"Vanley Burke Galleries"

Vanley Burke has been living and working in Birmingham since 1965. He started photographing the community around him in 1967 and has continued to t...

1918 General Election

The 1918 General Election was held on December 14th and had extra importance due to the recent cease of hostilities in Europe. The economy had obvi...

1918 General Election Poster for Norman Tiptaft

Tiptaft was the Independent candidate and is here trying to appeal to the women of Handsworth to vote for him. The use of the Elite Picture House f...

1922 General Election

David Lloyd George's Coalition Government had endured after the First World War winning the 1918 General Election. George's Liberals and the Conser...

1922 General Election Result for Handsworth

This is from the Birmingham Gazette of November 17th 1922. The Handsworth result is in the third column along with the rest of the Birmingham resul...

1922 General Election: Why You Should Vote For Tiptaft

Here Councillor Norman Tiptaft lists all of the reasons why he was worthy of your vote in the 1922 General Election. Tiptaft had lost the previous ...

African Liberation Day 1977

The day would include a protest march, with music and speakers, and cultural and political events in Holyhead School. This photograph is taken in S...

African Liberation Day 1977

This picture is edited from a larger print to highlight the contrast between protester's banner and the two union jacks in the windows behind him. ...

African Liberation Day 1979, Handsworth Park

Crowd at African Liberation Day. This is one of Vanley's most famous images. Many people from the community were present that day, and many claim ...

African Liberation Day 1981

This photograph was taken on African Liberation Day in 1981 at Holyhead School. African Liberation Day was an annual event which included a demons...

African Liberation Day, 1977

African Liberation Day demonstration 1977

Anti Nazi Demonstration, High Street, Deritend

Police protect the Digbeth Civic Hall where the Nazi National Front are meeting.