On Saturday 12 August residents of Highgate and Bordesley Residents Forum joined friends from Balsall Heath on a coach trip organised by the volunteers of Birmingham Peoples History Archive. On the journey were many who had participated in the Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class history project funded by Historic England.
BPHA are proud to hold the personal papers and photographs of Albert Knight 1903-1979), trade unionist and alumni of the Central Labour College. Here, one of our newest volunteers, Toby, presents the fruits of his research on this important strand of British labour history.
David will invite the audience to consider their own cinema-going experiences and any similarities with other moral panics over the years.
The following is an anonymised selection from feedback we have received from volunteers (so far) this year.
£300 raised by the Friends of the BPHA at the Wilmslow Running Festival.
As a part of our university experience we – three University of Birmingham final-year students – were given the opportunity of a placement module to gain work experience and acquire skills which could help us find jobs upon graduating.
The Birmingham People's History Archive has been backed by the National Archive with a significant grant under the Archives Resilience grant scheme.
December's talk by Professor Morgan was very interesting.
Friend of the BPHA and local historian Ian Binnie gave a well-attended and thoroughly enjoyable talk at the B&MI.
The Social History Society has awarded the Birmingham People's History Archive a grant under the BME small grants scheme.
Birmingham People's History Archive 