#MapOnATuesday this week is this map of the roads and locations in Erdington and Sutton Coldfield associated with the infamous case of the murder of Mary Ashford in 1817. The accompanying text explains the evidence shown on the map. Ref - MAP/304097 @LibraryofBham

#BirminghamLibrary #teddybear We’re already showing our new recruit the ropes preparing for a busy, yet fun packed day in the library. Why not pick up your own Bearmingham in the Library Shop, retailing at £8 @LibraryofBham

#BirminghamLibrary Check out the sparklingly updated version of our archival catalogue - https://t.co/NzOvhJ3ZY5 New features include links to our digital gallery, Iron Room blog and Eventbrite for booking a search room appointment @LibraryofBham

#SundayShowcase is Altar of Remembrance by Alan Fewtrell. A brief insight into the stories behind the service personnel and civilians remembered at the Castle Bromwich War Memorial. Ref - L 75.9 @LibraryofBham

#CityOf1000Trades this 1900 advertisement for Albert C Neal. The company was first listed in the 1876 edition of the Furniture Gazette. Ref - L 08.2 Periodicals D5/ 229383 @LibraryofBham

#PhotoFriday is this mid – 1930s photograph of the King Edward Grammar School in New Street, a year before it moved to Edgbaston. The building was demolished in 1937. Ref: WK/B11/5702 @LibraryofBham @Brumpic @KESBham

#EFP This is a copy of Gerard’s Herball (1636) - the most famous of English herbals, renowned for its numerous drawings and lively writing style with anecdotes taken from folklore. Part of the library’s Early and Fine Printing Collection. Reference A 094/1636 @LibraryofBham

#HRAExhibition #Christmas If you’re passing by the library over the next couple of months, why not pop up to Level 4 to take a look at our small, but perfectly formed display of Christmas related documents from our printed collections @LibraryofBham

Staff have been working to improve access and visibility of our Black & South Asian History Collection. Over 10,000 items have been modified, increasing the percentage of items visible on the public catalogue from 51% to 85%: https://t.co/sEZDclGR3z @LibraryofBham @bhmuk

#RemembranceDay This Friday, an event will be held in Victoria Square to explore the contribution of the Indian Forces in WW1 and the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. You can book your ticket: https://t.co/pzKCPI7tCx Photo Ref – WK/B11/8526 @LibraryofBham @CWGC

#Railway200 #MapOnATuesday shows the enlargement of New Street Station - the new street to be substituted for Great Queen Street and the intended alteration of streets in the area,1st August 1881. Now we know what became of Bread Street! Ref: MAP/73266 @LibraryofBham @Railway200

#RemembranceDay To commemorate this Remembrance Day, here’s the front page of our copy of the Birmingham Book of Remembrance, 1914 – 1918. Ref - L 75.9. The original is held at Birmingham Hall Of Memory: https://t.co/gp52svWpZu @LibrayofBham @Britwarmemorial

Stay Calm everyone! Access to our online archival catalogue Calmview: Home Page will be down for essential upgrade work this Wednesday between 8 am - 12 pm. You can still contact us at: archives.heritage@birmingham.gov.uk with catalogue queries @LibraryofBham

For a recent blog, our Conservator, Lucy shed light on the environmental monitoring in our storage areas. Extreme fluctuations in temperature and relative humidity can pose a significant risk to the archives unless monitored: https://t.co/rp0YhpFq9t @LIbraryofBham

#SundayShowcase rounding off the Chris Upton lecture week is Chris’ posthumous book on the Birmingham Parish Workhouse, 1730-1840. Very little is known of the first workhouse - the assumed date of its building given as 1733 is apparently wrong! Ref - L 41.11 @LibraryofBham

#CityOf1000Trades Legg & Company of Bromsgrove Street in this 1900 advertisement of their Ball Room decorating service. They publicised their services as far as Wales and at one time made flags and banners. Ref - L 08.2 Periodicals D/5 / 229383 @LibraryofBham

#PhotoFriday this week is this photograph of an ice cream seller, possibly of Italian heritage with hand on furrowed brow at her stall in Smithfield market, c 1901. Ref - MS 4557 Box 5 @LibraryofBham @Brumpic

Queen's Hospital, established in 1841 by William Sands Cox on Bath Row, was a teaching hospital named by Queen Victoria. Its medical school became Queen's College in 1843. Later merging, with others, to form part of #UoB's medical faculty. Ref: WK/B11/3760 @LibraryofBham

#BonfireNight #Fireworks A Sutton Coldfield Warden’s notice from 5 November 1799 prohibiting bonfires - ‘No Bonfire will be allowed...near the Town Hall nor in the public street of the town by persons pulling up hedges, etc.’ Ref: BCU/182 @LibraryofBham @RoyalSutColTC

#BonfireNight #Fireworks Here’s a trade catalogue advertising where Brummies of yore may have purchased their fireworks from at C. Adams & Co. on Summer Street in 1887. Reference - Birmingham Trade Catalogue Collection : LS 10/A/6 @LibraryofBham