https://sarahhayes.org/2014/04/20/a-family-connection/https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/caroline.jpgcaroline©Sarah Hayes. Caroline Derkin, with one of her daughters around 1871.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/screen-shot-2014-04-20-at-13-30-52.pngScreen Shot 2014-04-20 at 13.30.52The red pin shows the location of where Caroline was living in 1861, just a stone's throw from the Jewellery Quarter.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/the-dyers.jpegThe Dyershttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/map-copy1.pngmap copy1Late 19th-century map showing Fleet Street. Caroline's daughter, also called Caroline, lived briefly at number 3 Fleet Street in 1891 and may well have seen the construction of Newman Brothers, which began in 1892.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/map.pngmapLate 19th-century map showing Fleet Street. Caroline's daughter, also called Caroline, lived briefly at number 3 Fleet Street in 1891 and may well have seen the construction of Newman Brothers, which began in 1892. 2018-07-14T13:08:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.org/testimonials/2018-06-22T09:37:39+00:00weekly0.6https://sarahhayes.org/2017/10/01/chris-upton-bridging-the-gap/https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/chris-blakesley-hall-2.jpgChris Blakesley Hall (2)https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/chris-sarah-and-anne-marie-650x488.jpgChris-Sarah-and-Anne-Marie-650x488https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/chris-on-bus.jpgChris on bushttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/back-to-back-6-copy.jpgBack to Back 6 copyhttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/chris-4.jpgChris 4https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/rupert3.jpgrupert3https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/chris-upton-2.jpgChris Upton-22017-10-01T21:11:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.org/2015/09/04/letters-lies-and-crossing-the-picket-line/https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/screen-shot-2015-09-02-at-20-48-25.pngScreen Shot 2015-09-02 at 20.48.25Excerpt from Birmingham Daily Post from 12 May 1898 reporting on the court summons raised by Edgar Kettle.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/birmingham-police.jpgBirmingham PoliceMembers of Birmingham's Victorian police force. ©http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2417281/The-real-Peaky-Blinders-Victorian-gang-terrorised-streets-Birmingham-sewed-razor-blades-caps-headbutt-rivals.htmlhttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bmag-brass-workers.jpgBMAG Brass workersDocument from the Brassworkers Mutual Protection Society. A Coffin Furniture trade union did not exist until the late 1890s, so many workers engaged in this labour force would have most likely have been members of Brassfounders' trade unions like this one, and the later Brassfounders trade union on Lionel street, just one street away from Newman Brothers. © Birmingham Museums Trust. https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/220x213xharry_fowles_peaky_blinder-pagespeed-ic-ksdazm9pom.jpg220x213xHarry_Fowles_Peaky_Blinder.jpg.pagespeed.ic.KsDAzm9poM© Wikipedia. Harry Fowles, aka 'Baby Face' was part of the Peaky Blinders of the 1890s. Although they weren't in anyway involved in the coffin furniture disputes, no doubt similar 'groups' operated to enforce the Alliance's dealings.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/newmanbros-029.jpgNewmanBros-029Very possibly Newman Brothers' first trade catalogue as coffin furniture manufacturers.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1912-image.jpgaa99_05132.tif© Newman Brothers. Staff at Newman Brothers in 1912, maybe even including some of the workers who went out on strike in 1897.2017-03-12T19:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.org/2013/07/25/medieval-footprints-in-birmingham/https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0184.jpgDSC_0184The frontages of Birmingham's surviving burgages located in Digbeth just off Park Street. https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/burgage-pattern.jpgburgage patternA classic burgage pattern depicted on a 19th-century map. This sequence of burgages has since been displaced by modern developments and lies somewhere underneath Selfridges.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/beorma-quarter-new.jpgbeorma quarter NEWA proposal for the forthcoming Beorma development. The new development will be constructed on the same medieval boundaries thereby maintaining around 700 years continuity. Source: www.trevorhorne.comhttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/terry-slater-burgagenew.jpgterry slater burgagenewhttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bhg_13th_c_birmingham_133-1.jpgbhg_13th_c_birmingham_133-1https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/london-map-2.jpglondon map 2Sir Christopher Wren’s proposal for London after the Great Fire of 1666. https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/mapnordens-map-of-london-1593-terry-slater.jpgMapNordens-Map-of-London-1593 Terry SlaterMap of London in 1593. Notice the disorder of the medieval streets.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/great_fire_londons.jpgGreat_Fire_LondonSSt. Paul's Cathedral can be seen in the distance engulfed in flames. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Londonhttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/greatfire_3_360.jpgGreatFire_3_360http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Londonhttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/burgage-blog.jpgburgage blogBurgage plots were characteristically long and narrow, but pressure to subdivide land on account of prosperity and population growth resulted in subdivision of plots making them smaller as you can see in the top right-hand corner of the image. 