Cadbury's Postcards
These postcards form part of a bound volume of Stiffeners and Coupon Sheets 1906-1916, by the artist H.N. Bradbear. Very little is known about the artist, but it is probable that he/she worked for Cadbury, ...
Cadbury's Postcards
These postcards form part of a bound volume of Stiffeners and Coupon Sheets 1906-1916, by the artist H.N. Bradbear. Very little is known about the artist, but it is probable that he/she worked for Cadbury, ...
Cadbury's Time Check
Cadbury produced a variety of checks and tokens issued to their employees. Some tokens, like this time check, were used to monitor the workforce and tools.
Cadbury's Tool Check
Cadbury produced a variety of checks and tokens issued to their employees. Some tokens, like this tool check, were used to monitor the workforce and tools, whilst others encouraged employees to use in-house ...
Caerynwch Residential Nursery, Dolgellau, Gwynedd
In 1941, attempts had been made to evacuate many of the children from the cottage homes to the countryside. Approximately 40 of the nursery-age children from Erdington Cottage Homes had already been sent ...
Calendar illustrated by Hans Schwarz showing an internment camp
This drawing looks like an internment camp. It is unclear whether it relates to German concentration camps or British internment camps, or when exactly it was drawn. Like many other refugees Hans was ...
Calthorpe Park
Painting depicting the opening of Calthorpe Park, by Samuel Lines Snr.
Cameo: American Vocal Group
Cameo were photographed at the Odeon, New Street, Birmingham, 1986. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Canal Boat Hostel, Wood End Lane, Erdington
The Canal Boat Hostel in Wood End Hall was not a children’s home as such. It was a hostel providing what was presumably temporary accommodation for canal boat children.
It was established in 1951 by ...
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 ...
Castle Vale Children's Home
This home was built to replace the children's home on St Athan Croft.
Built in partnership with the Castle Vale Housing Action Trust, it was designed to have rooms for eight children aged between 12 ...
Cellar Youth Club
Cellar Youth Club was based in the cellar at the Sparkbrook Association's headquarters in Braithwaite Road. The youth club was decorated by its members and was opened in 1962.
Many young people from ...
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 ...