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In my opinion, that is a disappointing response, someone being just dam right idle. Corals are a website developer. It’s the council and the library who should be deciding what the content is.

This is a super opportunity to grow and develop a record of Birmingham past, but the best the library staff can do is pass the buck.

I would be tempted to take this up with on of the elected members.
 
Probably related to them. Gambling sites are very good at attracting those easily conned, and that would fit the council library administration
 
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The Birmingham Libraries, Iron Room, Feb 21 informs, Employment and Dyche…

The Dyche collection is one of the archives’ largest photographic collections, containing approximately 10,000 photos and negatives…

upcoming exhibition starting next month…From City of Empire to City of Diversity exhibition (opens at the Library of Birmingham on 18 March 2022) will follow the story of migration to Birmingham during the Victorian Empire through Dyche’s career, and also includes some work from the period after his studio was in operation. It aims to show how migration has helped shape the city of Birmingham into the city it is today. It’s through the people who worked in transport and nursing that this change can really be highlighted due to the pride these people show in their portraits and their context within this history.
 
My experience of Kickstart in Archives & Collections.

A different kind of article from the Iron Room…“Under the scheme, announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak as part of his Plan for Jobs…”

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My experience of Kickstart in Archives & Collections

Kickstart, the context I’d like to talk about the merits of Kickstart. Namely the advantages and experiences I have obtained during my sixth-month placement. But first, what is Kickstart? Under the…
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Very interesting account of working in the Archives - I hope they are able to find some permanent work.
 
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Joseph Priestley FRS

Joseph Priestley FRS 24th of March 1733 – 6th of February 1804 The subject of this blog is Joseph Priestley. A single blog cannot cover the breadth and depth of Joseph Priestley’s life and achievem…
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Wonderful article Pedro! I knew of Priestly primarily because we had a Priestly house at school. I had read some about him in England but more so when he came to the US. He was a close friend of Thomas Jefferson (one of my favorite Presidents). I can see clearly from this article why they were close, they have so much in common with science & Benjamin Franklin.
Thanks for sharing!
 
What I found interesting was the mention that he moved to Hackney in London after leaving Birmingham - as I live there too so now I had to check that out and I have found out where his house was in Clapton, it was demolished in 1880 and there is a row of shops there, unfortunately they haven't been able to find a photograph.
Apparently there is a Blue Plaque on the wall over the shops so I will have a look for it when I next pass!
 
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1947 India partition, Elizabeth Cadbury.

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Tracing the Timeline of Partition

One always assumes that politicians and decision-makers will consider the cost of human suffering when resolving conflicts. The monumental decision to carve India and Pakistan into two separate nat…
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Interesting subject! For my part and possibly I am being too sinical, I do not believe that many politicians consider anything other than an end game of self endowment to some draconian decision. Unfortunately that is particularly true today across the globe!
 
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Grand Hotel

A photograph of the Grand Hotel in Birmingham, c.1895, Warwickshire Photographic Survey [Ref. WK B11/5625] Overlooking St. Philip’s Church, the refurbished Grand Hotel on Colmore Row reopened in Ma…
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Includes Booth Street and Sparkbrook Adventure playgrounds from 1973 and 1963.

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Digital preservation at the Library of Birmingham: Community Archives

During the past few weeks I have been processing various digital collections and ingesting them into our Preservica digital preservation system. Some material comprises recent accessions. Other con…
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It looks like the photo of the Booth st Adventure playground is printed in reverse, slope should go down from left to right. See attached photos of Lord Nelson PH which was at 131 Booth st. ( I have emailed the Library to let them know)


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Lord Nelson Inn - Booth Street - Handsworth.jpg
 
I purchased a couple of excellent books yesterday from a charity shop.
In and around Ladywood by Ted Rudge & Birmingham Up Town (through time) by Mac Joseph, Ted Rudge & John Houghton.
Both say "British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data" and " A catalogue record for these books is available from the British Library"
Can anyone direct me to these Catalogue Records?
 
“Between 1778 – 1825, Boulton & Watt supplied the Caribbean with c.200 steam engines designed for use in, amongst other places, sugar mills. The arrangement was quite a lucrative one for the company.”

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Black History Month – James Robertson’s map of Jamaica

For this year’s Black History Month blog, I have decided to look at James Robertson’s map of Jamaica which I first encountered in the early days of the opening of the Library of Birmingham in 2013.…
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Behind the scenes

Parish records in the stores Back in 2018 I wrote a blog post recounting my first experiences with cataloguing three ecclesiastical parish collections. Since then, I have worked on creating and com…
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