A Year in Archives is the annual publication about and for the UK archives sector by The National Archives. It brings together stories and case studies from across the sector, showcasing and celebrating archives and their work.
This year’s report contains the following review of the work of the Birmingham People’s History Archive.
BPHA welcomed over 70 visitors to their Birmingham Heritage Week 2024 tour, exhibition and interactive roleplay about Birmingham’s dramatic 1945 General Election result and post-war reconstruction. They held talks on trade unionism, Chartism, and Britain’s apprenticeship system, and produced two magazines. Visiting researchers included OX-BOY, filmmakers who used BPHA’s Indian Workers Association collection for their film festival documentary about desi pubs which were historic west midlands community meeting places and centres of activism.
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