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Cover of Newspaper for the International Children's Camp, Brighton 1937
NewsWoodcraft FolkWW1
27 January, 202511 February, 2025 Marcus Belben

After Holocaust Memorial Lessons to Learn

In October 1938 Henry ‘Koodoo’ Fair, National Organiser for Woodcraft Folk was visited by a Czech youth leader from the

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Eunice at MAC exhibition
NewsShades of BlackWindrush
30 October, 202430 October, 2024 Marcus Belben

Happy 90th Birthday Mrs.McGhie-Belgrave MBE

We were lucky to join Eunice McGhie-Belgrave to celebrate her 90th birthday. She has worked throughout her adult life to

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Lodge Hill Old Chapel, now a ruin
Field of Remembrance
11 October, 202414 October, 2024 Marcus Belben

Meeting Birmingham Legends, walking Through History at Lodge Hill Cemetery

As Birmingham Heritage Week celebrated its 10th anniversary, we took the opportunity to spend time at Lodge Hill Cemetery. Here,

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NewsRecords at Risk
19 July, 202419 July, 2024 Marcus Belben

Friction and Heritage – How can Culture Heal?

PHC and Friction (Marcus and Manon) presented at Community Archives and Heritage Group annual conference at UCL 10th July 2024.

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Selly Oak Library when open in 1990s
Libraries
11 July, 202411 July, 2024 Marcus Belben

Bookmarks – a short film screening about Birmingham Libraries

Tuesday 16th July 6:30pm Free event, doors open at Stirchley Library, B30 2LT to see Soheila Javaheri’s film made on

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News
27 June, 2024 Marcus Belben

A Workers Paradise with Birmingham History

A family saga celebrating Cadbury’s BiCentenary, featuring fab music by talented Pete Chirchill 17th July 8pm, The Blue Orange Theatre,

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Gravestone of Herr Blitz
News
26 June, 202426 June, 2024 Marcus Belben

Metomorphosists, Thaumaturgists, Ledgermainists,Ventriloquists, Prestidigitators, Wizardry and Lodge Hill Cemetery

Our exploration of Lodge Hill Cemetery has found some interesting and unexpected stories and people. Not far from Hilda Birkitt‘s

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Youth Archives graph
News
7 June, 202420 May, 2024 Marcus Belben

Archiving the Mixed Economy of Welfare

Hosted by the Cadbury Research Library and supported by the British Academy Research Project ‘Archiving the Mixed Economy of Welfare’

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Sunshine doctor poster
News
20 May, 202420 May, 2024 Marcus Belben

Labour, Health & Sunshine in the Alpine Sanatoria

Free Birmingham People’s History Archive talk 22nd May about the Alpine Sanatoria in the 1920s, where the ‘sunshine doctor’ treated

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NewsRecords at RiskReport
16 May, 202411 May, 2024 Marcus Belben

Building on Records formerly at Risk with Young Artivists

We came back to Friction’s planned refurbishment at the Edge to see how the building work is going with ‘Young

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