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Mr Edgar Evans

A newspaper cutting from the Despatch, July 21st 1905. Familiar Figures no 691. A caricature and account of the career of Mr Edgar Evans. Mr Evans began in Business in Perry Barr as a maltster and ...

Mr Henry Hossell, J.P

A newspaper cutting from the Despatch, 29th May 1905. Familiar figures no 645. A caricature and outline of the career of Mr Henry Hossell,J.P. Amongst many other duties Mr Hossell was a member of ...

Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary for Birmingham

Portrait of Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary Magistrate for Birmingham. Thomas Milnes Colmore was born in 1845 and, after being educated at Rugby School and Brasenose College, Oxford, he was called ...

Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary Magistrate for Birmingham

Portrait of Mr T.M. Colmore, J.P., Stipendiary Magistrate for Birmingham from 1888 to 1905. Thomas Milnes Colmore was born in 1845 into the Colmore family who had been in Birmingham from around 1500 and ...

Mrs Bellamy, Perry Barr

Mrs Bellamy of Wellington Road, Perry Barr, c.1900

Mrs McGhie receiving the MBE from HM the Queen

On July 17th 2001 Mrs McGhie was invested with the MBE by Her Majesty The Queen for her work with Shades of Black. This image has been used with the kind permission of the Central Chancery of the Orders ...

Mrs McGhie receiving the MBE from The Queen

On July 17th 2001 Mrs McGhie was invested with the MBE by Her Majesty The Queen for her work with Shades of Black. This image has been used with the kind permission of the Central Chancery of the Orders ...

Mrs McGhie with HM The Queen

On July 17th 2001 Mrs McGhie was invested with the MBE by Her Majesty The Queen for her work with Shades of Black. This image has been used with the kind permission of the Central Chancery of the Orders ...

Mrs McGhie with the Jamaican High Commissioner in London

In 1991 Mrs McGhie was made an Honourary Fellow of Community Roots College in London. This award was in recognition of her achievements with Shades Of Black in the community.

Mrs Pankhurst speaks at Birmingham Town Hall

This poster promotes the appearance of the Suffragette Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst at the Town Hall. The theme of the talk, "To uphold British Honour, To prevernt a German Peace" may surprise some who associate ...

Muriel Cowan interview

Muriel Cowan was born in Dublin in 1934 and moved here when she was 21, after marrying an Irish building-worker who was already living in Birmingham. Since 1972, they have been living in a council house ...

N. Wheatley & Sons, Moseley Road

N. Wheatley & Sons funeral services a long established family firm which originally started in Station Street. It has been based on Moseley Road for over 60 years.

Nelson Mandela Primary School

The school stands on Colville Road and was named in honour of the South African president while he was still in prison. Nelson Mandela Primary School in Birmingham opened it's doors to pupils on 7th September ...

Neville Chamberlain - MP for Ladywood and Edgbaston

In the 1918 General Election Chamberlain was elected as the Conservative MP for Ladywood. He refused office under David Lloyd George but accepted the posts Postmaster-General (1923-24) and Minister of ...

Neville Chamberlain - Picture Post front cover

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on the cover of Picture Post in October 1938. Chamberlain had returned from Munich where he had signed the famous agreement with Adolf Hitler which ratified the Sudetenland ...

Neville Chamberlain: Ladywood election poster

1923 poster for Neville Chamberlain who represented the constituency at evey General Election from 1918 to 1924. At the 1924 election he narrowly won for the Unionists by 77 votes over the Labour candidate ...

New Hope Close off Rickman Drive

One of the first developments after the stock transfer which led to Optima COmmunity Association being formed. New Hope Close (a symbolic name) is located off Rickman Drive. Since it was built Rickman ...

New student block on the Benmore estate

Construction picture of the new student block on the edge of the Benmore estate at the junction of Bristol Road and Lee Bank Middleway. Students will be living there while studying at Birmingham University....