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WW1
7 March, 2017 Marcus Belben

Birmingham Children of War

Birmingham Children of War in World War One, documented in a recently published learning guide which is to be launched

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7 March, 2017 Marcus Belben

Quality Interviewing

Young Archivists leading interviews at Paganel School In the Paganel Archives After-school Club these past two weeks we have been

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28 February, 2017 admin

Wholesale Memory

Friction Arts documenting our Wholesale market For many people who call Birmingham home, the Markets are an afterthought, a part

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26 February, 2017 Marcus Belben

Desert Island Archive

Exploring Archives of photosfrom 2011 at Paganel School Imagine you were to leave three items for future generations to use

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2 January, 2017 Marcus Belben

Zeppelins in Birmingham?

Publicity Department, Central Recruiting Depot. Restoration by Adam Cuerden.Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C ‘On a foggy, frosty night

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24 December, 2016 Marcus Belben

Learning from history

Nigel Farage, John Bull gnome 2016 has certainly felt like an ‘eventful’ year. How does it compare with the past

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8 December, 2016 Marcus Belben

Recovery and recuperation in Bournville

Fircroft College during WW1 Thanks LoB: MS 466/3a/831 With the onset of World War 1 and in particular the Gallipoli

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28 November, 2016 admin

Untold Stories: sharing stories across the generations

As part of The People’s Heritage Co-operative’s HLF funded project, ‘Untold Stories: Birmingham’s Wounded Soldiers from WW1’, Year 8 pupils

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23 November, 2016 admin

In Soldiers’ Footsteps: Commemorating WW1 and the Somme

Often individual stories, especially in regards to the First World War, are lost when commemorating a big and significant part

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22 October, 2016 Marcus Belben

The End of Reason 1916, in Schools now

‘Lie of the land’ – a site specific Big Brum drama at Highbury Hall earlier this year Big Brum Theatre

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