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Dame Hilda Nora Lloyd, DBE (née Shufflebotham; 1891–1982) was a pioneer in many senses. After becoming the first female professor at the University of Birmingham in 1944, she rose to become the first woman to be elected President of any Royal Medical College at the Royal College of Obstetricians...

I had my first pint of lager at the Boars Head in the early 70s. It took a bit of getting used to, but it proved to be the first of many. :laughing:

I watched the film "Tolkien" on Film 4 today, having recorded it recently. I think it might also be on Amazon Prime, for those that have it. I can highly recommend it. Birmingham obviously features quite often, particularly Barrows (obviously filmed somewhere similar elsewhere) where Tolkien...

It was sold for £6,597.60. I wondered about the 60p. Could it be that the bid was made in another currency, which might indicate that it is on it's way abroad?

Currently the bid for the Daimler stands at £4,800 with 24 minutes of the timed auction left. Only £1,337 below it's delivery price back in 1952. Some late frantic bidding could yet, see the bidding near the 1952 cost. Hopefully it might be bought, with a view to putting it on public display...

A little more on this Eric: Following on from that game, our own FA urged Villa to do as they were told, and reluctantly Villa stood on the pitch and raised their arms, but at the last minute turned it around and began flicking the "V" to the crowd (the British version of "flipping the...

The new 300 ton bridge at Aston Station being moved in to position on Sunday 25th March 1906, clearly it attracted a lot of local spectators:

Back (left to right): Tommy Lyons, Arthur Layton, J. Hogan, Billy George, Arthur Cartlidge, Alfred Freddie Miles, John Kearns, John Grierson (trainer). Second: George B. Ramsay (Secretary), P. W. M. Bate (Club Director), John Devey (Club Director), F. Cooper (Vice Chairman), Fred W Rinder...

The station was built in 1884. Here is an earlier view of it (early 50's):

A Warwickshire Volunteer poster from WW1 (which refers to Witton Barracks at the foot - 1st & 5th Battalions): There is also an earlier thread titled "Aston Barracks" that includes some further details on the barracks.

This brought to my mind Tommy Steele's "Little White Bull" and the following lyrics seem particularly appropriate: Quickly found the nearest road to town! And people said What a funny little bull What a fluffy little bull He's our little bull He marched along a proud little bull And hit the...

Six Ways in the early 60's: 1940's: Later in the 60's:

Trendy stuff back then:

I have stuck with Peaky Blinders from the start and enjoy the show. It is fiction that is based loosely on some facts and needs to be viewed as such. I do not think it has done the city any harm, rather it has got people talking about the city, who would otherwise have continued to ignore it...

Tommy Shelby was born in 1890 and given that this new series is set in the 1950s, he would have been in his sixties by then. He appears to have aged a bit better than I have from the above clip. :laughing: :laughing: