Councillor J.S. Nettlefold, J.P.
John Sutton Nettlefold became a key figure in the history of public housing in Birmingham, signalling the growing emergence of local government in the town planning process. Born in London, he later moved ...
Harborne Tenants Ltd. House type 4L
Section from page 48 from a prospectus published by Harborne Tenants Limited showing one of a variety of housing designs used during the construction of the estate.
Houses on Ravenhurst Road
This photograph provides visual evidence of the designs of houses on the Moor Pool Estate at Harborne. John Nettlefold was invited to become Chairman of Harborne Tenants Limited in 1907. Its most unique ...
Illuminated Address presented to Samuel Walliker
The people shown enjoying the fresh air in this painting are benefiting from the philanthropy of a man who made his home in Birmingham only in the latter part of his life. After a career in London and ...
Interview with Alf Waldron, Mabel K. Waldron (his sister) and Mabel. A Waldron (his wife)
Excerpt from an interview with a working-class family from Harborne, giving insights into everyday life on the terrace block they lived in on Gordon Road, the surrounding shops, pubs and industries, and ...
Junction of Park Hill Road and Moor Pool Avenue
Black and white photographic print showing land developed by Harborne Tenants Limited to build the new Moor Pool Estate.
Lordswood Residential Nursery, Lordswood Road, Harborne / Red House, Droitwich
Lordswood Residential Nursery was the first of Birmingham’s residential nurseries, opening formally on 24th February 1928. The nursery accommodated 30 children aged 0 to 3 but was, at times, over capacity. ...
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 ...
Moor Pool Avenue
Black and white photographic print of housing on Moor Pool Avenue, showing unusually narrow street width.
News Article on a 'Garden for the Blind'
This article documents the initial reactions of some of the first users of a garden for blind and visually impaired people that opened at Queen’s Park, Harborne on 31 July 1953.1 The Parks Committee minutes ...
Ordnance Survey Map showing land around Moor Pool, Harborne
Section of the First Edition Ordnance Survey map for Warwickshire, section XIII, S.E. The map shows an area of Harborne that was developed rapidly during the thirty years between when this map was published ...
Quinton, Harborne and Edgbaston Town Planning Scheme Map
This map illustrates one of Birmingham’s first comprehensive town planning schemes to regulate suburban development in south-west Birmingham. What is remarkable when comparing it to maps from just 20 ...
Ration Book
While the later 1950s would be characterised by Harold MacMillan’s assertion that ‘you’ve never had it so good’, 'Austerity Britain’ lasted well into that decade. This ration book was allocated to a resident ...
Tennal School, Balden Road, Harborne
Tennal’s roots are in the 19th century when Birmingham’s first ragged school was founded as St Philip’s Free Industrial School in 1847. As a ragged school, free education was given to poor children who ...
The Moor Pool News
Cover of the Moor Pool Estate magazine, designed to publicise leisure and social activities, advertise local shops and businesses and provide other news for residents of the Moor Pool Estate.
The Moor Pool News
The Moor Pool News was a newsletter printed for residents of the Moor Pool Estate, and appears to have only run for four years between 1910 and 1914. Like similar publications by the Bournville Village ...