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Collection name
Perry Barr Institute (1872-87)
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LF48.75
Description
Perry Barr Working Men’s Institute. Miscellaneous leaflets. 1872-1887. Collected by the Secretary George H. Osborne. The Institute was inaugurated in November 1872.
A collection including posters, notices, lists of members, tickets etc for the various activities of the Institute including Programmes of entertainments, Christmas parties and concerts, given at Christ Church, Perry Barr, Birmingham, and Aston Hall, Birmingham.
Including 07/01/1875 a performance of ‘John Gilpin’ by Thomas Anderton
Date range
1872 - 1887
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Perry Barr Working Men’s Institute -
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19th century - mid Victorian 1851-1875
19th century - late Victorian 1876-1899
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Birmingham Libraries: Local Studies and History
Central Library, Chamberlain Square Birmingham West Midlands B3 3HQ United Kingdom Open Map
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Information, books, and some printed music relating to music in Birmingham
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