Burgalary at Boulton Road Schools

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Date:1891

Description:A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth Herald" May 2nd 1891.
This cutting gives an account of a break in at Boulton Road School. As the burglars where unable to find any money they took £3.00 worth of sewing materials that the children had been working on.

From the G.H. Osborne Newscuttings collection.

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Handsworth Crime & Punishment Boulton Road 1837 - 1900 (Victorian Period)

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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Central Library

Donor ref:LF 91.3 G.H. Osborne Collection (15/5740)

Source: Local Studies & History Department , Birmingham Central Library

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