The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh were in Sutton Coldfield in August 1957 for the Jubilee Jamboree at Sutton Park. There is a delighful picture of the couple sitting in the back of their Limo while at the petrol filling staion in Eachelhurst Road, Walmley in the Sutton News Archives. Not technically in Birmingham at the time of course but only a 100 yards away!
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Royal visits to Birmingham
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A colour photo of the 1977 visit - at Victoria Square. The hoardings to the left seem to have been painted red, white and blue for the occasion. Viv.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Re Pedro post 120 - you would have thought they would have had to polish their wellingtons for the inspection ! Haha. Not sure when it was exactly, whether 1945 or 1946 but the king and queen and the two princesses came to Birmingham and I believe other cities, soon after the war. I remember going with my mom and saw them in the car In Corporation Street
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
The Land Rover for the Duke’s funeral.
Just to inform everyone that this coming Saturday 17th at the Toby formally the Park House Sutton Park Sutton Coldfield there is a showing of the visit of HM Queen Elizabeth to the Scouts Jubilee Jamboree.
Tickets are free via eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-showing-the-1957-world-scout-jamboree-tickets-391241201967.
The film will be shown twice, once at 3PM and then again at 4.30PM.
Hope to see you there.
Tickets are free via eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-showing-the-1957-world-scout-jamboree-tickets-391241201967.
The film will be shown twice, once at 3PM and then again at 4.30PM.
Hope to see you there.
The Queen visited the Birmingham Hippodrome. I think it was 1955 or 1954,. I was about 12 years.We were a troupe of girls who belonged to the Shirley Thompson's Dancing School situated at Wash wood heath and we were there specially to entertain the Queen to celebrate her Coronation. I shall always remember how we were all dressed in red white and blue satin tunics and top hats and sequin capes. As we danced and sang "All the Queens Horses and all the Queens men, for a brief moment I lost concentration and glanced up at the Balcony to see Queen Elizabeth sitting there watching us with a radiant smile on her face. My goodness it was such a long time ago, but my memory of this even is still vivid.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
when i worked for the bham parks dept. in 1971 ready for the queens visit we sprayed the brown grass green to smarten the place up a bit.
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Timeline shows 60 years of the Queen's royal visits to Birmingham in pictures
The Queen will visit Birmingham again on November 19
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pjmburns
master brummie
Posting on behalf of member woolworthshistory
1974 the Queen visited Solihull and was captured on camera outside Woolworths.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/260919245017086
NB I am not sure the link I was given is correct. You need to scroll down the page.
1974 the Queen visited Solihull and was captured on camera outside Woolworths.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/260919245017086
NB I am not sure the link I was given is correct. You need to scroll down the page.
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mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
British Motor Trading Corporation - Graces Guide
Lloyd
master brummie
Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) visiting Gillott's pen factory, Birmingham, England, 1874.
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There is also an image of the royal procession along Bull St from the Illustrated London News 1874.
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Lloyd
master brummie
Yes, and a visit to Bournville village.
Queen Mary is walking with a parasol with George Cadbury, acknowledging three people including Mrs Twten, who is wearing a dark dress with a fine lace collar, in front of almshouses. The King is walking behind with the Countess of Fortescue and Lady Brooks, followed by Sir David Brooks (Mayor of Birmingham) and others.
I was wondering who Countess Fortescue was, and looking at Wikipedia assumed she was the wife of 5th Earl Fortesque (though could not see from that why she was with the party (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Fortescue,_5th_Earl_Fortescue). But then noticed in the article mentioned that she had a child on 17th may 1919. Yet on 21st May 1919 (the exact date of the visit) she was accompanying the queen.
Lloyd
master brummie
Sadly the child, her first, the Hon. Diana Margaret Fortescue only lived until 6 April 1920.
Does anyone know who the (probably mis-spelt) 'Mrs Twten' was?
Lloyd
master brummie
King George V and Queen Mary walking pass a massive crowd of women workers at Cadbury's, Bournville, followed by two women and an officer. The younger woman may be Lady Brooks, Lady Mayoress of Birmingham, and the older women could be Countess Fortescue, Woman of the Bedchamber. (Might answer your query, mikejee )
