Sound System Party, Mohammed Ali Centre
Getting ready for a party with sound system.
Steven McGregor, Remission, The Well Concert, Symphony Hall, 2002.
Remission is a Black British gospel group based at a Pentecostal church in Walsall. The group has worked for a number of charitable causes including the Roy Castle Cause for Hope Foundation and the Birmingham ...
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....
Supplementary School, Handsworth
In the 1970's supplementary schools were set up. They took place on Saturday mornings with the aim of giving black children support with their lessons for example english and maths. They also educated ...
'Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes'
Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: bromesko.
Labels on reverse: ‘Shropshire Photographic Society. Selected for Display at the 1953 Shropshire Salon of Pictorial Photography’ & 'Sutton Coldfield ...
'Tell Me Mirror'
Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: bromesko.
Labels on reverse: 'Midland Salon of Photography, Accepted and Hung [at] Royal Leamington Spa. 1948' & 'Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society. Accepted ...
The Billiard Hall on Soho Road
The Eternal Optimist
Man studying the form at Ladbrokes on Soho Road
'The Girl in the Black Lace Mantilla'
Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: plastika.
Exhibition labels on reverse: 'Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society. Selected and Hung [at the] Exhibition of Midland Photography, 1952' and 'Birkenhead ...
The Lord's Supper, Austin Road United Church of God.
A service where members of the congregation sit around a table to receive communion. Vanley Burke gained special access to record the life of this Pentecostal Church through his grandmother and mother, ...
'The Patrician'
Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: bromesko.
Labels on reverse: 'Midland Salon of Photography, Accepted and Hung [at] The Art Gallery, Hanley. 1950’ & 'Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society. ...
'Underworld'
Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: plastika.
Labels on reverse: ‘Birmingham Photographic Society. Accepted & Hung in the members class [at the] 55th Annual Exhibition, 1951’ & ‘Solihull ...
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Portrait from dufacolour transparency by Ruth Handley.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist in portrait photography. Mostly known for her photographs of actors and actresses who visited ...
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Portrait from dufacolour transparency by Ruth Handley.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist in portrait photography. Mostly known for her photographs of actors and actresses who visited ...
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Portrait from dufacolour transparency by Ruth Handley.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist in portrait photography. Mostly known for her photographs of actors and actresses who visited ...
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Portrait from dufacolour transparency by Ruth Handley.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist in portrait photography. Mostly known for her photographs of actors and actresses who visited ...
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Portrait from dufacolour transparency by Ruth Handley.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist in portrait photography. Mostly known for her photographs of actors and actresses who visited ...