Reading a photograph

Using the photographs featured on the Pool of Memories and Moseley Road Baths websites, look closely at some of the images (these could be projected onto the interactive whiteboard).

Think about:

  • Who took the photo?
  • Why was the photo taken?
  • What can you see in the photograph? Try to describe it in detail.
  • When do you think the photo was taken?
  • What time of day? What year?
  • What helps you decide these things?
  • Do the people (if there are any) in the photo know they are having their photo taken?
  • How are they feeling? How do you know?
  • Why do you think we should keep these photos?
  • What do they tell us about the past? About our city?

Bring in photos from home and/or use cameras to document different aspects of the school day.  Compile these photos together into a class archive.  Talk about what this archive would (and perhaps what they would like it to) communicate to someone discovering it in the future.

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Exploring the Moseley Road

An aerial shot of the Moseley Road from Google Earth, going from the Friends' Institute in the North to the Old Tram Depot in the South

Moseley Road Baths is one of many historically significant buildings within the Moseley Road area. By clicking on the links here you can explore the buildings through Google Maps Street View. What else can you find out about the buildings here? What are the significant buildings in your area?

Moseley Road library
The Free Library opened in 1895 and is one of several libraries twinned with a baths. It was designed by Jethro A. Cossins and F. B. Peacock and like the adjacent baths is grade II* listed.

Former School of Art building
Just opposite is the old school of art building which was recently included as one of ten most endangered Victorian buildings in England and Wales.  The building is a grade II* listed building and was designed by Arts and Crafts architect W H Bidlake.

The Friends Institute
The Friends Hall and institute was built in 1899 at the expense of Richard Cadbury to provide room for the Society of Friends to run Sunday School classes, clubs, and meetings. It included a hall large enough to seat 2000, gym and 37 classrooms and was built by the same architect and in the same style as the Moseley Road Swimming Baths.

Unlike the baths, the Institute is not listed as a building of architectural importance nor is it in a conservation area.

Moseley Road tram depot
What is now Creation Climbing wall was previously the Highgate Road tram depot which opened in 1913.

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25 years of bringing the curriculum to life

June 14th, 2011

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