Martineau House, Towyn, North Wales
This house in North Wales was bought by the Education Committee in 1935 using a bequest from Councillor Clara Martineau.
Councillor Martineau, alongside other duties, sat on the Cottage Homes and Residential ...
Mary Cottrell
Mary Cottrell was the first female Labour councillor for Birmingham Corporation and was a leading figure of co-operative women’s guilds, both with TASCoS and regionally. She also became the first woman ...
Matron Lloyd
This photograph shows Matron Lloyd in her office at the Southern General military hospital, Edgbaston; she became famous as Birmingham's "Lady of the Lamp"; as well receiving several honours for her work ...
Max Romeo
Max Romeo photographed in London, 2002. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Maxi Priest
Maxi Priest photographed at Reggae Sunsplash, Clapham Common, London, 1987. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Maxi Priest and Sly Dunbar
Maxi Priest and Sly Dunbar, photographed at Reggae Sunsplash, Clapham Common, London, 1987. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
May Day Festivities in Cheshire
Some of the children were dressed up as Boer soldiers and in a procession in Knutsford, Cheshire.
May Day Festivities in Cheshire
Some of the children were dressed up as 'gypsies, with stained faces' for the procession through Knutsford, Cheshire.
MC Hammer
MC Hammer photographed at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, 1990. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Meadway Residential Nursery, The Meadway, Kitts Green
The need for residential nurseries had become apparent in the Second World War with the Public Health, Maternity and Child Welfare Committee of Birmingham Council reporting on ‘the urgent necessity to ...
Memorial Birdbath to Rose Sidgwick
Rose Sidgwick (1877- 1918)
This memorial stands in the grounds of Birmingham Business School, formerly University House, in Edgbaston Park Road. It commemorates the life of Rose Sidgwick, a pioneer ...
Memorial celebrating Abolition of the Apprenticeship System
Memorial presented to each Sunday scholar in Birmingham who 'Joined in Celebrating the Freedom of the Negroes'.
On 1 August 1838, Joseph Sturge (1793-1859) led a march from Birmingham Town Hall to ...
Men's Tennis Trousers
These flannel tennis trousers were probably worn by Alderman Wilfred Byng Kenrick. The Edgbaston Archery and Lawn Tennis Society declared in 1879 that ‘each Member (Gentleman) playing Tennis shall wear ...
Merrishaw Road Children's Home, Longbridge
Merrishaw Road Children's Home was a purpose-built home designed as what was known as a ‘family group home' on the newly-built West Heath housing estate.
The home was part of a programme of new children’s ...
Mica Paris
Mica Paris, photographed in Birmingham, 1987. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Michael Hastings
Michael Hastings, Head of Public Affairs, BBC: "I think the emphasis on black history, black identity, is overplayed. The priority is to realise that certain educational and personal skills are far more ...
Michael Rose: Jamaican Vocalist
Michael Rose, original lead singer with Black Uhuru. The group formed in 1974 and consisted of Duckie Simpson and Garth Dennis. The group was signed to Island Records and produced by Sly and Robbie.
Photographed ...
Middlemore children on board ship on route to Australia
Middlemore Homes were founded in 1872 by John Throgmorton Middlemore (1844-1924). His mission was to ‘save boys and girls from lives of crime and pauperism’ in the slums of Birmingham and believed they ...