News and Events
Project: The Great Blackberry Pick
On 15, Mar 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
The story so far…
By Julia Letts, Coordinator
Project: Rotherwas Munitions Group
On 14, Mar 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
The Royal Ordnance Munitions Factory at Rotherwas, Hereford was one of a number of munitions factories set up by the Ministry of Munitions in WWI.
On This Day, 11 March 1916
On 11, Mar 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Evening Despatch (excerpt)
Saturday 11 March 1916
VISIT OF PRINCESS NAPOLEON.
Belgian Art Exhibition.
REFUGEES’ WELCOME.
A Crowded Day in Birmingham.
Launch event: Absconditi Viscus
On 10, Mar 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Absconditi Viscus
6-8pm, 17 March 2016
Venue: Birmingham City University School of Art, Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BX
Talk: Living the Heritage of Conflict
On 09, Mar 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Living the Heritage of Conflict: Memory, Identity and Memorialisation
5-7pm, 17 March 2016
European Research Institute (ERI) Digital Humanities Hub, University of Birmingham
Volunteers sought for Words of Peace project
On 08, Mar 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Sampad is currently looking for volunteers to work on its latest First World War project ‘Words of Peace’.
Workshop: Why Remember?
On 07, Mar 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Why Remember?
5-6pm, 16 March
Muirhead Tower Seminar Room 113, University of Birmingham
Talk: Matron Lloyd and the University’s War Effort
On 04, Mar 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Matron Lloyd and the University’s War Effort
1-1.50pm, 14 March
Cadbury Research Library Chamberlain Seminar Room, University of Birmingham
War & Conscience: Marking the Centenary of Conscription
On 03, Mar 2016 | In WW1 Projects | By Nicola Gauld
![Friends Ambulance Unit [Cadbury Library, University of Birmingham]](https://www.voicesofwarandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/uob-friends-amb-unit.jpg)
A public history event held at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on 27 February 2016, organised by ‘Quakers & the First World War: Lives & Legacies’; a collaborative project between Central England Quakers and the University of Birmingham’s School of Education.
See more here from Storify
On This Day, 1 March 1916
On 01, Mar 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Wednesday 01 March 1916
BIRMINGHAM TRIBUNAL
On This Day, 29 February 1916
On 29, Feb 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Gazette
Tuesday 29th February 1916 (excerpt)
HARD ON MOTHERS
Taking Children Away from School
Performance: Theatres of Conscience
On 25, Feb 2016 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
Theatres of Conscience is a theatre and heritage project by Women & Theatre exploring the experiences of Conscientious Objectors during WWI.
Talk: Landscapes of Activism
On 23, Feb 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Dr Siân Roberts will be giving this year’s Friends of Birmingham Archives & Heritage annual lecture, titled ‘Landscapes of activism: Quaker women and social reform in Birmingham 1890s to 1940’.
The talk will take place in the Heritage Learning Space, Library of Birmingham on Saturday 5 March at 2pm.
Free to FoBAH members, £2 to non-members
On This Day, 22 February 1916
On 22, Feb 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Tuesday 22 February 1916
FIRST SITTING OF BIRMINGHAM TRIBUNAL
INTERESTING DECISIONS
Conference: Business As Usual?
On 20, Feb 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Business As Usual?: Institutional Impact in the First World War
Wednesday, 2 March 2016 in the Senate Room, University of Glasgow. All welcome.
Friend or Foe? Discovery session
On 19, Feb 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Join FRED for a ‘discovery session’ at the Library of Birmingham on Saturday 19 March 2016
On This Day, 19 February 1916
On 19, Feb 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Saturday 19th February 1916
CHILDREN OUTSIDE PUBLIC-HOUSES
AN APPEAL BY THE LICENSED TRADE COMMITTEE
Performance: The Unknown Soldier
On 17, Feb 2016 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
Grist To The Mill Presents The Unknown Soldier
26-27 February 2016, The Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham
Event: Women in the First World War
On 16, Feb 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Women in the First World War
Saturday 5 March 2016
People’s History Museum, Manchester
University of Birmingham Arts & Science Festival
On 15, Feb 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
The University of Birmingham’s Art & Science Festival returns 14-20 March 2016.
Themed ‘Memory and Forgetting’, the festival is a FREE programme showcasing culture, research and collaboration at the University through talks, exhibitions, performances, workshops and screenings.
