Schools

Find out more about Mr Andrew, the last Miller at Sarehole Mill.

Find out more about Miss Olive, Secretary at Smith & Pepper Jewellery Factory.

Find out more about Matthew Boulton, Manufacturer and Entrepreneur.

Find out more about James Watt, Inventor and Engineer.

Find out about Birmingham’s Windrush Generation and The Birmingham Black Oral History Project.

Eunice and four other local women founded a charity called ‘Shades of Black. Find out more about her story and listen to her oral history.

Ryland worked as a bus conductor but moved through a variety of other jobs in engineering, music and writing. Find out more about his story...

Frank Scantlebury worked for a railway signage company, and later worked for British Rail. Find out more about his story...

Carlton became Britain’s first Black Headteacher of a secondary school in 1982. He also spent many years a professional dancer. Find out more about his story...

Esme worked as a teacher on a ‘Sugar Estate’ in Jamaica. Later she trained as a social worker in England. Find out more about her story...

Discover more about Birmingham’s local LGBTQ+ history using objects and images the collection.

View a timeline of Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ History.

Find out more about the history of Birmingham Pride and the key figures and groups who have been involved in it.