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What’s on October! 🎃 Free events and activities at the Library of Birmingham 🦇📚

[Birmingham Archives & Collections @TheIronRoom]

#MapOnATuesday is the Handsworth Estate, being the 46th estate purchased by the Birmingham Freehold Land Society c1879. Showing land divided into building plots in Murdock Road, Linwood Road, Whateley Road, Douglas Road, Albert Road and Grove Lane. Ref – MAP/333099 @LibraryofBham

[Birmingham Archives & Collections @TheIronRoom]

#Ancestry are just finishing off scanning the last of the documents which will eventually make their way online. Amongst them are the rate books for #SuttonColdfield @LibraryofBham

[Birmingham Archives & Collections @TheIronRoom]

#BHM2026 today’s blog looks at Rastafarianism in Birmingham along with its key figures. A sophisticated social phenomenon defying standard categorisation, containing elements of religion, protest movement and subculture: https://t.co/HEU7fVMZQD @LibraryofBham @bhmuk

[Birmingham Archives & Collections @TheIronRoom]

#SundayShowcase is Dis Poetry : selected poems & lyrics by Benjamin Zephaniah. This anthology brings together all the poems from Benjamin's three Bloodaxe collections along with previously unpublished work and lyrics. Ref – L 52.21 ZEP @LibraryofBham @bhmuk @BZephania

[Birmingham Archives & Collections @TheIronRoom]

#CityOf1000Trades is this 1912 trade catalogue for the New Hudson Cycle Co. Ltd. The company was started in 1890 making safety bicycles and began to produce motorcycles in 1903. Ref – The New Hudson 3 – Speed Motorcycles @LibraryofBham

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Tonight the Library of Birmingham will be lit pink and blue as part of a #WaveofLight to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week.

For more info, visit: https://t.co/yh7PbdfcLs

[Birmingham Archives & Collections @TheIronRoom]

#PhotoFriday today is the Council House just shortly after its construction in 1879. Notice the statue of Sir Robert Peel which at the time was only the second statue erected in Birmingham in August 1855. Ref – Council House 81 @LibraryofBham @Brumpic

[Birmingham Archives & Collections @TheIronRoom]

#BirminghamLibraries The Wish Stone : an old tale retold for modern times [1933] part of our Early and Fine Printing Collection. Containing 19 woodcuts and one of only 500 copies. Ref - Ridler p 2231 @LibraryofBham

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#BirminghamHistory This week’s blog by Susan Darby explores collections here to uncover the story of her husband’s great-great-grandfather, Richard Prosser (1804–1854), a forgotten pioneer of Birmingham’s industrial heritage and beyond. https://t.co/KB2n93oq3v @LibraryofBham

[Birmingham Archives & Collections @TheIronRoom]

#Birmingham Don’t forget to join Hugh J Thomson for his book talk - The Doctor Will See You Now this Saturday at 2 pm on Level 4. Hugh reflects on his time as a consultant surgeon. Just turn up on the day. @LibraryofBham @Pegasus_Books

[Healthy Brum @healthybrum]

🧠 Join us for our Brain Health Event and discover simple ways to support your health, wellbeing and independence as you age.

���� Tuesday 13 October
🕚 11am to 2pm
📍 Wellbeing Zone, @LibraryofBham

#AgeingWellMonth #AgeingWellBirmingham2026 #HealthAgeing

[Birmingham Archives & Collections @TheIronRoom]

#Birmingham an illustration of the Gem Street industrial school opened in 1850 to cater for orphans and neglected children. The school relocated to Harborne in 1902 and became known as the Birmingham Industrial School (Harborne). Ref – WK/B11/3405 @LibraryofBham

[Birmingham Archives & Collections @TheIronRoom]

#BHM2026 Bad Friday by Brum born Norman Samuda Smith – the first British born black novelist to be published in the UK in 1982. Ref - L 51.3 SMI @LibraryofBham @bhmuk

[Birmingham Archives & Collections @TheIronRoom]

#MapOnATuesday is this outline of roads in the parish of Kings Norton drawn for the Board of Surveyors, 1875. The parish boundary and names of most roads are shown. Ref – MAP/273587 Bickley @LibraryofBham

[Healthy Brum @healthybrum]

🧠 Want to learn more about brain health and ageing well? Join us for our Brain Health Event as part of #AgeingWellMonth in Brum.

📅 Tues 13 Oct | 11am-2pm
📍 @LibraryofBham

Discover support, activities and advice to help you stay well as you age.

#AgeingWellBirmingham2026

[Birmingham Archives & Collections @TheIronRoom]

#SundayShowcase today is Vanley Burke’s By The Rivers of Birminam, Vanley’s work is a photographic document of the Caribbean diaspora in post war Britain, detailing the experience of Black people in the UK and their community identity. Ref: L 25.69 @LibraryofBham @bhmuk #BHM2026

[Birmingham City Council @BhamCityCouncil]

The Library of Birmingham will be lit green tonight to mark World Mental Health Day.

To find out more about World Mental Health Day, visit: https://t.co/HkF8nippmj

📸 Image courtesy Tom Ranahan

[Birmingham Archives & Collections @TheIronRoom]

#CityOf1000Trades this trade catalogue for Vaughtons Ltd. when based on Livery Street. Founded in 1819 by Philip Vaughton. Originally located in Little Hampton Street. In 1897 the firm was listed as a Button Maker and Medallist. Ref: Trade Cat Collection @LibraryofBham @Vaughtons

[Library of Birmingham Reader Services @BhamLibReader]

October 2026 reading campaign: The Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare. Install #BorrowBox and use your library membership to download your free e-book or audio book.
@LibraryofBham #BorrowBox

[Library of Birmingham Reader Services @BhamLibReader]

One of the best ways to practice self-care is unwinding with a good read. We have a reading space on the Lower Terrace where you can explore a wide selection of newspapers.
@LibraryofBham #WorldMentalHealthDay