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      • Meeting Windrush (2023-present)
      • The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (2022)
    • Lodge Hill Cemetery and Warfare
      • Field of Remembrance (2017-2019)
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    • Stories from the Mill (2014)
    • Paganel Archives (2012-present)
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Armchair protest in Stirchley Library
LibrariesNews
10 May, 202510 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, 20255 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, 202526 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, 202510 May, 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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Young Artivists explore the Edge
Archive TestbedRecords at Risk
16 April, 202516 April, 2025 Marcus Belben

Safeguarding Birmingham’s Arts Heritage with ‘Young Artivists’ at Friction

People’s Heritage Co-operative is thrilled to announce a significant investment in Friction Archives through The National Archives Resilience Fund. Friction

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Bradley Taylor at his typewriter
LibrariesNewsReport
15 April, 202515 April, 2025 Marcus Belben

‘Here at the library, my friend the rabbit…..’

Bradley Taylor @bradleytaylorpoet brought his typewriter to Selly Oak Library and had a queue of young library visitors coming to

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Ruben Whitter works with a group in Stirchley Library to make a Community poem
LibrariesReport
13 April, 202515 April, 2025 Marcus Belben

‘I discovered a portal’ Ruben’s workshops celebrating Stirchley Library

I discovered a Portal, a way to connect with others.My space. Their space. Our space. Like a book opening. I

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@PenJones drew the young archivists of 2022, and they added comments about each other to the drawings
Paganel School
15 March, 202515 March, 2025 Marcus Belben

Avid Explorers of Archives – Paganel Archive After-School Club

Paganel Archives opened in 2012 and was the first (and still the only) ARCHON registered repository archive in a state

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LibrariesNews
2 March, 202510 March, 2025 Marcus Belben

Book Marks Launch in Druids Heath, Selly Oak, Stirchley Libraries

Join us for a series of free interactive events launching on World Book Week and drop in workshops throughout the

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