Birmingham Mail Charity Boots
From 1889 the Birmingham Mail newspaper ran a Christmas appeal. One of the causes it supported was buying boots for poor children who would otherwise go barefoot. The first distribution of boots was made ...
Birmingham Parks Police
This photograph was taken for an album containing scenes in the parks during the Edwardian period. The Parks Police were a regular presence and were responsible for keeping order and challenging would-be ...
Birmingham Parks Police Badge
Birmingham’s parks were initially patrolled by the city police force. During the 1880s, the Parks Committee had to apply to the Worcestershire police force for additional officers to patrol Cannon Hill ...
Birmingham Robins
Extract from the Birmingham Daily Gazette, 12 January 1903 recording the presence of ‘coloured people’ at the Birmingham Robins winter treat.
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Birmingham Tram Escutcheon & Standard
This emblem spread across suburban tram routes, particularly from 1911. In June the city took over services of the City of Birmingham Tramways Company on the Bristol and Pershore Roads. This action was ...
Birmingham War Hospital Committee Minutes
These minutes record the management of the two Birmingham War Hospitals at Rubery Hill and Hollymoor between 1916 and 1922. During 1914 it became clear that many more beds would be needed than the existing ...
Birmingham's 40,000th Municipal House
Photograph originally published in the Birmingham Post depicting the opening of Birmingham's 40,000th municipal home by Neville Chamberlain.
Black Uhuru: Jamaican Vocal Group
After Michael Rose left the group, Junior Reid took over duties as the lead singer.
Black Uhuru were photographed at The Tower Ballroom, Birmingham, 1986. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" ...
Blackheart Man: A Journey into Rasta
Poster for an exhibition of photographs by Derek Bishton, on the history, culture, music and lifestyle of Rastafarians in Africa, Jamaica and Birmingham. The poster is illustrated with a photograph of ...
Blue Coat Charity School Apprenticeship Indenture
Joseph Eadley would have entered the Blue Coat School when he was 7 years old. The entrance age was increased to 9 in 1819. The School later arranged for children to be apprenticed. Joseph was apprenticed ...
Board School Boys
This photograph shows school boys from a Board School in Stratford on Avon.
Board School Girls
This photograph shows school girls from a Board School in Stratford on Avon.
Boer War Memorial, Cannon Hill Park
This postcard shows the unveiling of the memorial to servicemen from Birmingham killed in the Boer War conflicts in South Africa around the beginning of the twentieth century. The memorial was sculpted ...
Bomb Damage to Birmingham Parks
Many parks across Birmingham sustained damage during the Second World War. The Parks Committee minutes contain details of the effects of each air raid on the park buildings and landscape. This is the ...
Bookcase in University House
This bookcase stands in University House, Edgbaston and represents the love of books and learning demonstrated by Rose Sidgwick and Margery Fry. They had first met at Somerville College, Oxford, where ...
Bournville Continuation School Cookery Notebook
In 1926, George Cadbury Jnr wrote that, 'As employers […] we only have a right to use the labour of young people if we make sufficient provision for their proper development […] the privilege of using ...
Bournville Family, by Bill Brandt
Black and white photographic print by Bill Brandt depicting family sat in garden of a house on the Weoley Castle Estate.
Bournville Family, by Bill Brandt
This photograph was taken by a London-based photographer called Bill Brandt, forming part of an album in the Bournville Village Trust archive that remained unknown to the photographic world until the ...