Jessica Huntley
Jessica Huntley, publisher, cultural and political activist: "My mother was a very positive person. She taught me that no one was better than I was. Some of our young people are doing very well. Somehow ...
John Phillips, philanthropist (born 1836)
Between 1851 and 1871, the number of Jewish families living in Edgbaston had increased from two to a hundred - an indication of the growing prosperity of many Jews.1 John Phillips was one of a number ...
Joseph Sturge and The Severn Street School
Image: extract from 'The Story of the Severn Street and Priory First-day Schools, Our Jubilee Year' by William White (1895)
The text gives an account of Joseph Sturge's involvement in the founding ...
Junction of Park Hill Road and Moor Pool Avenue
Black and white photographic print showing land developed by Harborne Tenants Limited to build the new Moor Pool Estate.
Kali Puja
The Sahana Dance Troupe from India at Kali Puja (in Prayer), during the Hindu festival of Diwali, at the Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham.
Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 26 October ...
Kings Heath Children's Home
In February 1960, because of a need for more accommodation for children in care, the Children’s Committee took over two former homes for district nurses, one of which was this one in Kings Heath (the ...
Kings Norton Children's Home
One of the homes on the Drive at Shenley Fields (a former cottage home) was Pinewood.
From 1949 Pinewood had accommodated children with disabilities. When the former cottage homes at Shenley were closing ...
Kings Residential Nursery, Penmaenpool, Dolgellau, Gwynedd
According to the memories of Joan Whittingham, who worked at the nursery in Erdington Cottage Homes and who accompanied the children when they were evacuated, 30 children were evacuated from the nursery ...
Ladies Bicycle, from the Crescent Cycles Catalogue
Bicycles were being actively marketed to women by 1900, as this catalogue entry shows.
Lakshmi Puja
Lakshmi Puja, during the Hindu festival of Diwali, at the Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham.
Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 26 October 2000.
Lantern Slide of Women Wearing Rational Dress
This photograph, probably taken in London, shows women wearing short trousers which were worn for cycling. Because clothes like this were based upon function rather than fashion, they became known as ...
Lantern Slide Showing Woman Wearing Rational Dress
This photograph, probably taken in London, shows a woman wearing short trousers which were worn for cycling. Because clothes like this were based upon function rather than fashion, they became known as ...
Lawford Street recreation ground
Lea Hall Road, Stechford
Work started on building a children’s home in Lea Hall Road in 1973. This was at a time when there was significant building of children’s homes going in – the first six 18-bed homes had recently been ...
Leisa and Emma
Photograph by Terry Lo.
Lessons on the Koran
Lessons on the Koran, Wolverhampton Mosque. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.
Lessons on the Koran
Lessons on the Koran, Wolverhampton Mosque. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.
Letter from Birmingham Women’s Welfare Centre to the Bishop of Birmingham
The Birmingham Women’s Welfare Centre was opened in 1927 to offer family planning advice and information to married women, with the aim of improving the health of mothers and children, and making married ...