Locomotive and Tender built for the Pitmaston Moor Green Model Railway
Just outside the boundaries of the Edgbaston Calthorpe Estate lay Sir John Holder’s estate at Pitmaston, close to Joseph Chamberlain’s home at Highbury. The Holders were brewers – a magnificent tiled ...
News article referring to 'The New Slums'
The Birmingham Gazette article reported complaints made by a resident of Quinton to Birmingham's Licensing Justices regarding the building of a pub serving a new nearby housing estate.
The Jester
Extract from oral history interview:
“I am going to jump back again to, you know, ’76, ’78. I was a lesbian in Birmingham and nationally there was a ban on the sale, the selling of gay and lesbian ...
The Nightingale
The ‘Gale’ has been the enduring feature at the very forefront of Birmingham’s gay club scene. In existence for 35 years and now in its fourth location, it has won numerous gay entertainment awards. It ...