Police investigation during Handsworth Riots
Policeman searching for fingerprints in broken glass during Handsworth Riots.
Portrait of Carey
This is a photgraph of Vanley's son Carey. The defiant image of the boy contrasts with the racist graffitti in the background.
Protest outside Downing Street 1970's
This photograph was taken at a protest outside Downing Street in the late 1970's. Protesters were angry about issues around the new government in Zimbabwe.
Represent Project Introduction
‘Represent’ is a community heritage project exploring the impact of WW1 and gaining the vote on the lives of Birmingham’s people. The People’s Heritage Co-operative was awarded a National Lottery grant ...
Riot Police
The National Front Leader was holding a meeting in West Bromwich, people came to protest against the meeting being held in the area, and the police came out to play.
Screen in St Catherine's Church
Screen inside the entrance to St Catherine's church. This is a memorial screen to President John F. Kennedy who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas in 1963. Funds for the memorial were raised by the priest ...
Sir John Benjamin Stone and Handsworth
John Benjamin Stone was born in Aston in 1838. Stone was active as a local councillor, magistrate and MP in the Birmingham area. It is though for his photographic archive that Stone has remained famous. ...
Statue of Joseph Sturge at Five Ways
The statue of Joseph Sturge stands in front of the Swallow Hotel at Five Ways. It was unveiled before a crowd of 12,000 on 4 June 1862. The sculptor was John Thomas who sadly died before the unveiling.
Joseph ...
Summer School at Methodist Church on Coventry Road
Summer Schools were quite popular in the 1970's and 1980's as a means of supplementing the education of Black youngsters. At these schools emphasis was placed on history and culture and the three "r"'s....
Support for Henry Odell in the 1918 General Election
This poster was dispalyed around Handsworth to encourage votes for local man Henry Odell. Odell was the Labour candidate and here he lists the unions and societies who pledged to support him. Odell viewed ...
Taxing Times for Gladstone by Chris Upton
Mr Joseph Lloyd Phelps of Lee Crescent was idly looking through his morning post : bills from the coal merchant and grocer, note from his brother in law, subscription request from the local improvement ...
The Last Liberal by Chris Upton
In a recent quiz on Birmingham the question was posed, “Who was the city’s last Liberal MP?”
I regret that a few of us, with better long term memories than short, answered Joseph Chamberlain, before ...
Vanley Burke Galleries
Vanley Burke has been living and working in Birmingham since 1965. He started photographing the community around him in 1967 and has continued to the present day. He has exhibited his work extensively ...
Vote For Locker-Lampson 1922
This poster was used as part of Oliver Locker-Lampson's campaign in Handsworth during the 1922 General Election. He stood as the Conservative (Unionist) candidate replacing the retiring sitting MP Ernest ...