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In this insightful memoir, incidents, thoughts, and emotions of a
Birmingham boyhood are carefully surveyed. The earliest memory
recorded derives from the sights and sounds of the Charleston,
while the last is that of a lingering kiss from a childhood
sweetheart. In between is a journey of self-discovery in a rapidly
expanding world-a world that soon ignited with the outbreak of the
Second World War. Through the personal upheavals of an extended
family in the Black Country, the changes in Eric Armstrong's life
are set against a variety of overlapping contexts, from countrywide
events (such as the general strike of 1926) to the disturbing
events in Europe (and particularly Germany). The author recalls how
he marvelled at the achievements of Amy Johnson, Charles Lindbergh,
and Malcolm Campbell; he also revelled in the cinematic delights of
King Kong and the dancing of Fred and Ginger. These interests and
more are reflected in the nearly 200 rare and unpublished
photographs found within.Deeply entrenched in cultural and social
history, A Birmingham Boyhood 1923-40 evokes, with tender memory,
the manners and morals of those days, reflecting the myriad changes
in Birmingham (and the wider world) throughout this tumultuous
period.
Before the advent of the internal combustion engine, the only
reliable means of getting about on Birmingham's roads was by
walking or by horse. Many businesses ran fleets of horses and
wagons to deliver goods around the city, horse trams carried the
burgeoning population of the metropolis to and from work, while
hansom cabs carried the well-off to the Theatre or to the city's
parks. Within the pages of Birmingham's Horse Transport, Eric
Armstrong takes us on a tour of the city, using images of horses at
work to tell the story of the growth of the city's road transport
network. From the city centre to suburbs such as Aston, Birchfield,
Bourneville, Handsworth, Harborne, Lozells, Perry Barr, Saltley and
Sparkhill he gives us a flavour of a time long gone, when horses,
carts, coaches and trams were a common sight on the city's streets.
When Skyler C. Gull builds a sandcastle, he finds it missing and
goes on the search for the "sandcastle thief."
This charming seaside tale will delight children of all ages.
A History of Money and Banking in Barbados documents the
development of money and commercial banking in Barbados from the
date of the settlement in 1627 to the establishment of the Central
Bank of Barbados in 1973. It examines the early years of barter;
the introduction of British coins by the Royal Proclamations of
1825 and 1838; the issue of colonial coins (anchor money); the
introduction and circulation of foreign coins; the debate over the
legal tender of British silver coins and the share of the
seigniorage of these coins. Armstrong examines the first banks, the
Colonial Bank and the West India Bank, in the nineteenth century,
the introduction of Canadian banks in the twentieth century, the
expansion of Barclays Bank as well as the issue of Barbados
government currency notes; the measures taken by the British
government and the Caribbean governments during the Second World
War to ensure an adequate supply of currency; and the agreement
between Barbados, Trinidad and British Guiana (Guyana) to make
their government currency legal tender in each country. Armstrong
analyses the establishment and operation of the British Caribbean
Currency Board and its acrimonious demise, the establishment of the
East Caribbean Currency Authority, the withdrawal of Barbados from
the Authority, and the establishment of the Central Bank of
Barbados.
For the first quarter of the twentieth century, trams constituted
the main workhorses of the public road transport system before
Birmingham Corporation buses eventually replaced them completely.
1868 brought the formation of the General Omnibus Co. which ran a
fleet of horse buses from High Street to various suburbs. The
remaining years of that century are marked by an intricate mesh of
private companies and the Corporation owning, leasing and managing
transport systems. The first horse tram in the city plodded into
service in 1872, operating between Hockley Brook and Dudley Port.
In 1882 mechanical power, in the form of the steam tram, pioneered
a course between the Old Square in the town centre, and Aston, and
quite some time elapsed before the steam tram faced competition
from the cable car. By 1904 the Corporation decided to take matters
into its own hands and operate its own trams and buses. Overhead
electric wiring appeared along steam tram routes and 1907 brought
the demise of the beasts, replaced by nearly 200 trams. Following
closely the 1937 routes depicted in Volume I and including the
fares structure, as well as the social and sporting activities of
tramways personnel, this book is illustrated with a wealth of
fascinating archive postcards and ephemera depicting tramways
operation of the era and placing an emphasis on the tram in its
social and historical context. A must for all Birmingham transport
and local historians!
This fascinating volume illustrates what life was like for a
schoolboy growing up in Birmingham between the wars. Illustrated
with over 200 photographs, postcards, periodicals and other printed
ephemera, this intriguing collection recalls domestic life and
public events, from the opening of Birmingham's first airport to
mass evacuation of schoolchildren before the outbreak of the Second
World War. Accompanied by detailed and informative text, this book
will appeal to all those who have lived through the inter-war years
and those who would like to know more about what life was like.
This fascinating collection of over 200 picture postcards provides
a nostalgic insight into the changing history of Birmingham during
the period 1900-1945. For over a quarter of this time Britain was
at war and the political and social changes experienced were
immense, not least in Birmingham, a major industrial city. Each
image is accompanied by a detailed caption, bringing the past alive
and describing many aspects of life in the city, including chapters
on wartime, work, sport, shopping, entertainment and celebrations,
providing a vital record of vanished vistas and past practices.
This book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of
the area, and also awaken memories of a bygone time for those who
worked or lived in the 'Second City'.
From 1907 to 1953, Birmingham Corporation's trams provided an
efficient and praiseworthy public transport service throughout the
city, carrying millions of passengers during that time. Based on
the twenty-eight tram routes in operation during 1937 (a
representative year with trams operating in all parts of the city
except the south-west sector), readers of this book are taken
pictorially on a variety of tram journeys, places and points of
interest being identified on the way. In their heyday, trams
travelled along all the main directions of a Birmingham compass,
moving through densely populated, highly industrialised inner
suburbs to leafier outer suburbs, to places of work, places of
entertainment and to the busy, bustling city centre. In short, an
entertaining kaleidoscope of images is placed on show.
Central Birmingham Through Time is a unique insight into the
illustrious history of this major city. Reproduced in full colour,
this is an exciting examination of its well-known streets and
famous faces, and what they meant to the people of this area
throughout the 19th and into the 20th Century. Looking beyond the
exquisite exterior of these well-kept photos, readers can see the
historical context in which they are set, and through the author's
factual captions for every picture, and carefully-selected choice
of images, the reader can achieve a reliable view of the city's
history. There is something for everyone here, whether they have
lived in Birmingham all their lives, or whether they are just
visiting for the first time. Central Birmingham Through Time also
shows how photography has continually evolved to keep up with an
ever changing society.
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