Library of Birmingham – People's Heritage Co-operative

Marcus Belben 27 November, 202327 November, 2023 Birmingham Women's Suffrage Society, Hear Here, Library of Birmingham, Women's History, Women's History Birmingham, Women's suffrage

16 Days uncloaking violence against women

Violence against women stops us all being free and living the lives we choose. We began 16 days of activism

Hear Here Report

Marcus Belben 21 November, 202321 November, 2023 Civil rights, Hear Here Her Story, Ida Wells, Library of Birmingham, Suffrage, Suffragist

Hear Here, Ida B Wells

For Hear Here Her Story we were inspired by Ida B Wells. At the unveiling of her blue plaque at

Hear Here Report

Marcus Belben 20 November, 202320 November, 2023 Birmingham Archives, Cloak of Power, Hear Here, Library of Birmingham, Ophelia, Shakespeare

A ‘Cloak of Power’ for Ophelia

During Hear Here workshops this year we explored representations of Ophelia from Shakespeare’s Hamlet in The Shakespeare Memorial Library. We

Hear Here Her Story Post 25th November event

Hear Here News

Marcus Belben 15 November, 202319 November, 2023 Birmingham Archives, Hear Here, Library of Birmingham, Women's History

Hear Here Her Story

Come and join us to celebrate women and their stories 2 to 4pm on Saturday 25th November 2023 Hear Here

Chatting about Windrush in Handsworth Library

Hear Here Records at Risk Report Windrush

Marcus Belben 31 August, 20231 September, 2023 Birmingham Archives, Friction, Library of Birmingham, Shades of Black, The National Archives

Saving stories to share stories at risk

Our recent work with Friction and the Library of Birmingham has been underpinned by Archives – exploring, documenting and creating

Mrs Eunice McGhie-Belgrave, thanks photographer Vanley Burke

News Windrush

Marcus Belben 8 June, 20238 June, 2023 Eunice, Handsworth, Library of Birmingham, McGhie-Belgrave, Windrush

Meeting Windrush

People’s Heritage Co-operative are delighted to be working with Shades of Black and all the Windrush 75 projects across Birmingham

News Represent

Rachel Gillies 18 December, 201829 April, 2019 #HLFsupported, Active Wellbeing Society, Birmingham Archives, Christabel Pankhurst, Edgbaston Community Centre, Election, Heritage Lottery Fund, Housing, Khaki Election, Library of Birmingham, Pacificism, Represent, Representation of the People Act, Saheli Hub, Suffrage, Suffragettes, Wolfson Centre, Women's History, Women's Party

‘Represent’ launch reflections

The People’s Heritage Co-operative gathered with supporters and partners in The Wolfson Centre at the Library of Birmingham on 15th

News Represent

Rachel Gillies 10 December, 20189 January, 2019 Birmingham, Birmingham Archives, Celebration, community, Democracy, Edgbaston, events, Feminism, First World War, Gender History, Heritage, History, HLF, Library of Birmingham, Local History, project, Rachel Gillies, Representation of the People Act, Suffrage, Suffragettes, Suffragist, voting, Women's History, WW1

‘Represent’ – PHC launch new HLF funded project

We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded £36,100 by the Heritage Lottery Fund to explore the impact of WW1 and the extension of the franchise on Birmingham’s politics.

Field of Remembrance Paganel School Report WW1

Marcus Belben 26 November, 201822 July, 2019 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Hall of Memory, Library of Birmingham, Lodge Hill Cemetery

Discovering World War One in our city

60 pupils from Paganel Primary School visited Lodge Hill Cemetery, Library of Birmingham, The Hall of Memory and Birmingham Museum

Report

Marcus Belben 27 October, 201719 November, 2023 0 Comments Connecting Stories, Curating, Friction Arts, Library of Birmingham

How to Curate an Exhibition

Putting together a good exhibition can be good fun and rewarding – it takes a lot of thought and, depending