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      • Meeting Windrush (2023-present)
      • The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (2022)
    • Lodge Hill Cemetery and Warfare
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    • Stories from the Mill (2014)
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Sun rising on Swanshurst Park
News
24 January, 2026 Marcus Belben

2025 What a year!

As the sun sets on 2025, International Year of Co-operatives, it’s the perfect time to look back at what we’ve

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NewsRecords at Risk
18 January, 2026 Marcus Belben

A new chapter for Friction Archives

Friction Arts have always created socially engaged work that makes a real difference. Whether it’s in the local neighborhood or

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Book Marks team photo at Stirchley Library
News
2 January, 2026 Marcus Belben

Save the Date PHC AGM 6th Feb 6pm Old Mo

Please come along to our Annual General Meeting, Friday 6th February 2026 6-7pm at the Old Moseley Arms, B12 9QU. If

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Shadow puppetry at 'Light into Night' event
LibrariesNewsWindrush
9 September, 2025 Marcus Belben

Finding our Space for Community at the Edge

In the last year it’s been interesting times in Birmingham and the spotlight has been on spaces for community. We’ve

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Libraries
7 June, 2025 Marcus Belben

“The Library represents me and I’m proud to be represented by the Library”

Lucy Wigens finishes the Book Marks film with her comment about what libraries mean to her personally and her comment

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Armchair protest in Stirchley Library
LibrariesNews
10 May, 2025 Marcus Belben

Book Marks in film. Being part of our library stories

Come to our FREE screening and sharing events showcasing “Book Marks”. Over the past couple of months, our team have

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Working out where we are on the arial photo
Paganel SchoolReport
5 May, 2025 Marcus Belben

Mapping the Changes with Paganel Archives

‘So where were the School Bomb shelters?’ ‘Let’s find them!’ I could say this with confidence because Young Archivists had

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Constitution Hill. First Public Library in Birmingham
LibrariesNews
26 April, 2025 Marcus Belben

The First 100 Years of Birmingham Public Libraries

Find out about the Free Library Movement and the impact it had on Birmingham through the early years of Birmingham’

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Campaigner for Libraries makes a banner
LibrariesReport
24 April, 2025 Marcus Belben

Brum loves Libraries! It REALLY Does!

4 weeks of capturing library stories in Birmingham at Druid’s Heath, Selly Oak and Stirchley Libraries. Eighteen workshops, 3 launch

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LibrariesReport
19 April, 2025 Marcus Belben

Druids Heath Library – “I was absorbed by stories..”

Hayley Frances worked with Druids Heath Library users to write their own poems about visiting libraries with children, as children

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  • Finding our Space for Community at the Edge
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