Lovely images of a children's nurse with her charges from @archivewhg As a project we have somewhat neglected middle & upper class baby care. Research in this area reliant mainly on family archives incl photos, household management accounts & correspondence.

And more with the Curator Programme in the Black Country! beatfreeks.typeform.com/to/jBjw3QKD Are you a young Person of Colour from the Black Country who has a passion making the stories in your community heard? Have an impact & develop skills that will help you build experience & your CV.

We'll be showcasing our findings and launching our exhibition as part of #BHeritageWeek at LibraryofBirmingham on Friday 17th September 1-4pm. All welcome theironroom.wordpress.com/2021/08/23/bir… via Birmingham Archives & Collections

After far longer than the planned 9 months gestation period we are excited to be sharing the findings of our project on Fri 17th September in a pop-up exhibition LibraryofBirmingham The National Lottery Heritage Fund Midlands & East theironroom.wordpress.com/2021/08/30/bor…

It’s the last few days of #BHeritageWeek! Don’t miss @Fobah’s ‘Born in #Birmingham’ pop-up tomo, the ‘Taking & Displaying the Photographic Image' exhib (both on L4), the brilliant ‘A Great City’ exhib of photos on L2, & the wonderful ‘World in One Place’ @futureseed exhib on L3!

It's nearly time! We're about to set up our pop-up exhibition at Birmingham Archives & Collections in LibraryofBirmingham Level 4. Come along any time between 1-4pm today to find out about birth, maternity services & infant welfare 100 years ago.

A big thank you to project volunteers, archives staff & visitors who came along today to our pop-up exhibition in Bham Heritage Week We're so pleased with how it went & how well it was received. Thanks also to The National Lottery Heritage Fund Midlands & East for funding - & lottery players too! Birmingham Archives & Collections

It’s Day Ten of #BHeritageWeek 🎉 The penultimate day of Birmingham’s heritage festival, there’s a HUGE (and we mean HUGE!) list of events to get involved in today. birminghamheritageweek.co.uk/18-sept to see what is available.

If you couldn't make it to yesterday's pop-up exhibition LibraryofBirmingham you can now view our project guide here: issuu.com/fobah/docs/bor… via Issuu Many thanks to Kerry Leslie kerryleslie.com for bringing our words and images together. FoBAH The National Lottery Heritage Fund Midlands & East

Another thank you we forgot yesterday! A big thanks to Lee from Printbots.co.uk for ensuring we got our exhibition boards on time after a bit of a hitch with couriers. Excellent customer service which worked wonders for our collective blood pressure ;-)

Coming soon - our Represent exhibition explores how people have historically made change in their communities & looks at parallels with our world today. Featuring banners made by community participants exploring themes of community & representation. The National Lottery Heritage Fund Midlands & East supported.

Explore our #RepresentBrum exhibition about the Representation of the People Act 1918 & how people have historically made change in their communities, in our city & farther afield. On for the rest of 2021 at Moseley Road Baths. The National Lottery Heritage Fund Midlands & East supported. representpeople.co.uk/exhibition/

A big focus of the National Council of Women 100yrs ago was the political education of young women in a range of issues. We like to think they would approve of these messages. Thanks to everyone who joined in! Join us again tomorrow, 2-5pm at Moseley Road Baths. #RepresentBrum

Exhibition boards from our earlier project Bham Children of War have just gone on display in Children's library at LibraryofBirmingham Discover what life was like for children living through #WW1 in #Birmingham The National Lottery Heritage Fund Midlands & East Birmingham Archives & Collections Peoples HeritageCoop FoBAH

Enjoyed watching the restoration of early 20th century midwife's bag on The Repair Shop this evening. A real piece of history.

This lovely photograph is a portrait of George & Elizabeth Cadbury and their extended family on Christmas in 1920.

One of our project volunteers Maggiebee revisiting her work on #midwives in the exhibition housed in the beautiful surroundings of Minworth Greaves at Selly Manor Museum

Birmingham has the highest number of hospital admissions for flu in the country and the majority are young women (under 40) 😢 Flu is very dangerous for pregnant women. You can get the flu jab at your GP or antenatal clinic - just ask your midwife. See: orlo.uk/OkktK