A party of girls about to start for Canada
A party of girls about to start for Canada from the "Emigartion Homes". John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in 1872 as a charitable ...
Child's Death at Perry Barr
A cutting from the Handsworth Herald relating to the death of two-month old Thomas Henry Adams of Well Head Lane.
From the G.H. Osborne newcuttings collection.
Digging in the Fields - Canada
Here we see one of the young emigrées working in the fields. John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in 1872 as a charitable concern. ...
Haycart - Canada
Here we see one of the young emigrées working on the farm. John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in 1872 as a charitable concern. ...
Henry C
Henry C before and after he was "received into the homes". John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in 1872 as a charitable concern. ...
Homestead - Canada
Homestead of Mr and Mrs Fred P both ex-Middlemore Homes Children. John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in 1872 as a charitable ...
Leading a Horse on the Farm - Canada
Here we see one of the young emigrées working on the farm. John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in 1872 as a charitable concern. ...
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...
Marcus Garvey Day Nursery
This was one of the first nurseries set up specifically to care for young black children.
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.
Mary Jane, Ernest and Sydney S
Mary Jane, Ernest, and Sydney S before and after they were "received into the homes". John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in ...
Ploughboy on the Farm - Canada
Here we see one of the young emigrées working on the farm. John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in 1872 as a charitable concern. ...
Reading For Miss
This is one of the few Vanley Burke photographs with a title. Taken at Grove Lane Junior and Infant School, Handsworth in the 1970's.
Sir John T Middlemore
Here we Sir John Throgmorton Middlemore, 1st Baronet (9 June 1844 - 17 October 1925) an English Liberal Unionist politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham North. In this picture ...
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....
The S. S. Franconia 1924
A group of children onthe deck of the The S. S. Franconia, on the way to Canada, 1924. John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in ...
Weary of Life - Shocking Case at Perry Barr
This newscutting from the G.H. Osborne Collection gives details of the case of eleven year old Edith Johnson. She lived with her father and stepmother in Franchise Street, Perry Barr and was a pupil ...