#MapOnATuesdayOnAWednesday? A selection of typical house plans provided by the corporation’s housing scheme in the 1930s. Does anyone remember the parlour or non-parlour types? Reference - Opening of the 40,000th Municipal House, LP 41.8 Box 2 LibraryofBirmingham

#InternationalDayOfCharity Birmingham has a strong heritage of charitable groups. One we recently discovered was the Care Trust based at Eldon House, Central Square, Erdington. This document was published in the early 1970s. Ref - LF 41.106 LibraryofBirmingham @IntDayofCharity

#PhotoFriday Last week we were asked about a plan for the Dads Lane Estate which we unfortunately don’t have. As an alternative, we found this picture of social housing on the neighbouring Pineapple Estate, Kings Heath in 1925. Ref - WK/K4/11 LibraryofBirmingham Brumpic

#CityOf1000Trades What’s a guy gotta do to get a bit of body running through his locks? Luckily, if you faced such a predicament in the past, you could pop down to William Bown in Summer Lane for the latest curling tongues. Ref: Hammond's Illustrated Guide, 1882. L 27.2; 239809

#SundayShowcase. The 2023 reprint of Sven Lindqvist's 1978 seminal work. A radical angle on local history research encouraging workers to research their areas and the companies they work for in the expectation of encouraging economic/social change Ref: L 09.01 LIN LibraryofBirmingham

Over the last 400 years the style of written English has changed a lot. Can you find the words: his last will, consideracion, aforesaid & Delivered in this extract from a Deed of Sale dated 1626? (ref: [DV 913] 608954) Learn more and test your skills 👉theironroom.wordpress.com/2024/09/09/unl…

#TransatlanticCableChart Join us for the presentation of the framed transatlantic cable chart by the Hay Mills Foundation Trust on Level 3, Saturday 14th September at 11.30 am. See you then! LibraryofBirmingham Hay Mills Foundation Trust

#MapOnATuesday Another Birmingham Estate Layout plan - the Kingstanding Estate included in the Opening of the 30,000th Municipal House, 25th July 1930. Ref: Birmingham Corporation D/8. The 1930 Housing Act empowered local authorities to build new housing stock LibraryofBirmingham

Yesterday we welcomed over 30 people into the Wolfson Centre LibraryofBirmingham as John Townley and Rachel MacGregor delivered a fascinating workshop showing how Local Studies collections and archives can be used together to research the history of a street Bham Heritage Week

#BHeritageWeek Thanks to all who made our Birmingham family history session a success last Saturday. Check our socials for details of future sessions LibraryofBirmingham Bham Heritage Week.

#birminghammusic Before the likes of Bob Dylan and Lady Gaga came to these shores, Gilmore’s American Band were entertaining the folk of Birmingham in 1878 with a mix of classical romantic repertoire and the Star-Spangled Banner. Ref: LP 55.4/469222 LibraryofBirmingham BirminghamMusicArch

#PhotoFriday We were recently asked for photos of Stockland Green. When we can, we’re happy to oblige. Here’s the Plaza Cinema located on a triangular patch bordered by Marsh Lane and Streetly Road. The cinema opened in 1927 closing in 1978. Ref: WK/E2/568 LibraryofBirmingham Brumpic

#BehindTheScenes During the Search Room’s September Closed Week, we’ve been busy doing tasks and activities we don’t often get the chance to be involved with - including this staff familiarisation session on the library’s Shakespeare Collection LibraryofBirmingham Ewan Fernie

#BehindTheScenes – This week, for our Closed Week Project, the Archives Team have been busy moving stock, freeing up expansion space for new archival collections. This will mean that we can rationalise the way material is stored and improve accessibility for you! LibraryofBirmingham

Today, pulling in to the #SundayShowcase is Birmingham's Railways : A Decade of Change by Kris Davies. This new book is a visual tour across Birmingham’s railway network Ref – L 47.34 LibraryofBirmingham Kris Davies MA 💊

Salima, one of our assistants, has brought together a tasty serving of vintage Birmingham Chocolate box designs! #Cityof1000Trades 📷: A trade catalogue of Kunzle chocolates (Reference LS 10/K/31) Discover more here theironroom.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/cho…

#historyofbirmingham #TransatlanticCableChart Thanks to all who attended the presentation of a framed copy of the transatlantic cable chart to the library by representatives of Webster & Horsfall last Saturday. Find out more at - theironroom.wordpress.com/tag/telecommun… LibraryofBirmingham Hay Mills Foundation Trust

#MapOnATuesday New maps this week – the Charles Goad Fire Insurance map of the area around Edmund Street in the City Centre, October 1889. Maps highlight the use of a building - names/numbers of businesses and institutions are recorded. Reference LS 919/Sheet 12 LibraryofBirmingham

Our last special event for #BHeritageWeek saw John Townley telling "A disreputable history of Birmingham’s Newhall Estate - a tale of deception, embezzlement, family mistrust and aristocratic debauchery" with the archives he used to research this part of Brum's story John Townley

#HistoryOfBirmingham Prompted by an enquiry from the public, we’re sharing this illustration of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, Duddeston from the mid-18th century until closure in 1850. Read more here: tinyurl.com/ElaineMitchell…. Image Ref - WK/S2/86 LibraryofBirmingham Elaine Mitchell