Austin A90 Atlantic Record Breaker
Built at Longbridge, this car established world endurance records at the Indianapolis Raceway in April 1949. It evokes excitement but also illustrates post-war realities in Birmingham and beyond. Launched ...
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 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 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 ...
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 ...
Bristol Road Tramcar
The Bristol Road Tramway1
This tram (fleet number 395) is a rare survivor of Birmingham’s once mighty electric tram fleet.2 It was built in 1911-12 and preserved in 1953, just weeks before the tram ...
BSA Ladies' Bicycle
Tight controls on cycling were imposed by Birmingham’s Parks Committee from the earliest days of the activity. In the 1870s, before the invention of the ‘safety bicycle’ opened up cycling to women, children, ...
Cadbury Works Locomotive ‘Number One’
Coal and Chocolate in Bournville
This locomotive provides evidence of the coal-powered reality behind Bournville’s ‘chocolate box’ image, cultivated over many years by the Cadbury Company. Now owned ...
Cadbury's Cocoa Promotional Jug
Cadbury’s cocoa jugs were promotional gifts produced from the early 1900s until the mid-1930s. The jug was to be used to make Cadbury’s cocoa, using the company’s iconic Cocoa Essence. An early version ...
Cadbury's Dining Room Check
Cadbury produced a variety of checks and tokens issued to their employees. Some tokens like this dining room check encouraged employees to use in-house services, whilst others were used to monitor the ...
Cadbury's Laundry Check
Cadbury produced a variety of checks and tokens issued to their employees. Some tokens like this laundry check encouraged employees to use in-house services, whilst others were used to monitor the workforce ...
Cadbury's Time Check
Cadbury produced a variety of checks and tokens issued to their employees. Some tokens, like this time check, were used to monitor the workforce and tools.
Cadbury's Tool Check
Cadbury produced a variety of checks and tokens issued to their employees. Some tokens, like this tool check, were used to monitor the workforce and tools, whilst others encouraged employees to use in-house ...
Commemorative Medal
Medal issued to mark the opening of Calthorpe Park.
Gas Wash Boiler
Example of the type of modern labour-saving household applicance often found in new municipal homes during the 1930s.
Head of Jester's Bauble
Dr H.C. Crew of Oakswell House in Wednesbury carved this jester's bauble. He made it to entertain Belgian refugees who were staying in the upper floors of his house during the First World War. When the ...
Jester's Bauble
Dr H.C. Crew of Oakswell House in Wednesbury carved this jester's bauble. He made it to entertain Belgian refugees who were staying in the upper floors of his house during the First World War. When the ...
Kings Norton & Northfield Tram Escutcheon & Standard
Aspects of Tramways in South-West Birmingham1
This escutcheon bears the motif of Kings Norton and Northfield Urban District Council and was used to mark items of the tramway infrastructure.2 Bordering ...