Soup from the Lord Mayor
Picture and article from the Birmingham Evening Mail showing the Lord Mayor, James Crump giving out soup at the British Legion on Windmill Street. Crump was in fact a local man as he was born and lived ...
Spring Vale Hall
The Spring Vale shops and this hall were located on Lee Bank Middleway at the junction with Bristol Street. All of this area is part of the redevelopment plan for Lee Bank. The poster to the left reads: ...
St Paul's Trust Recycling Scheme
Here we see the converted milk float that was used to collect recycled material from schools and Local businesses in the Balsall Heath area. The project was set up by St Paul's Trust to improve the recycling ...
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 ...
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 ...
Street art
This spray painting was on the hoardings next to the Attwood Green Community Centre. The painting was commisioned for an Open Day at the Centre by manager James Hobbs. Behind the hoardings the land was ...
Street Party on Shakespeare Road, Ladywood
Shakespeare Road, Ladywood, on the occasion of the street party held to mark the coronation of King George VI in 12 May 1937. A good time is clearly being had by all, everyone no doubt pleased to have ...
Streetwatch in Cheddar Road
Prostitution had been a blight on the area for decades and there had been many campaigns to deal with it. After this, the last of the prostitutes moved away from the area. The slogan on the board alludes ...
Suffragette Activity in Handsworth
This article, taken from the Birmingham Daily Mail describes a suspected suffragette arson attack on the boathouse in Handsworth Park. In 1913 Suffragettes in the Women's Social and Political Union ('militant' ...
Suffragette Activity in Handsworth
This article, taken from the Birmingham Daily Post describes a suspected suffragette arson attack on the boathouse in Handsworth Park. In 1913 the Women's Social and Political Union adopted a campaign ...
Suffragette Activity in Handsworth
This article, taken from the Handsworth Herald describes a suspected suffragette arson attack on the boathouse in Handsworth Park. In 1913 the Women's Social and Political Union (the 'militant' Suffragettes) ...
Suffragette Activity in Handsworth, 1913.
This image marks the start of a short composition on Suffragette activity in Handsworth. Eight articles have been selected from three newspapers, the Handsworth Herald, the Birmingham Daily Mail, and ...
Suffragette Activity in Perry Barr
This newspaper article from the Birmingham Daily Mail describes a suspected arson attack carried out by suffragettes on the home of the recently deceased Mr Hossell who had been a Birmingham Councillor....
Suffragette Activity in Perry Barr
This newspaper article from the Handsworth Herald describes a suspected arson attack carried out by suffragettes on the home of the recently deceased Mr Hossell who had been a Birmingham Councillor.
Suffragette Meeting in Handsworth Council House
This newspaper report from the Handsworth Herald details a meeting of the 'militant' suffragettes. By 1913 the Suffragette movement had split into two main bodies. The Women's Social and Political Union ...
Suffragette Pilgrims arrive in Birmingham
During 1913 Suffragettes organised a March from Carlisle to London. On 12 July 1913 the march passed through Handsworth from Wolverhampton to a reception at Hockley. This Birmingham Daily Mail article ...
Suffragettes Protest Outside Winson Green Prison
In July 1913 Prime Minister Asquith came to Birmingham to speak at Bingley Hall. Suffragettes incensed at his lack of activity in the field of Women's Suffrage smashed windows of the hall as he spoke. ...
Suffragettes Release from Winson Green Prison
After smashing windows at the Grand Hotel in Birmingham, where Prime Minister Asquith was speaking, eight suffragettes were imprisoned in Winson Green Prison. They went on hunger strike and were released ...