Choir Boys at Worcester Cathedral
This photograph shows the choir boys of Worcester Cathedral in the Chapter House. They are wearing red cassocks.
Christadelphian Hostel
This document shows an example of different religious communities connecting with one another to find support in a moment of crisis. Here, we find Birmingham Christadelphians coming to the aid of the ...
Chung Ling Soo- magician and masquerader
Chung Ling Soo- magician and masquerader
Chung Ling Soo was the stage name of William Ellsworth Robinson, a stage magician from America. Born in 1861, Robinson modelled his act on Chinese magician ...
City of Birmingham Housing Estates
Plan showing location of municipal housing estates in Birmingham in 1931, Weoley Castle situated to the south-west of the city.
Clopton Road Children's Home, Sheldon
This was opened in 1952 as a type of children's home known as a family group home or scattered home.
It was a purpose-built detached house on the new Garretts Green housing estate. It was in very close ...
Cocoa - The Story of its Cultivation, illustrated by Frank Newbould
Frank Newbould’s designs for Cocoa: the Story of its Cultivation, were in a bold graphic style. He used vibrant colours to illustrate some of the key stages in cocoa cultivation, from harvesting through ...
Commemorative Medal
Medal issued to mark the opening of Calthorpe Park.
Committal papers of Charles Record
Charles Record was a 35 year old labourer who was committed to to Birmingham Borough Lunatic Asylum, later called All Saints Hospital, on 18 May 1861. This is the third page of his committal document.
The ...
Committal to All Saints Mental Hospital
Charles Record was a 35 year old labourer who was committed to to Birmingham Borough Lunatic Asylum, later called All Saints Hospital, on 18 May 1861. This is the first page of his committal document.
The ...
Contributions of Africans in Birmingham from 1950
Introduction
This exhibition offers an insight into the experience of African migrants in Birmingham since 1950. In the sixty years since 1950 Birmingham has changed beyond all recognition physically, ...
Councillor J.S. Nettlefold, J.P.
John Sutton Nettlefold became a key figure in the history of public housing in Birmingham, signalling the growing emergence of local government in the town planning process. Born in London, he later moved ...
Crescent Bicycles Catalogue, Arthur E. Sayer & Co., Sherlock Street, Birmingham
This catalogue shows that companies were actively marketing bicycles to women by 1900. Inside we find the 'Crescent No 3' Ladies Safety model, which has 'saddle and handle positions arranged to allow ...
Cross-dressing
Vesta Tilley (1864-1952) was born as Matilda Powles, in Worcester, and was performing in music hall by the age of four. She was one of the most well known and highly paid music hall artists of her time ...
Cyril Burt, Report of an Investigation on Backward Children in Birmingham
The idea of the ‘normal child’ was reinforced by research by psychologists in the early 20th century which identified and categorised some children as being ‘abnormal’. Cyril Burt designed tests to identify ...
Daily routine in Norton Reformatory
The boys’ lives were strictly regulated. Activities were timetabled for each day between waking up at 6am and going to bed at 10pm. Cleanliness was required at all times. The boys were under constant ...
Dancing in the Dell at Muntz Park
Regular dances were organised in the Dell at Muntz Park by the Bournbrook Entertainments Committee from 1923 onwards. A disused clay pit, known as the Dell, was laid out for dancing and open-air theatre ...
David Cox - 'A Gypsy Encampment'
Artists have often sentimentalised gypsies, using them as local colour in idealised rural settings. Here, however, it appears that David Cox has sketched these people from life, and they are the main ...
Deed of Gift for Cannon Hill Park
This plan shows the land given by Louisa Ann Ryland to Birmingham Corporation to form Cannon Hill Park, which was opened in September 1873.