Letter of reference for Eunice Finlayson
Eunice Finlayson arrived from Jamaica on 11th February 1957 and set up home in Handsworth, Birmingham. This letter was written by the Reverend Morgan of the Jamaican House of Representatives as a reference ...
Letter to Mr Evans regarding livery, page 1
This letter from Soho House to Mr Evans of Bull Street concerns the livery for the coachman and footman. It reads
'Mr Evans is requested to observe that in the next Livery Suit for Mr Boulton's Coachman ...
Letter to Mr Evans regarding livery, page 2
The second page of a letter from Soho House to Mr Evans of Bull Street concerns the livery for the coachman and footman. It reads
'Mr Evans is requested to observe that in the next Livery Suit for ...
Liberal candidate in the field at Ladywood
In the nineteen twenties it was still unusual for there to be three candidates at a poll. The "third" candidate was felt to be a "vote splitter"- in much the same way as is nowadays. In the 1924 General ...
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Henry Wilkinson
This is an abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download. Joseph Henry Wilkinson lived at "Elm Wood", on Hamstead Hill.
Mr Wilkinson was born in Bradford, ...
Liverys and Wages allowed to Men Servants, cover
This is the cover of a memorandum setting out the wages and livery for male servants at Soho House. The memorandum intself is also available on the site. By this date Soho House was the home of Matthew ...
Liverys and Wages allowed to Men Servants, Soho House
This memorandum sets out the wages and livery for male servants at Soho House. By this date Soho House was the home of Matthew Robinson Boulton and his young family.
William Newbold the Coachman who ...
Lloyd George escapes at Birmingham Town Hall
On 18 December 1901, giving a characteristically trenchant pro-Boer, anti-war speech at Birmingham Town Hall, Lloyd George was practically lynched by a patriotic mob and had to escape from the building ...
Lord Mayor James Crump retires
Article taken from the Birmingham Gazette. Text reads as follows:
"Presentation of a silver tea service to the retiring Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Birmingham Alderman and Mrs J. Crump was made in ...
Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Neville Chamberlain (1915-1917)
Arthur Neville Chamberlain first entered politics in 1911 when he was elected as a councillor to Birmingham City Council and immediately became Chair of the Town Planning Committee. Birmingham soon adopted ...
Louisa Ryland
Louisa Anne Ryland was born in 1814, the daughter of Samuel Ryland of The Laurels, Hagley Road, Edgbaston. The Ryland family is first recorded in Birmingham in the 18th century and made its money in the ...
Louisa Ryland
Portrait drawing of Louisa Ryland, autographed by Miss Ryland herself. Louisa Anne Ryland was born in January 1814 into the wealthy Ryland family at The Laurels in Hagley Road, Edgbaston, the house that ...
Malvern Street Easter Fair
Malvern Street Playground Easter Fair 9 April 1977 Children enjoying activities on a site which three years later saw the development of Malvern Street Farm. In years gone by this was a terraced street....
Malvern Street Easter Fair
Malvern Street Playground Easter Fair 9 April 1977 Children enjoying activities on a site which three years later saw the development of Malvern Street Farm. In years gone by this was a terraced street...
Map of Handsworth Cemetery in 1910
Handsworth Cemetery's first interment was on Monday 22nd November 1909. The area occupies some 68 acres. This map is taken from the brochure for the opening of the Cemetery Chapel on 1st October 1910. ...
Marcus Garvey Day Nursery
Children at Marcus Garvey Day Nursery. One of the first nurseries set up to take care of black children. It was run by the Harambee Housing Association.
Marcus Garvey Day Nursery
This was one of the first nurseries set up specifically to care for young black children.