Front Cover of the Weoley Castle Review
Weoley Castle Community Association newsletter, volume 2, number 11.
Gail Ann Dorsey : Singer/Bass Player
Gail Ann Dorsey, photographed in Birmingham, 1988. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Garth Nursery, Dolgellau, Gwynedd
During the Second World War, younger children in Erdington Cottage Homes were evacuated out of the city to a Youth Hostel in North Wales (known as Kings Nursery). The evacuation took place in 1941.
According ...
Gas Wash Boiler
Example of the type of modern labour-saving household applicance often found in new municipal homes during the 1930s.
'Gays and Fascism'
LGBT people have faced serious prejudice and persecution in the past, and the cover of this issue of 'Gladrag' (the newsletter of the Birmingham Gay Liberation Front) reminds us both of the large numbers ...
George and Elizabeth Cadbury with their children
Families were often larger than today, and the death of one parent often resulted in extended step-families. George Cadbury had five children with his first wife Mary Tylor: George junior and Edward ...
Girl in fancy dress presenting a bouquet to Elizabeth Cadbury at Bournville Children’s Festival
Girl in slum interior
Photograph of a little girl in a white dress in a derelict house. Taken in Liverpool by Nick Hedges.
Girl on swing
Slum Housing, near the Malden Road, London.
Girl sweeping yard
Photograph of a girl sweeping a back yard, seen from above. Taken in Salford by Nick Hedges.
Girls Exercising in the School Hall, Birmingham by William Woollaston
This image shows girls exercising with Indian clubs. A growing concern for the health and welfare of school children led to physical drill and exercises being introduced into the curriculum. Such activities ...
Girls of Gower Street School, Ladywood, carrying maypoles
The street was the focus of community activities and celebrations of national events. Processions marked special days in the calendar such as May Day.
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 ...
'Grace before Meat', by David Wilkie
Oil painting by David Wilkie (1785-1841).
‘Grace before Meat‘ shows three generations of a family saying a prayer before sharing a meal together. In paintings like this, Wilkie presented an intimate ...
Grantham children’s home
In the early 1960s, there were significant increases in the number of children coming into care in Birmingham. Despite the new family group homes, the city felt that it still had insufficient children’s ...
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. ...