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This talk is part of the wider activities at All Saints Church, commemorating the 80th anniversary of VE Day: THURSDAY 8th May - Exhibition Open 5 - 9pm Prayers at the War Memorial on the Village Square 6pm; All Saints will join the Nation in ringing the church bell at 6.30pm, and in lighting...

Kings Heath Local History Society present an illustrated talk An Accident Waiting to Happen? The Whittall Street Explosion of 1859 Wednesday 21st May, 7.15 to 8.45 On 27th September 1859 an explosion at a percussion cap factory on Whittall Street in the heart of Birmingham's gun quarter...

George Dawson and the Civic Gospel: Transforming Birmingham By Andrew Reekes Wednesday 16th April, 7.15 to 8.45 At the Community Centre, Heathfield Road, B147DB George Dawson, an inspirational minister and lecturer, preached a great mission cause to the wealthy and successful in Birmingham...

Kings Heath Local History Society present an illustrated talk on Wednesday 19th March, 7.15 to 8.45 “Faith and philosophy are air but events are brass” (Herman Melville) The Birmingham Brass Industry 1850 - 1950 By Jan Pick At the Community Centre, Heathfield Road, B147DB Jan’s talk will...

Kings Heath Local History Society present an illustrated talk by Ian Binnie At the Community Centre, Heathfield Road, B147DB 45,570 men served in the 31 battalions of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment during the Great War. 11,610 were killed. Many received awards for bravery. Ian will tell the...

Celebrating couples married at All Saints over the past 160 years Extracts from the Archives and Diocesan Registers since 1861 Photographs Memorabilia Outfits Music Vehicles SATURDAY’s programme : Tours of the Church...

"Over by Christmas: Brandwood End graves and memorials to those killed in 1944". Wednesday 11th September 2024, 2.00pm Brandwood End Cemetery, Birmingham, B14 6EQ. and followed up with a talk on Zoom on Thursday 12th at 7.30 pm. 1944 is the 80th anniversary of D Day and other crucial...

A lunchtime talk at the BMI on Monday 16 September 2024, 1pm -2pm Faith in technology in interwar France: from criticism to crisis in the 1930s Do we control our technologies or do they control us? Is the invention of progress the invention of disaster? In this talk Dr Brian Sudlow (Aston...

BPHA was created in 2021, from a collection built up over many years. We have resources about the history of working people in Birmingham, the UK, and across the world. As part of Heritage Week, we will be hosting an archive tour and an exhibition of historic city centre photographs and...

The Moseley Society History Group presents an illustrated talk by Ian Binnie 1944 is the 80th anniversary of D Day and other crucial battles, such as Arnhem. Ian’s talk is based on research by members of the History Group. He will present biographies of Moseley men who served and died in that...

Local historians have been researching the names of those men who were killed in the First World War and are remembered on the All Saints war memorial. As part of the church’s wider activities for Heritage week, there will be a display on twelve of these men, produced by researchers. For each...

Note the correct date! A joint event organised by the Gallipoli Association and the Staffordshire Regiment Museum, DMS Whittington, Whittington, Staffordshire, WS14 9PY, www.staffordshireregimentmuseum.com The day includes The trench re-configured to how it would have been in Turkey in 1915...

Each year the Waterloo Association, the foremost group for the study of this famous battle, holds an event in the Midlands. This year it will be in central Birmingham, in the BMI, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BS from 10am to 4.00pm. There are four excellent speakers, all with an...

Hi, Many thanks. Very interesting. If you have any details you can send me (via [email protected]) I can include them in the next Journal of the Friends of the Fusilier Museum, Warwick (the museum of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. A friend of mine, Kevan Darby has a Facebook page on...

The Moseley Society are organising a free talk at Moseley Exchange on Tuesday 28th May at the Moseley Exchange (B138JP). The talk is entitled "My Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady Journey" given by Rachel Chopra Smith. The talk is from 2pm to 3pm, followed by refreshments. Edith Holden, the...

Join us to commemorate Gallipoli/ANZAC Day in the “second City” on Sunday 21st April 2024, 2.00pm at Brandwood End Cemetery, Woodthorpe Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B146EQ. There will be a short service followed by a tour of the many graves/memorials with a Gallipoli connection. The event...

Hi, Very interesting. One of the men who I will be talking about (and has a memorial in Brandwood End Cemetery) was with the 9RWR and was killed at Baku.

By Ian Binnie, Education Co-ordinator and Trustee of the Gallipoli Association Hundreds of Birmingham men served in this ill-fated campaign of the First World War. Many paid the ultimate sacrifice. Kings Heath Local History Society meets in the Community Centre on Heathfield Road. Meetings...

This talk looks at the covert and overt strategies used by workers in Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century. Trade unionism had emerged against a backdrop of mob violence in the 1750s, and the period in question saw the rise of a popular movement for political representation...

The Moseley Society has a very active History Group. Members organise research and talks, lead walks, put on displays and write articles, or investigate their own interests. You can see some of this work on our website www.moseley-society.org.uk/local-history We also manage a unique archive of...