2015-05-18T16:33:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.org/about/https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bhg-promo-images-055jpeg.jpgBHG Promo images 055jpeg2014-10-09T10:55:59+00:00weekly0.6https://sarahhayes.org/2014/09/20/newman-brothers-at-the-coffin-works-opening-october-28/2014-09-20T19:09:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.org/2014/07/14/from-cabinets-to-coffins/https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sarah-2.jpgSarah-2https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1884_16478_newman.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-171.jpgphoto-17Some of Newman Brothers’ smaller drop stamps dating from 1894. © Sarah Hayes 2014.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-17.jpgphoto-17Casting ladle from the Newman Brothers’ collection, discovered in what was their tool room. This was probably used to pour the molten metal into cast-iron dies when Newman Brothers were brass founders and certainly during their years at Fleet Street as coffin-furniture manufacturers. © Newman Brothers at The Coffin Works. https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/brass-catalogue.jpgBrass-cataloguePossibly Newman Brothers’ first coffin-furniture catalogue, circa 1894. Familiar with brass since 1882, they continued to use this material in their new business venture producing coffin furniture from 1894 onwards. © Newman Brothers at The Coffin Works. https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sarah-14.jpgSarah 14Possibly Newman Brothers’ first coffin-furniture catalogue, circa 1894. Familiar with brass since 1882, they continued to use this material in their new business venture producing coffin furniture from 1894 onwards. © Newman Brothers at The Coffin Works. 2014-07-14T19:35:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.org/2014/03/19/who-were-the-de-birminghams/https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-6.jpgphoto-6View showing site of the Smithfield Markets and Moat Lane Car park, once the home of the de Birmingham family. © Sarah Hayes 2014 https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/7982509264_48d7d01427_b-1.jpg7982509264_48d7d01427_b-1https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/moat-square.pngMoat Squarehttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/battle-of-evesham.jpgbattle of Eveshamhttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/11412-1.png11412-1https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bayeux-tapestry.jpgbayeux-tapestryhttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/manor-house.jpgmanor house2014-03-24T17:10:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.org/2013/04/10/from-worcestershire-to-the-north-american-plains/https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/indian-scouts-1882.jpgIndian Scouts 1882‘Indian’ scouts, Company C Arizona, 1882. They were first authorised as members of the U.S. Army in 1866 and provided vital knowledge of local terrain and Native American tribes.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/screen-shot-image.pngscreen shot ImageThe six men killed at Stein’s Peak listed on the U.S., Registers of Deaths in the Regular Army, 1860-1889.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/yuma-bill2.jpgyuma bill2'Indian' Scout, Yuma Bill or Bill Yuma, who is listed at the bottom even mentioning Stein’s Peak where McDonald and his contingent were heading to.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/moorby.jpgmoorbyHenry's cause of death noted in the U.S. Registers of Deaths in the Regular Army, 1860-1889. https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/theindianwarsacramentodailyunion26april1882.jpgTheIndianWarSacramentoDailyUnion26April1882Cutting from the Sacramento Daily Record-Union, dated April 26th 1882.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cavalry-image-new1.pngCavalry image new1United States Army recruiting poster, circa. 1876.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cavalry-image-new.pngCavalry image newhttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sitting-bull.jpgsitting bullLakota Chief, Sitting Bull, led more than 2,000 Native American warriors against Custer’s 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cavalry-image.jpgcavalry imageUnited States Army recruiting poster, circa. 1876.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/map_of_the_great_plains.pngMap_of_the_Great_PlainsThe missing link in uniting a nation. The Great Plains traditionally seen as stretching from southern Canada to the southern American states. 2014-01-31T18:39:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.org/2013/05/30/exploring-birminghams-medieval-streets/https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/image-1new.jpgImage 1newDepiction of medieval Birmingham at the end of the 13th century, with St Martin's Church sitting at the centre of the town. https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bull-ring-birmingham.jpgBull-Ring-BirminghamAlmost identical to the previous image in terms of position, High Street today is still bustling with shoppers and in the distance St Martin’s steeple peers up towards the higher ground. https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bhg_13th_c_birmingham_168-5.jpgbhg_13th_c_birmingham_168-5Start of Super Montem or High Street in 1296. This was no doubt used by drovers to bring their cattle to market in the town. https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/moor-street1.jpgMoor Street1Junction of Park Street and Moor Street where we think Roger le Moul held just some of his numerous burgage plots in 1296. https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/model-moorstreet.pngModel MoorStreetThe beginning of what was to become Moor Street near the eventual site of Selfridges. https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photo-4.jpgphoto 4The extent of Park Street today, which actually begins around Selfridges’ car park stretching to just past this point towards Millennium Point. https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/park-street.jpgpark streetThe beginning of Park Street around where Selfridges is today.