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Women vote for the first time - British General Election 1918

The world's oldest steam engine brought to life

A difficult life - Coming of the Irish

Highbury During the First World War

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Revolutionary Players

Providing a unique, open-access resource of biographies, images & contemporary documents which tell the stories of the Industrial Revolution which shaped the World as we know it today.

Revolutionary Players

Published by History West Midlands

History West Midlands

Exploring the rich and fascinating past of the historic counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. We uncover the history of the people, ideas and events that shaped the West Midlands and the world beyond.