#GardeningDay #botanicalgardens . As it's National Gardening Day, here's a colourful picture of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Designed by John Loudon in 1829. WK-E1-318 LibraryofBirmingham Birmingham Botanical Gardens UK

#Vaisakhi . To mark the start of Vaisakhi 2024, here’s a programme from 1999 celebrating the tri - centenary of the Khalsa. Reference - LP 19.971 LibraryofBirmingham CSGB

An Ansells dray delivers the good stuff to Aston, date unknown. tinyurl.com/43x5jtzj #Birmingham #Aston #LocalHistory

October 5th 1974. Demolition workers pulling down the municipal library.The library was at the back of the Birmingham and Midland Institute, and was compulsorily purchased to make room for a road that was never built.

#birmingham #brumpic #history #heritage #library

#PhotoFriday . Last week we brought you the passageways off Spiceal Street - so here’s the real deal taken on 29 July 1952. Wheatlands Furnishers were based at 6 Spiceal Street. Reference - Bull Ring 24 LibraryofBirmingham

#PollyOliver . Dear me, looks like Polly had too much cheese before she went to bed. Extreme measures really to find her true love. Reference – Broadside Songs, vol.2, page 119. LF 05.2 LibraryofBirmingham

Arden Road, Acocks Green. Once known as Back Lane and Quality Lane, it features this mighty Oak tree which was left in the middle of the road when the houses were built in the Edwardian era. Whether it was once part of the Forest of Arden is up for debate. tinyurl.com/hcc58fes

#PetLove . Today is National Love Your Pet Day. Pets always need looking after especially during conflict - how to care for a furry loved one in a war - look no further than this 1939 guide. Reference - Birmingham Institution E/12 (544113) LibraryofBirmingham

New Street Aston, 1960, prior to redevelopment of the area. tinyurl.com/chjsp9wf #Birmingham #Aston #Brum #LocalHistory

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New images on Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery's online image resource include this miniature portrait of Matthew Boulton, Birmingham businessman, inventor, mechanical engineer, and silversmith. The portrait is attributed to Edward Hastings.
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I have a copy a comparable map showing the Morris Commercial premises in Adderley Park. My father-in-law's office was marked with a cross but I don't think that it was anything personal between him and the Third Reich. He subsequently reciprocated by joining Bomber Command.

#TheatreRoyal . If you were traipsing around Birmingham on this day in April 1924 in pursuit of entertainment, here’s what may have tickled your fancy at the Theatre Royal. Question - just what is it every woman knows? Reference - L 28.1 LibraryofBirmingham

Did you know HWM hosts a sister site The Revolutionary Players - the people, ideas and innovations that shaped the English Midlands between 1700-1830. Explore through objects, buildings, maps and lots of printed material Midland History Friends of Centre for Midlands History & Cultures
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#WingateBettCollection . A Birmingham City Transport Rambler ticket issued in the summer of 1969, an example of tickets from this collection. Anyone remember using one of these? See more via our blog (tinyurl.com/2s3w55r4). Wingate Bett Ticket Collection Vol. 9 LibraryofBirmingham

Spiceal Street from OS Warks XIV5 revised 1937-8 courtesy of NLS Map Collections

Join CAL_Postgrads Rob Brown as he discusses 'Housing Problems and Solutions in #Birmingham 1901-14'
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The original, Jacobean style clock tower at Aston Cross, date unknown. This unreliable and and unstable clock was replaced with the current cast iron one in 1891. tinyurl.com/52kmu5jc #Birmingham #aston #Brum #LocalHistory

The Charter of Incorporation gave Birmingham the right, for the first time, to elect a municipal council. The ambition behind campaigns for that charter should not be underestimated. And perhaps now is a good time to reflect on that.

On Nov 10 1838, William Redfern held up the Charter of Incorporation in Bham Town Hall and spoke of how it had been hard won, but fairly won. This was a gift that he hoped would long be treasured 'for the sake of the invaluable rights and privileges it conferred upon them'.