News and Events
Performance: Furious Folly
On 20, May 2016 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
Furious Folly takes place as night falls in Sutton Park, in a no-man’s land on the battle front between the two lines. Disorientated, the audience find themselves immersed within an open-air collage of sound, light, pyrotechnics and performance.
On This Day, 18 May 1916
On 18, May 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Post
Thursday 18 May 1916
BIRMINGHAM TRIBUNAL.
A HARD CASE.
On This Day, 16 May 1916
On 16, May 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Tuesday 16 May 1916
BIRMINGHAM TRAMWAYS.
AN INCREASE OF FOURTEEN MILLION PASSENGERS.
Report: Business as Usual
On 13, May 2016 | In Uncategorized | By Nicola Gauld
Report on Business As Usual: Institutional Impact in the First World War, Conference held at University of Glasgow, 18 March 2016
Workshop: HLF WW1 Funding Support
On 12, May 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
HLF Wales Team will be holding a First World War information session on 28th June between 10.00am – 3.00pm for participants wishing to apply for funding to run a First World War Centenary project. You don’t need a definite project idea to attend – just come along to find out more.
On This Day, 11 May 1916
On 11, May 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Post
Thursday 11 May 1916
BIRMINGHAM’S SHARE IN THE WAR.
LORD MAYOR AND THE WOMEN’S CONTRIBUTION.
Study Day: Mid-Staffordshire Military Appeals Tribunal 1916-1918
On 09, May 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Join Staffordshire Archives & Heritage as we open access to the Military Appeal Tribunal records, launch our exhibition and present a series of lectures on the effect of the Tribunals on Staffordshire’s communities during the Great War.
On This Day, 6 May 1916
On 06, May 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Gazette
Saturday 6 May 1916
PUTTING FORWARD THE CLOCK.
SUMMER-TIME WAR ECONOMY.
COMING CHANGES.
HOW ‘DAYLIGHT SAVING’ WOULD WORK.
On This Day, 2 May 1916
On 02, May 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Post
Tuesday 2 May 1916
FEW MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS IN BIRMINGHAM
Call for Papers: Faith and the First World War
On 29, Apr 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Conference: UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, 21-22 JULY 2016
A programme of events to mark the centenary of the Women’s Peace Crusade will take place on 23 JULY 2016 at GLASGOW WOMEN’S LIBRARY
On This Day, 27 April 1916
On 27, Apr 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Post
Thursday 27 April 1916
BIRMINGHAM
On This Day, 26 April 1916
On 26, Apr 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Wednesday 26 April 1916
WOMEN RESERVISTS’ FEAT AT WITTON.
On This Day, 25 April 1916
On 25, Apr 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Tuesday 25 April 1916
SOBER BANK HOLIDAY
EFFECT OF INCREASED PRICE OF BEER
On This Day, 24 April 1916
On 24, Apr 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Monday 24 April 1916
A “STAY-AT-HOME” BANK HOLIDAY
LOCAL ATTRACTIONS
Exhibition: Opening Access to the Mid-Staffordshire Military Tribunals 1916-1918
On 22, Apr 2016 | In Exhibitions | By Nicola Gauld
Thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service, along with a dedicated group of volunteers, have opened access to one of its hidden gems, the Mid-Staffordshire Military Appeal Tribunal records.
Women’s History Network Community Prize
On 21, Apr 2016 | In Uncategorized | By Nicola Gauld
Women’s History Network – Community History Prize sponsored by the History Press
Talk: A Countryside at War: Rural England 1914-1919
On 20, Apr 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Professor Alun Howkins
A Countryside at War: Rural England 1914-1919
Wednesday 27 April, 6pm, the Hive Studio, University of Worcester
Call for Papers: Conflict, Faith and Conscience in the Modern World
On 19, Apr 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
International Network for the Study of War and Religion in the Modern World
Seventh Annual Conference
Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre, Amport House, Hampshire
Wednesday 13 – Friday 15 July 2016 Read more…
On This Day, 18 April 1916
On 18, Apr 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Tuesday 18 April 1916
MECHANICAL LIGHTERS
HOW BIRMINGHAM WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE TAX
On This Day, 14 April 1916
On 14, Apr 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Friday 14 April 1916
HOT CROSS BUNS
BIRMINGHAM MASTER BAKERS’ DECISION
On This Day, 14 April 1916
On 14, Apr 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Post
Friday 14 April 1916
WOMEN AS STREET-SWEEPERS
Performance: Wipers at the Belgrade Theatre
On 13, Apr 2016 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
‘Wipers’, Belgrade Theatre, 12-21 May 2016
October 1914, Ypres, Belgium. The British forces, bolstered by huge numbers of volunteer soldiers from across the Empire have suffered huge casualties in one of the first bloody battles of The Great War.
