Dr Sian Roberts
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Histories of education, childhood, refugees, Quaker women in education, transnational relief & social justice. Lecturer @esj_bham Cymraes
Birmingham
Joined January 2015
Very pleased to have a chapter on Birmingham Quaker women in this exciting new publication and it's open access
With @RuthDavidson99 & @EveColpus we happy to announce publication of new co-ed collection #EverydayWelfare published by @Palgrave. The book demands re-think of histories of welfare in modern Britain. @LSBU @LSBU_LSS View & download all 16 chapters here: https://t.co/mP2EZX4wXO
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Looking forward to participating in this tomorrow
#EverydayWelfare is launched this Friday @LSBU 🥳. With @RuthDavidson99 & @EveColpus we delighted to welcome fab line-up of invited speakers to discuss #experientialexpertise #livedexperience #activism #welfare @Palgrave @unisouthampton. OA download here: https://t.co/mP2EZX3Z8g
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Today is the 200th anniversary of the 1st female anti-slavery society in the UK, which would go on to have a far-reaching impact across the country. Nicola, one of our archivists, explores the history of this collection held at the @LibraryofBham
https://t.co/WdxsmQjTFX
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#SmokeAbatement Double sunlight, halve your ills. Banish smoke and lessen bills - the clarion call of the Universal Smoke Abatement exhibition held at Bingley Hall in 1926. Ref - Birmingham History E/8 (391200) @LibraryofBham
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Take a look at the cover of this lovely booklet celebrating @BVTNews from the 1930s, illustrated by artist Michael Reilly. Bournville Village Trust is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. You can see the original Carillon tower which was remodelled in 1934.
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We’ve been digitising content from our #GertrudeTuckwell Archive which you can see online on the fight for #EqualPay and trade union recognition for women workers. Women’s Trade Union League & National Federation of Women Workers https://t.co/3BPI2B9qAU
#WomensHistoryMonth
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What could have been...
#NewStreetStation Ideas for the revamping of the booking hall at New Street Station on a similar model to Grand Central New York were mooted after WW1. Ref - The Development of Birmingham (1919) L 87.1 @LibraryofBham @NetworkRailBHM
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Celebrating #IWD2025, a poster for a meeting of the Women’s Freedom League for Suffrage at the Temperance Hall in November 1913. Ref - LE/Women/6 @LibraryofBham @womensday
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Looking forward to giving this talk about Helen Caddick for FoBAH and #IWD2025 on Saturday @TheIronRoom. I'll be focusing on her African journeys in particular
Come and join us for a talk by #FoBAH on #HelenCaddick this Saturday at 2 pm. Edgbaston’s Caddick travelled the world between 1889 – 1914 including journeys to Japan and Africa. Booking is essential - fobah@outlook.com. Ref – Edgbastonia, Vol 20, L 91.3 @LibraryofBham @FoBAH_Org
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Born in Berlin in 1930, Eva Frankfurther lived and worked among the diverse immigrant communities. Her moving portraits capture the soul of post-war London. Link: https://t.co/oN6CCkqffQ
#EvaFrankfurther #BenUri #ArtHistory #ImmigrantVoices
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FREE Screening and Q&A of Seeing Daylight: The Photography of Dorothy Bohm 27 February @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm A stunning documentary about the life of renowned photographer Dorothy Bohm. Q&A with Monica Bohm-Duchen https://t.co/Jy3zogWS6Y
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The Edith Cadbury Nursery was built in 1939 in memory of Edith Cadbury (wife of George Cadbury Junior). Edith was a pioneer of the nursery movement, + these wonderful photos show the nursery in its early years. The nursery still operates and is based in Weoley Castle, Birmingham
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This week I return to women in allied trades, focusing on Birmingham Photographic Case manufacturer Mrs Isabella Clarke. Early Daguerreotype photographs were presented in a protective case and, to make these, Mrs Clarke employed 12 women according to the 1861 census. 1/2
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#FoBAH are looking for an experienced, trustworthy volunteer as treasurer. If interested, please email Friends of Birmingham Archives and Heritage fobah@outlook.com for more details. Get involved in supporting the archive and its collections @LibraryofBham @FoBAH_Org
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Quaker girl Sarah Sheppard Bell stitched this lovely map sampler in Tottenham in 1792. Tottenham was the site of at least one school attended by Quaker girls in the eighteenth century. Sarah’s sampler is more detailed than many contemporary map samplers
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#PhotoFriday The original Blue Coat School founded in 1722 at 5 St Philip's Place with extensions made in the 1790s. The school closed in the late 1920s when premises were moved to the present location on Somerset Road. Ref: WK/B11/5704 @LibraryofBham @bcsbirmingham @Brumpics
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Pin badge. Bournville Day Continuation College made by Fattorini & Sons, Birmingham #histed #FE #bournville
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A reminder that you have just under two weeks to get your application in for the #histed doctoral summer school in Oslo supported by @PH_Journal @HistEdSocUK @ISCHE_org @ECER_EERA
The #histed doctoral summer school 2025 will be in Oslo, supported by @PH_Journal @HistEdSocUK @ISCHE_org @ECER_EERA and local organisers. Also of interest to #histchild phds. Details and application form at this link https://t.co/Mq5maW6RE1
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WM Fire Service is giving a talk at the library this Saturday from 12 pm. Come and experience memorabilia and materials from the archive. This photo is the funeral of Superintendent Tozer of the Birmingham Fire Brigade in 1906. WK/B11/17 @LibraryofBham @FoBAH_Org @WestMidsFire
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