St Patrick's Day Parade
Dancers from the Scanlon School of Irish Dancing, Birmingham.
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.
St Patrick's Day Parade
Irish dancer.
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.
St Patrick's Day Parade
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.
St Patrick's Day Parade
Some of the crowd on Digbeth High Street.
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.
St Patrick's Day Parade
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.
St Patrick's Day Parade
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.
St Patrick's Day Parade
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.
‘A Life on Stage’: The Amazing Story of Esther Ann Johnson
Submitted by Ray Middleton, Don Richards, Helen Kotz and Lynne Mott.
This exhibition concerns a Birmingham-born actress whose incredible history has now been forgotten in the town where she was raised. ...
' The Hidden Landscape' by Andrew Jackson
Image Title "Trees, Black Patch"
Far beyond the bricks of our built environments, that are often seen to define us, it is the mental construct of community that matters most. In this sense, notions ...
"Proud History"
The histories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in Birmingham and the West Midlands remain largely hidden from view although recent research in the archives has begun to recover episodes ...
Pride
Image from Birmingham Pride.
Extract from oral history interview:
“The outlets for women were… they weren’t there...the lifestyle was very closed and even though we’d had Stonewall and can’t remember ...
Pride, Victoria Square
This image shows Birmingham Pride in Victoria Square. Pride has become one of the major events in the city's calendar:
“I think one of the big things probably in the last 10 years is the growth of ...
'Women's JourneysThrough The Archive'
[Submitted By Caroline Forman, Birmingham Archive and Heritage]
The reverse of this photograph reads: "Elizabeth cadbury with Mrs Greaves, 2 other english ladies and an Indian lady. Taken in India ...
Traveller Exhibition [Page 1]
Reverse of photograph reads: "Ishmael Scarratt"
This is a gallery of photographic materials taken by Birmingham City Council in the early-to-mid 20th century. The images offer a vivid and fascinating ...
Staff Recommends: 'Women at Work'
This is an additional miscellaneous resource list of materials on the subject of 'women at work', developed during research seminars held by the Birmingham Stories project. The references below can be ...
Faces and Places: John Suffield
John Suffield, ‘the liveliest… of the happy band of ninety-year olds’
[Submitted by Maggie Burns]
John Suffield of Birmingham lived to the grand age of ninety-seven. He was born in Old Lamb House, ...
Al Anderson
Al Anderson, guitarist with Bob Marley & The Wailers.
Photographed at The Tower Ballroom, Birmingham, 1986. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Faces and Places: Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin and Family
[submitted by Birmingham Stories]
It is often observed amongst archivists that we frequently come across some of our most interesting findings when we are searching for ...