road and Moor Pool Avenue
Black and white photographic print showing land developed by Harborne Tenants Limited to build the new Moor Pool Estate.
Kings Heath Children's Home
In February 1960, because of a need for more accommodation for children in care, the Children’s Committee took over two former homes for district nurses, one of which was this one in Kings Heath (the ...
Kings Norton & Northfield Tram Escutcheon & Standard
Aspects of Tramways in South-West Birmingham1
This escutcheon bears the motif of Kings Norton and Northfield Urban District Council and was used to mark items of the tramway infrastructure.2 Bordering ...
Kings Norton Guillotine Stop Lock
Built in 1815, this lock is immediately east of the junction between the Stratford and the Worcester & Birmingham Canals, its purpose being to prevent water loss from the Stratford Canal. Shown here in ...
Label from Men's Tennis Trouser
These flannel tennis trousers were probably worn by Alderman Wilfred Byng Kenrick. This label is an interesting early example of washing instructions.
Ladies Bicycle, from the Crescent Cycles Catalogue
Bicycles were being actively marketed to women by 1900, as this catalogue entry shows.
Landscape, by Roger Fry
This is one of six paintings by Roger Fry housed in University House, Edgbaston, where his sister Margery Fry was warden until 1914. Fry was an artist, critic and founder of the Omega Workshops, whose ...
Lantern Slide Showing Woman Wearing Rational Dress
This photograph, probably taken in London, shows a woman wearing short trousers which were worn for cycling. Because clothes like this were based upon function rather than fashion, they became known as ...