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Friends of Birmingham Archives and Heritage @TheIronRoom. FoBAH has over 100 individual members, who have a passionate interest in Birmingham's heritage
Birmingham
Joined January 2014
If you couldn't make it to yesterday's pop-up exhibition @LibraryofBham you can now view our project guide here: https://t.co/dUZsAcFIgN via @issuu Many thanks to Kerry Leslie https://t.co/FzyKfg2JrV for bringing our words and images together. @FoBAH_Org @HeritageFundM_E
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Whilst we're in #covidlimbo waiting to publish our learning guide for the Born in Birmingham project why not take a read of the guide to our earlier Birmingham Children of War project now available on Issuu
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Now available to read on Issuu: Birmingham Children of War - a FoBAH project https://t.co/zanObXSBTG via @issuu
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Sign up to receive an e-newsletter from the Birmingham Libraries & Archives service! https://t.co/kvHLw9nEmR via @wordpressdotcom
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We will soon be launching our new e-newsletter and wanted to give our lovely long-standing blog readers a first peek! The aim of the newsletter will be to share Birmingham’s history, archives and…
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More advertising related to #weaning foods. 'Reared on Glaxo - the food that builds bonnie #babies' @FoBAH_Org
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Stop Killing Our Children is narrated by the @BBC’s world affairs editor John Simpson and it starts with the death of 13-year-old #HopeFennell who was killed by a truck driver when she was cycling home from school in Kings Heath, #Birmingham in 2011.
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We're on the lookout for Artists. Could YOU support our community heritage project, ‘Represent’? There are two commissions to work with our creative & curious community participants to develop work for our touring pop-up exhibition in Spring 2020. https://t.co/qg9HY9TuUc
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Join us Tues 1st October 2pm Cafe Mezzanine at Library of Birmingham to hear more about the BiB project & how you can get involved. Scope to research in the archives or online, write blogs & social media, do talks, plan events & even knitting! DM so we can plan refreshments
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Excited to be exhibiting at the @BMSGH #Bhamhistfair today at @mac_birmingham Talk to us to discover how we support Birmingham Archives @TheIronRoom, our programme of activities plus latest project @BornInBrum1914
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Back by popular demand! Our #Friends of #Birmingham #Archives #Maps workshop using our wonderful collection of @LibraryofBham maps returns on the 5th Oct! We'll be looking at & learning about the early maps of the city 1731-1831! To book and find out more email: fobah@outlook.com
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Come to @mac_birmingham today to find out more about our project Born in Birmingham: Maternity, Midwives & Infant Welfare 1914-24. We're on the @FoBAH_Org stand. #bhamhistfair
Join us today at the Birmingham Local and Family History Fair - how to get there by public transport or by car
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Excited that FoBAH's latest project @BornInBrum1914 launches today during @BHeritageWeek Come along to find out more about Midwives, Maternity & Infant Welfare from 100 years ago and how we will be delving into the archives to discover more - maybe with your help?
Lovely picture of mother & baby from the Annual Reports of the Birmingham Lying-In Charity, the forerunner to Birmingham Maternity Hospital. Come along to the pop-up exhibition today at Birmingham Archives @LibraryofBham to find out more about maternity services 100 years ago.
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FoBAH will launch its new project "Born in Birmigham: Maternity, Midwives & Infant Welfare 1914-1924" on 21 Sep at @LibraryofBham during #BHeritageWeek Funded by @HeritageFundWM . With thanks to @TheIronRoom
Come along to our launch during @BHeritageWeek 21st Sep @LibraryofBham. Born in Birmingham: Maternity, Midwives & Infant Welfare 1914-1924 will look at the journey from conception to infancy in Birmingham 100 years ago. https://t.co/1hUfiTdj7g
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We've started choosing material to inspire the #CreativeWriters coming along to the very exciting @PHCooperative workshop with @FionaJoseph here in the @LibraryofBham #Archives during #BHeritageWeek! For more details & to book your FREE spot: https://t.co/gx7lFplzv6
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Join us for the FoBAH Summer walk on Sun 11th August 2-4pm looking at Birmingham's Banking History. Meet at main entrance of the Council House in Victoria Square. Free for FoBAH members. Non-members £5. Booking essential via fobah@outlook.com
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Forgotten Stories: a Birmingham burial register https://t.co/716ha6kQ38 via @wordpressdotcom
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The book I’ve chosen to write about this week is titled “SS. Peter and Paul, Aston: Burials 1790 – 1793”, and is located with the parish registers in the Heritage Research Area. It is a facsimile c…
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Thanks to @TheIronRoom for hosting our AGM and special display of @watt2019 documents - and to Chris Rice for facinating talk.
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A couple of pics from yesterday's excellent #historic #Birmingham #maps workshop. Excellent interpretation from Mr Townley. View the online gallery on 'Birmingham Images' at https://t.co/1nHSIjtZEQ
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Thanks to speaker John Townley & to @TheIronRoom for hosting yesterday's excellent workshop. If you missed it check out the links below and the online gallery at https://t.co/1nHSIjtZEQ
#birmingham #historic #maps
And you can read about #Birmingham's #Historic #Maps (amongst many other things!) on the @HistoryWM website, and written by our speaker at today's @FoBAH_Org workshop!
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