Mother and three children
Photograph of mother holding a baby with two other children in a slum interior. Taken in Balsall Heath by Nick Hedges.
Mother and two children in slum kitchen
Photograph of a mother and her two children in a slum kitchen. Taken in Balsall Heath, Birmingham by Nick Hedges.
Mr Everitt, Tram Conductor
This etching captures the quiet authority popularly expected of conductors (see 'Transport Workers in South West Birmingham'). Responsible for fare collection, passenger safety and the smooth running ...
Municipal Flats, by unknown artist
Watercolour painting of municipal flats (probably at Lee Bank) under construction.
Munitions Training at Birmingham Technical School
In addition to an application form for training men and youths in the manufacture of munitions of war, this letter includes rules for armaments classes and a timetable for the instruction of disabled ...
Muslim Supplementary Schools
This photograph by Nick Hedges which was exhibited in 1976 depicts a scene from a Koran lesson at an Islamic supplementary school in Wolverhampton.
The education of children was, and continues to ...
My journey to and Life in Britain
I have two elder sisters and a younger brother.I am from a middle class family. I was living in an extended family in India with parents, grand parents and uncles. My father was a retired military officer. ...
My journey to and Life in Britain
This is my grandfather's funeral. He is in the middle of the picture.
This picture is of him being sat upright before his burial.
On the left of the picture is my father, and third from right is ...
My journey to and Life in Britain
I have two elder sisters and a younger brother. I am from a middle class family. I was living in an extended family in India with parents, grand parents and uncles.
My father was a retired military ...
My journey to and Life in Britain
My Expectations of coming to Britain;
My expectations were that I could find a job and earn some money, and come back to my country and live a better life. Farming in Punjab was just working hard and ...
My journey to and Life in Britain
I have lived all my life in Handsworth and my family came to this country in 1963.
At that time we lived together in the houses with Afro Caribbean people. I lived with mixed families up until 1974. ...
My journey to and Life in Britain
I got married in 1957. My parents arranged my marriage and that was the tradition of those days. Bride and bridegroom had no say in the choice of their partners. Those marriages lasted for a long time, ...
My journey to and Life in Britain
I joined Indian Workers Association in late sixties and was a trade union shop steward.
I am very proud of the Indian Workers Association because of the help and advice that I received from the comrades. ...
Neville Chamberlain addressing a meeting of the armed forces
This photograph shows Neville Chamberlain addressing a meeting of soldiers at a civic meeting as Lord Mayor of Birmingham, an office to which he was appointed in 1915; Prime Minister David Lloyd George ...
Neville Chamberlain, by Basil Byng
Pencil portrait.
News Article on a 'Garden for the Blind'
This article documents the initial reactions of some of the first users of a garden for blind and visually impaired people that opened at Queen’s Park, Harborne on 31 July 1953.1 The Parks Committee minutes ...
News article referring to 'The New Slums'
The Birmingham Gazette article reported complaints made by a resident of Quinton to Birmingham's Licensing Justices regarding the building of a pub serving a new nearby housing estate.
News article, 'It's live and let live in Britain's Harlem'
Balsall Heath, a Home for Immigrants1
The Daily Herald’s article ‘It’s live and let live in Britain’s Harlem’ is included in a volume about ‘ethnic communities’ which was assembled by Birmingham Central ...