Mr Partridge explains....
Children from Woodview Primary School on a school trip to "Dig For Victory". Mr Partridge explains (not for the first time) that he was: "In the first lot you know..." The first lot being the First World ...
Mr Partridge on Dig For Victory Day
Woodview Primary School had a school trip to experience some of the aspects of evacuation. Mr Partridge is here explaining how he was was "in the first lot you know" and "still has shrapnel in his leg"....
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 ...
National Identity Card
Inside pages of Laura Phillips National Identity Card. This was issued on June 1st 1943 and was to be carried at all times. The cards were used for Security and indentification purposes. Laura lived at ...
National Registration Identity Card
During the Second World War all civilians were issued with an identity card for security purposes. Civilians had to carry them at all times and produce them if challenged. This is the front and back of ...
National Registration Identity Card for Sheila M. Smith
Inside pages of the card issued to Sheila Smith of Handsworth for use during the Second World War.
National Registration Identity Card for Sheila M. Smith
During the Second World War National Registration was introduced and everyone was issued with an identity card which they had to carry at all times. This card belonged to Sheila Smith who lived at 31 ...
Neville Chamberlain at the Town Hall
Neville Chamberlain speeking at Birmingham Town Hall. The photograph is dated as 1938 but in fact it has to date from September 1939 onwards. Chamberlain appointed Winston Churchill as First Lord Of The ...
Norvic Shoes
Advert for Norvic Shoes as sold by A.F. Hodges of Hagley Road. The proprietor is listed as being Dorothy Hamblin. Shoes were subject to rationing during and after the war and had to be paid for by coupons ...
Norvic Shoes of Hagley Road
An advert for Norvic Shoes from the Second World War. The shoes are said to be the best value for "your five coupons". The coupons being those used as part of rationing. Dorothy M. Hamblin is the proprietress ...
Notes on evacuation from St Thomas's School logbook
These notes were written as Britain approached declaring war on Germany in September 1939.
28th August
Several members of the staff arrived at school at 7:15am for the rehearsals of evacuation of ...
Oldfield Road
Bomb damage in Oldfield Road , Balsall Heath during the Second World War
Oratory Magazine October 1940
A snippet from the Oratory Church magazine from the Second World War. It reads: "Our beautiful green copper dome has "gone with the wind" of fashion, and has painted her face; in other words she is camouflaged, ...
Oratory Parish Magazine, October 1939.
A short extract from the Oratory Parish Magazine, which talks about the gold dome of the Oratory being camouflaged with green paint. Clearly there was great concern that the moonlit dome would act as ...
Pantomime at the Prince Of Wales
A piece from the local press promoting the panto at the Prince Of Wales Theatre during the war. The theatre, on Broad Street, was destroyed by bombs and incendiaries during the war. Seen rehearsing for ...
Parachute and Harness
Part of the parachute and harness attached to the landmine dropped on Antrobus Road during the blitz. Unfortunately it is unknown exactly what year this was though it would have been between 1940-1942. ...
Pitsford Street in the blitz
Pitsford Street runs off Clissold Street and near to Warstone Lane and Key Hill Cemetery. Then as now it was home to small industrial premises and the area here was an obvious target for the Luftwaffe. ...
Plaque to commemorate the evacuation King Eaward VI, Five Ways, school
A plaque erected in Monmouth school as "a token of admiration for the high public spirit shown by the residents of Monmouth and in grstitude for the hospitality extended to hte boys who lodged in the ...