Culture on your doorstep – Billesley common
Billesley Common 1st edition Ordinance Survey 1831This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is
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Meeting the heritage people
The first HeritageMeet was well attended (16 people), filling the back room of Kitchen Garden Cafe, who kindly let us
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Join us at HeritageMeet Tuesday evening at the back of Fletcher’s Bar, Kings Heath, for an informal drop in –
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The rally was against the cuts being proposed to the libraries of Birmingham on National Libraries Day 7th Feb 2015,
Read MoreRescue!History and Climate Change
Rescue!History – not, as you might think, a group attempting to rescue History, but historians (mostly) who want to help
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It’s hard to appreciate what life might have been like 100 years ago. Until recently I knew nothing about Heinrich
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Irene de Boo, curator and property manager at Sarehole Mill, shared her story with us this week. Irene was instrumental
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Richard Albutt writes: We had a very successful afternoon at Sarehole Mill on Sunday 28th September, with Diana, Ann and Natalie
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Over the past few months we have had the opportunity to interview people at Sarehole Mill about their memories of
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Looking at World War 1 Memorials at Lodge Hill Cemetery Dr Nicola Gauld writes: Paganel Primary School is unique in
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