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#MoseleySociety wish to appoint an Archivist to re-catalogue their collections. If you are interested please email them at all-enquiries@moseley-society.org.uk for further details @LibraryofBham @moseleyhistory

#MapOnATuesday is this 1917 plan of the site for the Central Corporation Depot at Bordesley Green. With annotations showing land belonging to Garrison Farm Brickworks, Adderley Park Brick Co., Wolseley Motor Works and Globe Brick Works. Ref - MAP/283413 @LibraryofBham

For today’s blog, Lucy – our Conservator feeds back on a course she recently attended - Health Hazards relating to Book and Paper Objects in Libraries and Archives. Toxic metals, mould, preservatives and Red Rot. Yikes! theironroom.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/hea… @LibraryofBham

#SundayShowcase today is Roger Vaughton of Birmingham and his Descendants by Colin Davison. Roger (1738/39 – 1817) was a member of the Vaughton family who played a part in shaping the history of the city. Ref – LF 77.2 VAU @LibraryofBham

#CityOf1000Trades today is this trade catalogue for J. Hyland & Sons, 49 Gem Street, door spring specialists and purveyors of the Briton patent door closer - which claimed to safe time in repeatedly closing doors. Ref - Trade Cat H/426/2 @LibraryofBham

April 2026 reading campaign: The Scene of the Crime by Lynda La Plante. Install #BorrowBox and use your library membership to download your free e-book or audio book. @LibraryofBham #BirminghamReadsTogether @BorrowBox

#PhotoFriday This bustling scene of New Street taken not long after the end of WW2, c 1946. The city was slowly emerging from the war and there are a few echoes of the recent past in the photo– notice the uniformed figures? Ref: New Street 162 @LibraryofBham @Brumpic

#BritishAsianHistory Home Away From Home looks at women's journeys from Mirpur, Pakistan to Birmingham. Interviews tell the stories of the women making new lives in the city. Women’s Lives in the Archives: tinyurl.com/JourneysFromMi… Ref: MS 4760/35 @LibraryofBham #raqsartstudio

Don't forget, we will be in Erdington today! @BhamCityCouncil @LibraryofBham

#AstonHall A very long ‘true and perfect inventory of all and singular, the goods and chattels of Sir Thomas Holte deceased’, 20 November 1654. Holte (1571 – 1654) is credited for the building of Aston Hall. Ref: [DV 330] 347952 @LibraryofBham @BM_AG

Stop by the Upper Lending Terrace display to explore the collection of books on neurodiversity―from personal memoirs to helpful guides. @LibraryofBham #Neurodiversity

#WomensHistoryMonth2026 is about leading the change and shaping a sustainable future, which benefits all: history.org.uk/historian/news… Here’s a sketch of Suffragists at the Aston Parliament on 17 October 1908. Ref – Birmingham Weekly Mercury @LibraryofBham

#MapOnATuesday is this c 1890 plan of a building estate showing land for sale between Northfield Road and Middleton Hall Road, including Middleton Hall. Ref - Bickley/383267 @LibraryofBham

#SundayShowcase today is the Dictionary of British Arms: Medieval Ordinary Vol. 3 edited by Thomas Woodcock and Sarah Flower. Designed to identify medieval British coats of arms. Part of our collection of Heraldry books. Ref: A 929.60941 #GoAllIn2026 @LibraryofBham #collegeofarms

#CityOf1000Trades is this trade catalogue for FE Baker of the Precision Works, Kings Norton and the pioneering Beardmore precision motorcycle frame which claimed to offer a more comfortable ride. Ref - Trade Catalogue B/10/1 @LibraryofBham

#PhotoFriday today is this view of studious readers in the Interior Reading Room in the Reference Library at the Central Library in Ratcliffe Place way back in April 1949. Imagine all the shushing back then. Ref – WK/B11/8530 @LibraryofBham @Brumpic

Birmingham has always been at the cutting edge of fashion – just what were the fashionistas of the Victorian era wearing? Here’s a fashion plate from the Crompton Rhodes Collection. Ref - MS 3383, F 391, S 623 - Plate 227 #more-15696" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theironroom.wordpress.com/2021/11/15/str… @LibraryofBham

Careers Advice for young people at @LibraryofBham Our expert Careers Advisers are here to help you get back into education, employment or training. Aged 16-19 and NEET? (up to 25 with SEND) Book an appointment today! birminghamcareersservice.co.uk/visitus/ @BhamCityCouncil

#NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek - a chance to transform how neurodivergent individuals are perceived and supported, revealing the talents and strengths of neurodiverse minds. Details of the campaign here: neurodiversityweek.com Ref - LP 65.02, 1971 @LibraryofBham