Diary of events

January 2007

2nd
Quinton Local History Society
Quinton Parish Church Hall
Hagley Road West, Quinton (A-Z Map ref. Page 87 1 E) 7.15 for 8.00pm.
Upstairs, Downstairs
Dr. Chris Upton
3rd
Smethwick Local History Society
Baptist Church, Rawlings Road
7.30 for 8.00pm.
Roundhead Rogues and Cavalier Dogs
Mary Bodfish
4th
Acocks Green History Society
Community Room, Acocks Green Library
7.30pm.
Early Policewomen
David Cross
8th
Barr & Aston Local History Society
Tower Hill Library, Great Barr
7.30pm
The Lunar Society of Birmingham
Malcolm Dick
8th
Earlswood Historical Society
Earlswood Village Hall, Shutt Lane,
7.30pm.
The Life of Baron Ash and Packwood House
Mr. M. Miles
8th
Lickey Hills Local History Society
Cofton Hackett Village Hall,
Barnt Green Road
7.45pm.
The History of Broadcasting
John D Smith
8th
Ward End & Hodge Hill Local History Society
Ward End Library, Washwood Heath Road
7.00pm.
Crown Court
Harry Scharf
10th
Shard End Local History Society
Shard End Library, Shustoke Road
1.15 for 2.00pm.
Bare Bottoms & Stinging Nettles
Susan Moore
10th
Walsall Family History Group
Willenhall Youth & Community Foundation,
19 Gomer Street, Willenhall
7.00pm.
Researching your Family
Annette Hall
11th
Victorian Society (Birmingham Group)
The Old Royal, Temple Row
Gestural form & faulty Plumbing :
the pitfalls of public art
Dr. Chris Upton
11th
North Arden Local History Society
Spencer Lounge. Arden Hall, Water Orton Rd. Castle Bromwich
8.00pm.
National Memorial Arboretum
Tony Critchley
15th
Coleshill Local History Society
The Old Market Hall, Coleshill
7.00 for 7.30pm.
The Folklore of Warwickshire
Roy Palmer
15th
Solihull Local History Circle
Women's Institute Hall, Union Road. Solihull 7.45pm.
The Green Men of Birmingham
Tony Hayward
16th
Hall Green Local History Society
Meeting Room over Hall Green Library
(access from Cambrai Drive through the doors on left of Library) 7.30pm. prompt
Birmingham Encapsulated –
Pauline Roberts
16th
Solihull Archaeological Group
John Palmer Hall, Union Road, off Warwick Road, Solihull 7.45pm.
Restoration of Kings Norton Grammar School
Heather Flack
17th
Handsworth Historical Society
New Church Centre,
Winleigh Road,
Handsworth Wood 7.30 pm.
Played in Birmingham
Steve Beauchampe
17th
Kings Heath Local History Society
Kings Heath library, Kings Heath 7.30pm.
AGM & Social Evening
23rd
Romsley & Hunnington History Society
St. Kenelm's Church Hall, Bromsgrove Road, Romsley 7.30pm.
Back to Back
Ken Hughes
25th
Balsall Heath Local History Society
Balsall Heath Library, Moseley Road 7.30pm.
Members Evening
Pat & Bernard
26th
Wythall History Society
Wythall Baptist Church, behind the Village Hall, AlcesterRd
7.30pm.
The Notorious Wakefield Brothers
Val Lewis
29th
Kings Norton History Society
St. Nicholas Church, Kings Norton
7.30pm.
Recent Work at Metchley Roman Fort
Mr. Alex Jones

February 2007

1st
Acocks Green History Society
Great Barr, Oscott & Kingstanding :
a photographic odyssey
Peter Drake
6th
Quinton Local History Society
The Warley Woods Trust
7th
Smethwick Local History Society
Brumroamin
Ted Rudge
8th
Victorian Society
AGM & talk by the Victorian Society
Community Engagement Officer,
Ann Morgan
8th
North Arden Local History Society
My Orkney Ancestors
Ms Gill Tait
12th
Barr & Aston Local History Society
Aston Hall Grounds
Nick Ralls
14th
Shard End Local History Society
Experiences of a Radio Actor
Mark Reynolds
14th
Walsall Family History Research Group
Making Sense of the Census
Lesley Vasey
17th
The Western Front Association
(Birmingham Branch)
The New Thiepval Visitor Centre
Michael Stedman
18th
Jewish Historical Society
(Birmingham Branch)
The Old Post Office Building, 149-153 Alcester Road, Moseley, Birmingham 13
3.15pm.
Society, Community & the Jewish Experience in Birmingham in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Dr. Malcolm Dick
19th
Coleshill Local History Society
AGM plus programme to be arranged
19th
Solihull Local History Circle
Birmingham Town Hall, Past, Present & Future
Tony Evans
20th
Hall Green Local History Society
Baron Ash & Packwood House
Mike Miles
20th
Solihull Archaeological Group
Roman Roads in France
Peter Leather
21st
Kings Heath Local History Society
The Titanic & its Midland links
Andrew Loundes
22nd
Balsall Heath Local History Society
Graham Baron Ash (1889-1980), His Life & the restoration of Packwood House
Mike Miles
23rd
Wythall History Society
The Warwickshire Avon (from source to Severn)
Brian Draper
26th
Kings Norton History Society
Aerial Archaeology in South Worcestershire
Mr. Mike Glide
27th
Romsley & Hunnington History Society
An Amble through days gone by
John Billingham
March 2007

March 2007

1st
Acocks Green History Society
The Scarborough of the Midlands
Val Tonks
6th
Quinton Local History Society
Played in Birmingham
Steve Beauchampe
7th
Smethwick Local History Society
William Booth, the Perry Barr Forger
Peter Allen
8th
North Arden Local History Society
Canal Boat People
Dr. Wendy Freer
10th
The Western Front Association
(Birmingham Branch)
Memorials of VC Winners
Anthony Stubbs
12th
Barr & Aston Local History Society
Lord Dartmouth
David Hallam
12th
Earlswood Historical Society
The history of the Co-op
and its relationship with Birming­ham
Mr. N. Williams
12th
Ward End & Hodge Hill Local History Society
Genealogy
Mrs. Doreen Hopwood
14th
Shard End Local History Society
Those Stars that Served
Gordon Rae
14th
Walsall Family History Research Group
Tracing your Canal Faring Ancestors
Doreen Hopwood
20th
Hall Green Local History Society
Civil Registration in Birmingham
John Yates
20th
Solihull Archaeological Group
Investigations at Tutbury Castle
Malcolm Hislop
21st
Clent History Society
Clent Parish Hall, Church Avenue.
8.00pm.
Charles II : My Ancestors' part in his Restoration
Roger Pendrill
21st
Kings Heath Local History Society
Little Known Warwickshire - an illustrated talk on the origins of pub names, street names and area names
Alan Winterbourne
23rd
Solihull Local History Circle
West Midland Bridge Club
AGM & Annual Dinner
26th
Kings Norton History Society
The Court Leets
Mr. John Burman