Curious about C18th & C19th Birmingham History, Steam Mills, Maps, Places, Buildings & People. Intolerant of intolerance and prejudice.

Joined January 2018
#OperaConnects Today is World Opera Day which celebrates the power of opera to create connections on a personal and global footing. Here are two examples of performances in Birmingham. Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (LB 38.01) and Paul Robeson (LP 22.41) @LibraryofBham
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The stunning stained glass windows of St Philip's Cathedral designed by the pre-Raphaelite artist Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Birmingham culture to be proud of. #LookUpBirmingham. Courtesy @Daniel_Sturley
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#SundayShowcase is A History of Parish Registers in England & Wales by John Wintrip. A comprehensive survey of the history of parish registers from 1660 - 1837. A detailed account on the changes in format and content of parish registers. Ref: 929.342 @LibraryofBham @boydellbrewer
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John Townley retweeted
We're delighted to join other local and family history societies at the Huddersfield Local and Family History Fair today! If you're in the area, please come and say hello. Find out more: balh.org.uk/event-balh-hudde… #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
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Replying to @MerriamWebster
Technically, that makes librarians the guardians of ancient magical knowledge. Which explains why they're always telling everyone to be quiet. You can't have a room full of amateur wizards reading dangerous incantations aloud.
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#CityOf1000Trades Chance Brothers glassworks were based in Smethwick but members of the family owned factories in Birmingham. This plate for a staircase window is in a 1867 catalogue. Ref – Birmingham trade catalogue collection @LibraryofBham @sandwelllibs @SandwellArchive
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#Birmingham UK, it's such a shame 😥 The Kenneth Bud 'Horse Fair' #mosaic on Holloway Circus is an astounding example of Venetian smalti glass work, left to ruin. Surely some local #CSR money can be raised to restore and protect it, let's have some #PrideInPlace!
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Public art is part of our city's culture. Much should be listed & protected such as this 1966 mosaic at Holloway Circus by artist Kenneth Budd. Careful relocation or reinstallation would save it for future generations. #LookUpBirmingham. Photos courtesy @Daniel_Sturley
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#BhamWomen #BHM2026 today is Beverly Lindsay (now Dame Lindsay) who according to this Birmingham Mail article, 15 May 2007 was marking the twentieth anniversary of being the first black woman in Birmingham to open a travel agent, Diamond Travel @LibraryofBham @bhmuk
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#Napoleon #POW We often think of POWs in relation to the two world wars - here’s a list of British soldiers from the depot at Verdun during the Napoleonic wars tucked away in the Matthew Boulton Collection. Ref – MS 3782/19/2 Letter book, Jan 1808 – August 1809 @LibraryofBham
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#MapOnATuesday is the Handsworth Estate, being the 46th estate purchased by the Birmingham Freehold Land Society c1879. Showing land divided into building plots in Murdock Road, Linwood Road, Whateley Road, Douglas Road, Albert Road and Grove Lane. Ref – MAP/333099 @LibraryofBham
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#Ancestry are just finishing off scanning the last of the documents which will eventually make their way online. Amongst them are the rate books for #SuttonColdfield @LibraryofBham
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Stunning architecture beautiful restored and saved - The Gothic on Great Hampton Street. Courtesy @Daniel_Sturley #LookUpBirmingham
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#SundayShowcase is Dis Poetry : selected poems & lyrics by Benjamin Zephaniah. This anthology brings together all the poems from Benjamin's three Bloodaxe collections along with previously unpublished work and lyrics. Ref – L 52.21 ZEP @LibraryofBham @bhmuk @BZephania
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#CityOf1000Trades is this 1912 trade catalogue for the New Hudson Cycle Co. Ltd. The company was started in 1890 making safety bicycles and began to produce motorcycles in 1903. Ref – The New Hudson 3 – Speed Motorcycles @LibraryofBham
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#PhotoFriday today is the Council House just shortly after its construction in 1879. Notice the statue of Sir Robert Peel which at the time was only the second statue erected in Birmingham in August 1855. Ref – Council House 81 @LibraryofBham @Brumpic
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#BirminghamLibraries The Wish Stone : an old tale retold for modern times [1933] part of our Early and Fine Printing Collection. Containing 19 woodcuts and one of only 500 copies. Ref - Ridler p 2231 @LibraryofBham
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#Birmingham Don’t forget to join Hugh J Thomson for his book talk - The Doctor Will See You Now this Saturday at 2 pm on Level 4. Hugh reflects on his time as a consultant surgeon. Just turn up on the day. @LibraryofBham @Pegasus_Books
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#BirminghamHistory This week’s blog by Susan Darby explores collections here to uncover the story of her husband’s great-great-grandfather, Richard Prosser (1804–1854), a forgotten pioneer of Birmingham’s industrial heritage and beyond. theironroom.wordpress.com/20… @LibraryofBham
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#MapOnATuesday is this outline of roads in the parish of Kings Norton drawn for the Board of Surveyors, 1875. The parish boundary and names of most roads are shown. Ref – MAP/273587 Bickley @LibraryofBham
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