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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...

Birmingham People's History Archive has organised two workshops for children/young people with parents/carers on Saturday 4 November, 11-1 and 2-4 (12 places am, 12 pm). They'll work with a professional artist and create individual work to take home, based on Birmingham's industrial heritage...

Hi, I am doing a talk on Birmingham and Gallipoli. I have done a lot of research in Brandwood End but, shame to say, never been to Witton. I can find names from the CWGC records but this won't show family memorials. At this stage I only need a rough idea of numbers and a couple of examples. Ian

Does anyone know of any memorials to or graves of men who served in Gallipoli in Witton Cemetery?

A talk by Ian Binnie, Trustee and Education Co-ordinator of the Gallipoli Association. Hundreds of local people served in the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign of World War One. Some did not return. There are monuments or graves to eight Gallipolians in Brandwood End cemetery. Three are to...

Tour of the archive. Exhibition about BPHA’s development, showcasing our Historic England project to ‘tell the untold stories of our nation’s working-class heritage.’ Schools’ artwork, based on interviews with retired industrial workers, will be displayed. Costumed presentation about...

The book launch will be at the Moseley Hive, 93 Alcester Rd, Birmingham B13 8DD This is a special event with a dual purpose – as a book launch for Janet Berry’s new book “Moseley 1850 – 1900: Space, place and people in a middle-class Birmingham suburb” and as an opportunity to celebrate the...

Hi, Many thanks for the information. Ian

The two walks take place at 11.30am and 3.30 pm - not as I originally said 3.30 am.

Saturday 17th June, 11.30am and 3.30am As part of Civic Voice’s day of activities the Moseley Society History group is organising A walk around the “Blitz sights” of Moseley Following from his well received talk on “Bomb Alley” Ian Binnie will be leading a walk around the “Blitz sites” of...

Hundreds of Brummies went to fight in the ill-fated campaign of World War One. Many never returned. There are eight graves/memorials to Gallipolians, in the cemetery: five to British soldiers and three to Australian servicemen. Biographical information will be given at each grave memorial. The...

The Moseley Society History Group present a free illustrated talk: Bomb Alley: the World War Two Blitz and Home Front in Moseley, Balsall Heath and Kings Heath, by local historians Ian Binnie, Peter Streets and David Vaux. Tuesday 21st March, live at the Mosley Exchange at 2.00pm and then on...

Hi, It is 1.00pm and there are lots of slides. I mistakenly put on the first post that it was a free talk. The host, BMI, charge £5.00 for non members. I was unaware of this when I sent out my publicity. You can pay on the door or use Eventbrite. The money goes to support the work of the BMI