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Handmade admission ticket to ‘The Consul’s Will’

Handmade admission ticket to ‘The Consul’s Will’

Hannah Sturge

There are currently few available images of the powerful women who worked for local women's antislavery societies. This image of Hannah Sturge (wife of Joseph Sturge) with one of her daughters seated ...

Hans Schwarz with his wife Lena and one of his sons

Hans met his future wife Lena, a student at Birmingham University, on a tram in Birmingham. They were married in 1943 and had two sons. Hans went on to be a well-known painter, illustrator, and sculptor. ...

Hans Schwarz, aged 16

After Hitler’s rise to power in Germany, British relief agencies were concerned about the fate of Jewish children. The British Government was reluctant to allow too many Jewish refugees to enter Britain ...

Harborne Tenants Ltd. House type 4L

Section from page 48 from a prospectus published by Harborne Tenants Limited showing one of a variety of housing designs used during the construction of the estate.

Harriet Beecher Stowe In Birmingham (Part 2)

(cont..)Newspaper account of Harriet Beecher Stowe's visit to Birmingham and its local antislavery societies.

Harriet Beecher Stowe In Birmingham (part 1)

Newspaper account of Harriet Beecher Stowe's visit to Birmingham and its local antislavery societies.

Head of Jester's Bauble

Dr H.C. Crew of Oakswell House in Wednesbury carved this jester's bauble. He made it to entertain Belgian refugees who were staying in the upper floors of his house during the First World War. When the ...

Health campaigning

LGBT people who also have disabilities can be doubly marginalised by society and still have to strive for equality and recognition. This newspaper cutting describes the work done by Trevor Sword and ...

Health issues

Although there is still much to do, we have come a long way in Britain since homosexuality was viewed as an illness in itself and gay people could be confined to institutions, lobotomized or worse. Mention ...

Healthy Gay Life

A number of groups and organisations provide health information aimed at different communities. Here we see a publication by the organisation Healthy Gay Life aimed at gay and bisexual men from the South ...

Healthy Gay Life

A number of groups and organisations provide health information aimed at different communities. Here we see a publication by the organisation Healthy Gay Life aimed at African Carribbean gay and bisexual ...

Hiatt's and Slavery (part 1)

This is a late nineteenth century interview with the Birmingham Hiatt's handcuffs firm. Read both parts of the interview to see Hiatt's connection to slavery. The company is still in operation today, ...

Hiatt's and Slavery (part 2)

(cont)This is a late nineteenth century interview with the Birmingham Hiatt's handcuffs firm. Read both parts of the interview to see Hiatt's connection to slavery. The company is still in operation today, ...

Highbury Park Sketch Plan

This sketch plan of the grounds and gardens of Highbury Hall was drawn by Hilda Chamberlain in 1894. It accompanied a letter written to her brother, Neville, who was managing the short-lived and ultimately ...

Highbury Voluntary Aid Detachments Hospital

This photograph shows an outdoor ward at Highbury Hospital in the Birmingham suburb of Moseley staffed by Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD) nurses. Nationally, over 3,000 Auxiliary hospitals attached to ...

Homes for Birmingham: the Communist Party Plan

At the end of the Second World War public housing had become an increasingly contentious political issue. Both mainstream and fringe parties printed their own solutions for public circulation. Parties ...