On This Day, 12 April 1916
On 12, Apr 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Gazette
Wednesday 12 April 1916
WOMEN ON THE LAND
WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO
On This Day, 8 April 1916
On 08, Apr 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Post
Saturday 8 April 1916
BIRMINGHAM TRIBUNAL
WOMEN AS TAXI-CAB DRIVERS
On This Day, 8 April 1916
On 08, Apr 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Gazette
Saturday 8 April 1916
THE WAITING WIVES.
FIRST BATCH OF BIRMINGHAM MARRIED MEN LEAVE.
Project: Discovering the WW1 Home Front
On 07, Apr 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Discovering the WW1 Home Front: Children and charities, food and farms (Hempsted, Gloucestershire) considers the impact of WW1 upon rural communities in the UK by looking at the changes brought about in Hempsted, a small village in Gloucestershire. The project aims to ‘hone in’ on the local area in order to explore, conserve and share the lives of people on the Home Front between 1914 and 1918.
Report: The First World War – Commemoration and Memory conference report
On 06, Apr 2016 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
On the 26 & 27 February 2016, IWM North played host to the inaugural event organised by the First World War Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers Network (FWW Network).
On This Day, 5 April 1916
On 05, Apr 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Wednesday 5 April 1916
BISHOP OF BIRMINGHAM AND CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
Exhibition: Hidden Entries
On 04, Apr 2016 | In Exhibitions | By Nicola Gauld
Absconditi Viscus (or Hidden Entries) is a series of sound compositions based on phonic excavations and sonic mining of Birmingham City University’s School of Art archives from the period 1914 to 1918. The sound files and a short film about the project can now be viewed here: http://marg.cocsi.org/
Talk: World War One and the Black Perspective
On 01, Apr 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Garry Stewart, Director of Recognize Black Heritage and Culture, will give a talk about the contributions of African and Caribbean communities to World War One at the National Memorial Arboretum on Saturday April 30 at 2pm.
Exhibition: Shock and Awe by Barbara Walker
On 31, Mar 2016 | In Exhibitions | By Nicola Gauld
In collaboration with the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, mac presents: Shock and Awe – a major new commission of drawings by the acclaimed Birmingham artist Barbara Walker.
On This Day, 29 March 1916
On 29, Mar 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Wednesday 29 March 1916
HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN.
WAR WORK AND ITS EFFECT ON HEALTH.
On This Day, 24 March 1916
On 24, Mar 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Friday 24 March 1916
SOLDIER’S SUICIDE IN BIRMINGHAM
On This Day, 22 March 1916
On 22, Mar 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Wednesday 22 March 1916
BIRMINGHAM EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL
MANY SOLDIERS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED.
On This Day, 21 March 1916
On 21, Mar 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Evening Despatch
Tuesday 21 March 1916
“ALL CONDITIONS OF MEN” AT TRIBUNAL.
ISRAELITES, BIBLE STUDENTS. “MORAL ARTIST,” ETC.
On This Day, 20 March 1916
On 20, Mar 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Gazette
Monday 20 March 1916
MIXED BATHING AT ASTON
On This Day, 18 March 1916
On 18, Mar 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Gazette
Saturday 18 March 1916
BIRMINGHAM WOMEN RAILWAY WORKERS.
The women carriage cleaners employed by the L. and N.W. Railway at Vauxhall Carriage Department, Birmingham, are carrying on their work efficiently, and are proud of the fact they are taking the place of men who are doing sterner work.
Conference: Challenging History
On 17, Mar 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
The programme and registration for this year’s Challenging History conference, jointly hosted by Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museums Wales and Cardiff University, 29-30 June, has now been announced. For details click here.
Reminder: Friend or Foe? Discovery Session
On 16, Mar 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Join FRED for a ‘discovery session’ at the Library of Birmingham on Saturday 19 March 2016
On This Day, 16 March 1916
On 16, Mar 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Gazette
Thursday 16 March 1916
THE WEAKER SEX.
BISHOP OF BIRMINGHAM SAYS IT IS MAN.