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photo-4-1.jpgphoto 4 (1)Edgbaston Street today looking towards St Martin’s Church.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photo-51.pngphoto (5)https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photo-5.pngphoto (5)Edgbaston Street looking towards St Martin’s Church.2014-01-30T13:26:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.org/2013/05/10/your-bna-stories-from-worcestershire-to-the-north-american-plains/2013-05-10T14:16:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.org/2013/02/25/212/2013-02-25T16:54:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.org/2012/11/25/exploring-medieval-birmingham-1300-virtual-tour/2012-11-25T19:42:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.org/2012/09/23/exploring-medieval-birmingham-part-iii/https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2000-a2-19-137-8.jpg2000 A2.19.137 (8)Skull of a hunting dog now on display in the new History Galleries, Birmingham: Its People, Its History. https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1914-p2122.jpg1914 P212https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1914-p2121.jpg1914 P212https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dogs62.pngdogs6https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dogs61.pngdogs6https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/new-picture-34.pngNew Picture (3)https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pic-1-new-blog5.pngpic 1 new bloghttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pic-2-new-blog7.pngpic 2 new bloghttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pic-2-new-blog6.pngpic-2-new-blog6https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dogs6.pngdogs62012-12-03T19:45:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.org/contact/2015-08-19T09:48:40+00:00weekly0.6https://sarahhayes.org/2012/08/17/exploring-medieval-birmingham-part-ii/https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bhg_13th_c_birmingham_102-market.jpgBHG_13th_C_Birmingham_102 markethttps://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bhg_13th_c_birmingham_081-62.jpgbhg_13th_c_birmingham_081-62https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bhg_13th_c_birmingham_168-51.jpgBHG_13th_C_Birmingham_168 5https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bhg_13th_c_birmingham_081-61.jpgBHG_13th_C_Birmingham_081 6https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cattle-horn-sarah7.jpgcattle-horn-sarah7https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bhg_13th_c_birmingham_097-8.jpgbhg_13th_c_birmingham_097-8https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bhg_13th_c_birmingham_047-7.jpgbhg_13th_c_birmingham_047-7https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bhg_13th_c_birmingham_081-6.jpgbhg_13th_c_birmingham_081-6https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bhg_13th_c_birmingham_168-5.jpgbhg_13th_c_birmingham_168-5https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cattle-horn-sarah6.jpgcattle-horn-sarah6A cattle horn core found during the Bull Ring excavations in the late 1990s. Horn cores were the only waste product from the cattle, as everything else including the meat, skin and horn were sold. 2012-08-17T17:31:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.org/2012/08/10/exploring-medieval-birmingham/https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/model-82.jpgmodel 8The biggest house in town, and home to William de Birmingham, Lord of the Manor. https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/model-81.jpgmodel 8https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/model-8.jpgmodel 8https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/model-7.jpgmodel-7St Martin’s Church sat at the centre of the medieval market town.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/model-6.jpgmodel-6Whether keeping animals, growing food, dying cloth or making pottery, people’s back yards really were places of activity in medieval Brum.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/model-5.jpgmodel-5Fire was one of the perils of everyday life in any medieval town.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/model-13.jpgModel of medieval Birmingham in 1300. Notice the familiar triangular shape to the left of the model, which you can still see today as you walk downhill from New Street to St Martin’s Church.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/model-12.jpgModel of medieval Birmingham in 1300. Notice the familiar triangular shape to the left of the model, which you can still see today as you walk downhill from New Street to St Martin’s Church.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/model-11.jpgmodel-11Model of medieval Birmingham in 1300. Notice the familiar triangular shape to the left of the model, which you can still see today as you walk downhill from New Street to St Martin’s Church.https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/model-4.jpgmodel-4Tanning pits on Park Street, now the site of Selfridges.2012-08-17T17:26:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.org/2012/08/09/blogs-coming-very-soon-but-not-as-fast-as-this/https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/photo-beau-running1.pngphoto-beau-running1https://sarahhayes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/photo-beau-running.pngphoto beau running2012-08-09T20:24:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sarahhayes.orgdaily1.02018-07-14T13:08:52+00:00