Credits

Interviewees:

• Andrew – Thornbridge Road Allotments, Great Barr
• Balbir – Victoria Jubilee Allotments, Handsworth
• Betty – Walsall Road Allotments, Perry Barr
• Brian & Colin – Guinea Gardens Allotments, Edgbaston
• Carol - Moor Green Allotments, Moseley
• Cheryl – Thornbridge Road Allotments, Great Barr
• Chris – Moor Green Allotments, Moseley
• Dave – Clay Lane Allotments, Acocks Green
• Dave – Thornbridge Road Allotments, Great Barr
• Dave – Aldridge Road Allotments, Perry Barr
• David – Longmeadow Crescent Allotments, Shard End
• Diane & Nicola – Gospel Lane Allotments, Acocks Green
• Dorothy, Ronaldo and George – Uplands Allotments, Handsworth
• Dougie – Moor Green Allotments, Moseley
• Eddie – Northleigh Road Allotments, Ward End
• Ester, Alex & Grant – Lime Tree Road Allotments, Ward End
• Geoff & Carol – Guinea Gardens, Edgbaston
• Hester – Northleigh Road Allotments, Ward End
• Hilda – Meadow Road Allotments, Edgbaston
• Ish – Lime Tree Road Allotments, Ward End
• Jeevan – Victoria Jubilee Allotments, Handsworth
• Josie – Lower Tinkers Farm Allotments, Northfield
• Karen – Northleigh Road Allotments, Ward End
• Karin & Debbie – Gospel Lane Allotments, Acocks Green
• Keith – Beaumont Road Allotments, Bournville
• Maz – Gospel Lane Allotments, Acocks Green
• Mick – Blackpit Lane Allotments, Ward End
• Mr Bansal – Clay Lane Allotments, Acocks Green
• Noor – St Margarets Road Allotments, Ward End
• Paul – Moor Green Allotments, Moseley
• Richard – Hay Green Allotments, Bournville
• Sam – Victoria Jubilee Allotments, Handsworth
• Sarah-Jane – Hazelwell Allotments, Stirchley
• Sephi, David & John – Dads Lane Allotments, Stirchley
• Simon – Victoria Jubilee Allotments, Handsworth
• Steve & Chris – St Margarets Road Allotments, Ward End
• Teresinha – Walsall Road Allotments, Perry Barr
• Trinnie – Lime Tree Road Allotments, Ward End
• Yolanda, Cyril, Keith, Shan – Hay Green Allotments, Bournville

Project Managers:

General Public (Chris Poolman & Elizabeth Rowe)

Volunteer team:

• Richard Tomes
• Suzy Hughes
• Steve Peacock
• Ella Petrova
• Rebekah Salisbury
• Lester King
• Catherine Smith
• Kate Snell
• Sarah-Jane O’Connell
• Hester Blewitt

Design: 

Keith Dodds

Website design and development:

An Endless Supply

Natural Dyes:

Grace Emily Manning / GEM Eco Studio

Schools:

• Welford Primary School
• Thornton Primary School
• Grove Primary School

Image Credits:

• Research on Allotments in Birmingham, 1975, ©Wilf Trust. Courtesy of Four Corners
• Hay Green Allotments Photos – Carole Patill
• Ward End Gardeners Association images – Hester Blewitt
• Teresinha Roberts photos – Mike Roberts
• Thornbridge Allotments archive – Dave Hubball
• Moor Green Allotments additional images – Steve Peacock
• Wheelers lane produce show images – Wheelers Lane Allotment Association
• Birmingham City Council / City Engineer’s Department
• Lower Tinkers farm archive – Josie Coey
• Guinea Gardens archive – Carol Dealey
• Longmeadow archive – David Taylor

THANK YOU to everyone who has helped on this project – volunteers, interviewees, allotment site secretaries, plot holders & Library of Birmingham staff. The project wouldn't have been possible without you.