Edgbastonia Title Page, 1900
Edgbastonia magazine greeted the new century with a re-designed title page.
Edgbastonia Title Page, 1902
Edgbastonia incorporated the City's coat of arms 'Forward' into its title page in 1902.
Education, Rights and Resistance
Image: Birmingham's Hebrew School (Cornish's Guide to Birmingham and its Manufactories, 1856. Local Studies and Archives)
The quest for Jewish rights and education played an important role in the ...
Eight children in slum bedroom
Group photograph of eight children in a slum bedroom. Taken in Moss Side, Manchester by Nick Hedges.
'Electric Treatment' in the Dining Room Ward at Highbury Hospital
In this photograph wounded soldiers are undergoing ‘electric treatment’ in the Auxiliary Hospital at Highbury, which specialised in orthopaedics as did Birmingham No.2 War Hospital at Hollymoor. Rubery ...
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield
Programme for a performance by Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, 'the Black Swan' in Birmingham on June 23rd 1853. Among the songs performed by Taylor Greenfield were 'The Cradle Song', 'Home, Sweet Home,' ...
England
Originally captioned 'The Customs of Corby Pole Fair. Toll-Gate at the Church end of Village (Barrier against all strangers)'. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Engraving of Singer's Hill Interior
The Midland Illustrated News (1869).
After the Severn Street Synagogue would come the famous Singer's Hill Synagogue, opened in 1856. The architect Yeoville Thomson was commissioned for the design. ...
Entrance to the Blue Coat School by Sir Benjamin Stone
The Blue Coat School stood at the east end of St Philip’s churchyard. It was founded as a charity in 1723 to board and educate the children of the poor. Boys and girls were taught to read, write and do ...
Envelope marked ‘Secret: Not to be Opened’ sent to the head teacher of Shooting Butts Camp School by Staffordshire Education Authority
The envelope was to be kept under lock and key and only to be opened in the event of invasion.
Equal Rights
The 1990s were more encouraging for the gay and lesbian community with the repeal of Section 28, the equalisation of age of consent and from 1997 the emergence of Birmingham Pride, although some of the ...
Equal Rights
The gay and lesbian community in Birmingham has often been at the forefront of campaigning on a range of political and social issues. This has been due to the size and vibrancy of the community, helped ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 1 / Sunnyside
Home no. 1 was initially a home for boys only and, as such was on the right hand side of the drive. In its very early years, it no doubt had mainly younger boys as the practice was to have younger children ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 10 / Ravenshurst
Ravenshurst was initially a home for girls only and was next to the Superintendent’s house on the left hand side of The Gardens.
An extract from an oral history interview with someone who lived in ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 11 / Trelawn
Home 11 was initially a home for boys and was located opposite the clock tower on the right hand side of the Gardens. It was one half of a semi-detached unit – Appledore being the other half.
By 1948, ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 12 / Windyridge
Home 12 was on the left side of the drive adjoined to Home 14. It was initially a home for girls only.
The other all-girls homes, at the top end of the drive, were mixed by 1948. Home no. 12, however, ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 13 / Derrydown
Home 13 was on the right hand side of The Gardens – a detached building intended initially to be only for boys.
By 1948, Home 13 had accommodation for 16 boys. In 1949, it was given the name Derrydown.
In ...