Sharing Food
Sharing food, Wolverhampton. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.
Sikh Musicians
Sikh musicians, Wolverhampton. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.
Single Storey Dwellings for Aged People, by Manzoni
Watercolour artist impression by Sir Herbert Manzoni, City Engineer and Surveyor, depicting layout of the kind of elderly person's maisonette-type dwelling built on new housing estates.
Sir Benjamin Stone and Children Around the World
Sir John Benjamin Stone was born in Aston in 1838 and educated at King Edward's School on New Street, Birmingham. He joined his father’s glass manufacturing business, eventually succeeding him as director. ...
Sir Gilbert Barling
In 1920, Barling observed that the education of ‘workmen’ should equip them for ‘the duties of citizenship and for an effective share in the control of industry’.1 As Vice Chancellor of the University ...
Sir Herman Ouseley
Sir Herman Ouseley, Former Chair and Executive of the Commission for Racial Equality: "You've got to take some responsibility for your life and the things going on around you, not just leave it to others. ...
Sir William Ashley
Sir William Ashley was chairman of the W.E.A. & Birmingham University Joint Committee. He was also instrumental in founding the country’s first Faculty of Commerce, at the university. Ashley saw this ...
Sir William Ashley's Working Notes
This report is discussed elsewhere (see University Council Minutes), forming as it does part of the official university record. This working copy is in a different context, being included in Sir William ...
Sketch for Peace, by Joseph Southall
This sketch is from a collection of material relating to the artist Joseph Southall held at the Birmingham Museum and Art Galleries. Southall was born into a Nottingham Quaker family in 1861. On the death ...
Sketch of Tank in Calthorpe Park
In WW1 the National War Saving Committee raised funds for the war effort though the Tank Bank scheme; tanks were exhibited in cities to promote and sell war bonds by public subscription; Birmingham was ...
Sketches In The Condemned Localities
Ink print accompanying an article, originally printed in 'The Graphic' newspaper, depicting inhabitants of John Street in central Birmingham.
Smiley Culture
Smiley Culture, photographed at Reggae Sunsplash, Clapham Common, London, 1987. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
'Some Memories of a Northfield Woman by Margaret Smith'
This account by Margaret Smith provides a fascinating story of the journey of a working-class family from Selly Oak to various new homes across south-west Birmingham. She was born on 23 December 1927. ...
South Sea Islands
Originally captioned 'Governors Gig & Crew, Nasova, Fiji Islands. South Sea Islands.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Sporrophon Gramophone (weight driven)
One elderly resident of Kingstanding Estate in east Birmingham recalled that as tenants gradually began to settle into their new lives they also started to manage their money better and got better dressed.1 ...
St Patrick's Day Parade
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.
St John Ambulance Armband
This St John Ambulance armband dates from the WW1 period when the Order of St John and the British Red Cross Society first came together to support the Armed Forces Medical Services; in November 1914 ...
St Patrick's Day Parade
Before the start of the parade.
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.