#PerryBarr we are sorry to hear about the recent closure of the Perry Barr stadium - share.google/LlE59JBfVfxCWd…. The current track opened in 1990, but the previous venue across the road first welcomed spectators in 1929. Ref – LF 25.4 LibraryofBirmingham Dunstall Park Greyhound Stadium,

#PhotoFriday #Tolkien Gracewell Cottages on Wake Green Road, the childhood home of J.R.R. Tolkien from 1896 to 1900. theironroom.wordpress.com/2021/07/19/tol… Ref - Tolkien’s Birmingham Photo Box – 15 LibraryofBirmingham Brumpic Tolkien Society

Save the dates 📅 for the first ever Birmingham Suicide Prevention Week! 8 to 14 Sep 2025 📷 Mon-Sat ‘It takes a city: Honouring loss with open conversation about suicide’ exhibition in the Wellbeing Zone @LibraryOfBham (🧵1/2)

#CityOf1000Trades The Victoria Works was opened in 1840 and chiefly employed young women in the manufacturing of steel pen nibs, making Gillott an extremely wealthy man. Ref - New Illustrated Directory (1856), LF 06 LibraryofBirmingham

Feeling fine? Your blood pressure might not be ⚠️ 1 in 3 adults in the UK has high blood pressure, but many don’t know it 🩺 Check with the FREE Health Monitor @LibraryOfBham Wellbeing Zone Questions? Friendly experts will be there 4 Sep 11am–3pm #KnowYourNumbers BloodPressureUK

#SundayShowcase goes back to 2004 and Remaking Birmingham: the visual culture of urban regeneration ed. Liam Kennedy. An exploration of contrasts between old and new architecture in the city. With discussion of cultural zoning and the future. Ref: L 87.1 KEN LibraryofBirmingham

#BirminghamHistory This German language brochure from 1931 highlights the economic influence of Birmingham as a hub of industrial strength. A handbook issued for businessmen by the City of Birmingham Information Bureau. Ref - Corp D/7 (390158) LibraryofBirmingham

#MapOnATuesday this week is Ebenezer Robins’ Circular map of Birmingham dated 1820. Held in a collection of documents deposited by a Mr Zimmerman in the early 20th century. Ref - MS 3154/4 LibraryofBirmingham

#Birmingham UK, 4 of the amazing interior of the Library 😃 #BirminghamWeAre #Architecture #AllAngles #Photography

#FriendsKHandWL Edward Manning was made secretary and registrar of the Birmingham Cemetery (Key Hill) in 1899. This image is in the Manning collection of photographs, newspaper cuttings and materials relating to Key Hill Cemetery. Ref: LF 45.5 LibraryofBirmingham Friends of Key Hill & Warstone Lane Cemeteries

#BlackHistory Revd. Peter Stanford was Minister of the Hope Street Baptist Church between 1889 - 1895. His narrative, From Bondage to Liberty is in our printed collections, L 78.1. Ref - Faces & Places, 1894, L 08.2 LibraryofBirmingham

'Listening to the past – sound archives at the Library of Birmingham Archives' is coming up LibraryofBirmingham on 16th Sept as part of Bham Heritage Week Places still available, details here: birminghamheritageweek.co.uk/event/listenin…

#PhotoFriday this week is this photograph of the construction of Masshouse Circus in 1965. Notice the Beehive store in the top left of the photo. Ref - WK/B11/8910 LibraryofBirmingham Brumpic

Throwback to a time when damaging a book had serious consequences. We found an old library instruction hidden inside a book with this message. LibraryofBirmingham #BookLovers #LibraryHistory

It takes a city 🌆🧡 Come visit the Wellbeing Zone LibraryofBirmingham 8-12 Sep to see the exhibition, featuring photographs and personal stories of Bham residents who have died by suicide, as well as their loved ones’ experiences of loss and grief. Cruse Bereavement Support @CBUKHelp

#CityOf1000Trades Bisset’s 1800 Poetic Survey Round Birmingham is one of the earliest examples of a trade directory. Read more about directories via our blog: theironroom.wordpress.com/2020/07/20/tra… LibraryofBirmingham

#SundayShowcase this week is Kehinde Andrews’ Nobody Can Give You Freedom. On the centenary of his birth, a new interpretation of Malcolm X’s political mission. Ref - 320.546092 LibraryofBirmingham Kehinde Andrews

Save the dates 📅 for the first ever Birmingham Suicide Prevention Week! 8 to 14 Sep 2025 📷 Mon-Sat ‘It takes a city: Honouring loss with open conversation about suicide’ exhibition in the Wellbeing Zone @LibraryOfBham (🧵1/2)

#Birmingham UK, great sunset light on LibraryofBirmingham 😎 #BirminghamWeAre #Architecture #AllShapes #Photography