Children Playing
Young girls pretending to be Diana Ross and the Supremes. Their stage is the dustbin shelter.
Children Playing
Children playing on trampolines at a fun day at the Mohammed Ali Centre in Hockley
Child's Death at Perry Barr
A cutting from the Handsworth Herald relating to the death of two-month old Thomas Henry Adams of Well Head Lane.
From the G.H. Osborne newcuttings collection.
Christian Kunzle plaque
Blue plaque for Christian Kunzle in Birmingham. This plaque is on the site of Kunzle's shop which stood where the Abbey National Building Society is in Five Ways Shopping Centre. Kunzle is fondly remembered ...
City Farm Carnival Float
A float for Balsall Heath Carnival by Malvern Street Farm (now Balsall heath City Farm)
Clifton Road School football team
This image was sent by Graham Partlett who is second from left on the back row. The teacher is Mr Bennett. Graham writes: "Neither the school nor our parents had the money to buy soccer kit, so most of ...
Community Summer School, Wolverhampton
Kids posed for a group photograph at a Summer School, held in Wolverhampton.
Day Trip to Skegness
Many African Caribbean families were unable to take annual one or two week holidays away from Birmingham, as a lot of white people did. Often people were saving up for a trip back to the Caribbean, or ...
Digging in the Fields - Canada
Here we see one of the young emigrées working in the fields. John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in 1872 as a charitable concern. ...
Evacuation at New Street
Evacuation from Birmingham commenced on September 1st 1939, two days before the British Govt declared war on Germany. On September 1st Germany invaded Poland and in Birmingham 75,000 children were evacuated ...
Girl in the Street
This is Janet taken on Bromson Avenue. Janet is now living in the States. She is teaching in New York. Her sister went on to work for the equivalent of the Sunday Times in New York.
Girls In Liverpool
John Barnes had gone to get his hair cut on Granby Street in Liverpool and he had a group of supporters there. These girls were part of the group.
Girls Playing
Yvonne, Yvette and Marjorie playing in the back yard of a multi-lodging house. This is the house at 18 Hatfield Road which was owned by Vanley's Grandparents. The girls stayed at the house for a time....
Girls Playing in Grass
Doctor Winkley in association with some other teachers had access to a property near Tamworth, where students could go to escape from the 'concrete jungle'. One of the girls in the photograph returned ...
Grove Lane J & I
Gymn class at Grove Lane Junior and Infant School
Handsworth Park
Children playing in Handsworth Park
Handsworth Park
Young people in Handsworth Park
Handsworth Park
Young people playing in Handsworth Park 1970's