GENERATIONS : FAMILY PHOTO GALLERY

Margaret Elliman


My mother Bridget came to Birmingham from Limerick in Ireland in 1951 when she was 18. She was visiting her Sister and then met my Dad, Peter. She’s still with us aged 89, Dad passed in 2019. This is one of their wedding photos. My Dad was the first generation to be born in Birmingham as his parents were from Stockport (Granddad) and Stafford. Although Nan was born in Kingston upon Thames. My Mothers oldest Brother gave her away as their Father died in 1945.


Parents Bridget (Breda) and Peter Tams, paternal Grandparents Frederick and Elsie Tams, maternal Grandmother Bridget (Bridie) Gleeson and moms brother Patrick Gleeson. The 2 younger bridesmaids were dads cousins Ann Richards and Sheila Godwin from Stafford. Chief bridesmaid Miss Marion Boylan and Mr Ken Lovell was best man.
1954, In the church hall Sacred Heart RC church Wityon Birmingham
In the church hall Sacred Heart RC church Wityon Birmingham , 1954

Margaret Middleton


Middleton Family at the Queens Jubilee


Middleton Family
1962, Tavistock Rd, Acocks Green, Birmingham
Tavistock Rd, Acocks Green, Birmingham, 1962

Charles Barwell


This is a photograph of my Father and Grandfather, front centre is Cecil Barwell and next to him my Father Bryan Barwell, together with the men from our factory who made up the James Barwell Limited No 1 Platoon HQ Company of the 40th Warwickshire Battalion Home Guard. The business ran for 130 years on Great Hampton Street in Hockley. This photograph was taken outside their parade ground at Icknield Street School. We still live in Birmingham, and my children are 10th generation Brummies.


Cecil Barwell, Bryan Barwell and the men of the James Barwell Limited No 1 Platoon HQ Company of the 40th Warwickshire Battalion Home Guard, all named.
1940, Parade Ground, Icknield Street School, Birmingham
Parade Ground, Icknield Street School, Birmingham, 1940

Javeria Jabeen


This image was taken on 14th April in the year of 2006 in Birmingham in a shop where photographs are taken by professionals. The one in blue is me and the one in red is my sister and the little boy is my brother and the adults are my father and mother. This image shows how love is important in the family and how we can't stay away from each other.


Me and my two siblings, my Mother and Father.
14th April 2006, Photography studio, Birmingham
Photography studio, Birmingham, 14th April 2006

Vanessa Prics


My Mom and Dads wedding day


Mom and Dad, Brian Price and Mom nee Heartland
17th September 1971, St Nicolas Church, Kings Norton Green
St Nicolas Church, Kings Norton Green, 17th September 1971

Alexa Downs


Four generations of my family outside a house in Weoley Avenue. My Great Grandma bought it new and it is still owned by my Dad.


My Dad - John Guy My Grandad - Leslie Guy My Great Grandad My Great Great Grandad
1948, Outside the family home, 159 Weoley Avenue, Birmingham
Outside the family home, 159 Weoley Avenue, Birmingham, 1948

Lyn di Mascio


This is my nonna and nonno. Her parents fled Italy. They had il baccio della morte. The mafias kiss of death. Maria Carmina eloped with Giuseppe (my great grandparents). She had been promised to someone else. They jumped on the first boat not knowing the destination. When they arrived here they were sent to Birmingham where they set up a boarding house in the old Italian quarter. Giuseppe also made ice cream and sold it.


Teresa and Giovanni di Mascio (my grandparents)
1920s, Italian Quarter, Birmingham
Italian Quarter, Birmingham , 1920s

Andrea Burns


A wedding photo


My Grandparents, Arthur, Nellie Lewis. They were married in July 1915, at St Saviour's Church, Saltley. He was a Blacksmith's Striker, aged 24. She was 23 and looked after her younger brothers and sisters until they married.
1915, Not sure, but, maybe St Saviours Church
Not sure, but, maybe St Saviours Church, 1915

Jo Wheeler


My Grandparents - possibly an engagement photo


Rowland Wheeler and Frances Maud Wheeler nee Postlethwaite. Their 1915 wedding picture is also in the gallery.
Approx 1915, Bordesley Green/Small Heath, Birmingham
Bordesley Green/Small Heath, Birmingham, Approx 1915

Margaret Ecclestone



1950's
1950's

Sayed Mohammed


Taken in 1985 and one of the rare pictures taken with my father, a steel factory worker.


My father, sisters and brother
Summer of 1985, Sparkbrook, Birmingham
Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Summer of 1985

Patricia Egan


Three photographs of the female generations in the Egan family. Top left: my daughter Jayne Margaret Vickers (born 23 August 1969), and I. She was newly born here so I would have been 18. It was difficult having a child when you are no more than a girl yourself. I enjoyed being a mother and always did my best and worked hard, together with Jaynes father, to improve our lives. Middle: Holly Jayne Bennett (born 9 October 1989) with my daughter Jayne, her mom. Holly hasn’t had the easiest of lives, her dad died tragically at 32 when she was about 13. I think her life only really began when she had a family of her own. She is now studying to become a nurse. Right: Holly and Jayne taken holiday.


Patricia Egan, Jayne Vickers, and Holly Bennett
Approx. 1970 - 2001, Hall Green, Birmingham
Hall Green, Birmingham, Approx. 1970 - 2001
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