On This Day, 14 February 1916
On 14, Feb 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Evening Despatch
Monday 14 February 1916
INFANT WELFARE
Organisation of Meetings for Mothers
On This Day, 12 February 1916
On 12, Feb 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Saturday 12th February 1916 (excerpt)
WOMEN MUNITION WORKERS
POSITION IN BIRMINGHAM
NEED FOR MORE WOMEN SUPERVISORS
Friend or Foe? Voices from World War One
On 11, Feb 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
For spring 2016, FRED presents a new production: Friend or Foe?
On This Day, 11 February 1916
On 11, Feb 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Gazette
Friday 11th February 1916
THE CONSCIENCE CLAUSE
Home, Food & Family in WW1
On 10, Feb 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Home, Food and Family in WWI
Saturday 5 March, 2016
A conference organized by the Women’s History Network, Midlands Region and Voices of War and Peace WWI Engagement Centre
On This Day, 8 February 1916
On 08, Feb 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Tuesday 8th February 1916
MUCH SUGAR WASTED
LEFT IN THE BOTTOM OF CUPS
On This Day, 5 February 1916
On 05, Feb 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Saturday 5th February 1916
RECRUITING IN BIRMINGHAM
Free event: War & Conscience, 1914/18: Marking the Centenary of Conscription
On 03, Feb 2016 | In Events, WW1 Projects | By Nicola Gauld
Free event organised by ‘Quakers & the First World War: Lives & Legacies’ – Registration Required
‘War & Conscience, 1914/18: Marking the Centenary of Conscription’
2-4pm, 27 February 2016
AV Room, The Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery,
Chamberlain Square, B3 3DH
Mass Observation and the Centenary of the First World War
On 02, Feb 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Dr Lucy Noakes from the Gateways Engagement Centre has been undertaking research into the Mass-Observation Directive on the First World War commissioned by the five centres. She is currently preparing an article for the Women’s History Review and has written a blogpost on her findings which can be viewed at http://www.gatewaysfww.org.uk/blog/mass-observation-first-world-war.
On This Day, 28 January 1916
On 28, Jan 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Gazette
Friday 28th January 1916
THE FRUIT TRADE
HOW BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC WILL BE AFFECTED
HLF fund untold stories of Birmingham’s injured soldiers
On 27, Jan 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
The People’s Heritage Co-operative recently announced a new project called Untold Stories: Birmingham’s Wounded Soldiers from WW1.
Read more…
On This Day, 26 January 1916
On 26, Jan 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Evening Despatch
26th January 1916
YOUTHFUL SOLDIER KILLED
On This Day, 25 January 1916
On 25, Jan 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Gazette
Tuesday 25th January 1916
HARRISON’S CONCERT AT THE TOWN HALL
On This Day, 22 January 1916
On 22, Jan 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Saturday 22nd January 1916
THE SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS
DIFFICULTIES IN FILLING VACANCIES IN BIRMINGHAM
Season 2016 14-18 NOW launched
On 21, Jan 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Yesterday saw the launch of the 2016 season of 14-18 NOW, a series of art commissions to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.
On This Day, 21 January 1916
On 21, Jan 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Friday 21st January 1916
TOBACCO TRADE AND THE WAR
QUESTION OF EARLIER CLOSING IN BIRMINGHAM
Show off your stuff at Home, Food & Family in WW1!
On 20, Jan 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Join us on Saturday 5 March 2016 at Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings for a series of lectures and fascinating displays about Food and Family Life on the rural Home Front during World War One.
On This Day, 15 January 1916
On 15, Jan 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Gazette (excerpt)
Saturday 15 January 1916
SPLENDID WORK
What the Digbeth Institute is Doing
PASTOR’S MESSAGE
Call for volunteers: Theatres of Conscience
On 14, Jan 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Theatres of Conscience
Women & Theatre are recruiting adult participants for a new WW1 project based on the experiences of conscientious objectors.
Call for papers: Beyond the Western Front
On 11, Jan 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
The Centre for Hidden Histories is proud to announce a two day Conference and Community Showcase, entitled Beyond the Western Front: The Global First World War, to take place at the Albert Hall Conference Centre, Nottingham, 1st and 2nd July 2016.
