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Our new #HRAexhibition is on level 4 of the library. Focusing on the history of the Great Western Arcade: greatwesternarcade.co.uk Built over the Great Western Railway line cutting in the 1870s @LibrayofBham Great Western Arcade

The Tales of the Gladiator #DruidsHeath local history project archive (MS 5184) is now available on our Universal Access platform - birmingham.access.preservica.com/index.php?name… Photo Ref - WK/K5/186 LibraryofBirmingham PlaceProspectorsCIC

#PhotoFriday #BullRing This week we transport you back to 1892 to the company of the flower and ice cream sellers in the Bull Ring. Ref - Bull Ring 16 LibraryofBirmingham Brumpic

#CityOf1000Trades A trade card for the firm of Thomas and James Upfill, Iron and steel merchants of 157 Great Charles Street. Possibly on the site of the museum & art gallery? Ref - MS 4834/167 LibraryofBirmingham

Recently a group of local creatives got together to compose a homage in the form of a zine to their local Birmingham libraries - Brum Library Zine. Ref - LP 53.31 Liz Berry Catherine O'Flynn LibraryofBirmingham Brum Library Zine

For today’s blog, theironroom.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/the… we explore the history of the #GreatWesternArcade - one of the last remaining arcades of predominately independent traders in the City Centre. Image Ref - WK/B11/5117 LibraryofBirmingham Great Western Arcade

#MapOnATuesday of the Rotton Park Estate, c 1850. The #EdgbastonReservoir first known as the Rotton Park Reservoir was built by Thomas Telford in 1826. Ref - HRA Map Cabinet 2/3 LibraryofBirmingham

#BullsInTheCity We hope you’re enjoying all the bulls which have recently sprung up across the city. Here’s Moseley on duty outside the library. Bulls have feelings too so treat them kindly - bullsinthecity.co.uk LibraryofBirmingham

We recently attended the opening of the Rubery Owen Gallery at the British Motor Museum. It was also to launch the museum’s new exhibition britishmotormuseum.co.uk/beep-beep-yeah Owen Motoring Club LibraryofBirmingham British Motor Museum

#Calthorpe we’re always busy conserving documents so they remain accessible for as long as possible. See the Before and After for this 1832 Calthorpe Estate leasehold for John Harris. Ref - MS 2126/3/5/F/1832/3 LibraryofBirmingham

#PhotoFriday this week is this photograph of the Five Ways Inn on the corner of Ladywood Road and Broad Street photographed possibly in the 1950s. Ref - WK/B11/7725 LibraryofBirmingham Brumpic

#CityOf1000Trades - this trade card for G. R. Elkington & Co., patent gilding works on Newhall Street. This card appears to predate when Josiah Mason joined the company in 1842. Ref - MS 4834/822 LibraryofBirmingham

#SundayShowcase This #SouthAsianHeritageMonth we bring you 'South Asians and the Shaping of Britain, 1870–1950' ed. Ruvani Ranasinha'. A source book on the South Asians contribution to modern British society. Ref: 941.004914, Black & South Asian History Collection LibraryofBirmingham

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the death of #WilliamBloye, Birmingham civic sculptor. One of Bloye’s works are three carved bas - reliefs in the Hall of Memory. Ref - Hall of Memory 61 LibraryofBirmingham Birmingham Civic Society

#MapOnATuesday is this 1835 plan of Stonehouse Farm #Northfield commissioned by James Harrison, surveyor and auctioneer. Ref - HRA Map Cabinet 2/3 LibraryofBirmingham

#MapOnATuesday of the Rotton Park Estate, c 1850. Last Tuesday we posted the first half of the Rotton Park Estate map and we’ve received a request for the second part -so here it is! Ref - HRA Map Cabinet 2/3 LibraryofBirmingham

#SouthAsianHeritageMonth We recently found this Arabic Prayer Book, c1800. Presented in May 1942 by the College of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street. Ref - 094/1800 (632744) LibraryofBirmingham South Asian Heritage Month

#SparkhillSwimmingBaths was opened on 29 July 1931 as part of the city's commitment to providing a clean and safe space for exercise and recreation for its citizens. Ref - City of Birmingham Baths Department, 1851 – 1951 L45.33 LibraryofBirmingham

Brummies out in huge numbers yesterday to celebrate the life of Ozzy, Prince of Darkness, founder of Heavy Metal. Thank you for the music, legacy and inspiration you gave us. Never Forgotten. Rest in Power. Images: by Staff from L3 balcony. LibraryofBirmingham Ozzy Osbourne

#PhotoFriday earlier in the week we brought you a photo of the interior of the Hall of Memory so here’s a pic of the site in Easy Row on which it was built. Ref - WK/B11/3113 LibraryofBirmingham Brumpic