SOUTH SOLIHULL LOCAL HISTORY GROUP ONE
Coordinator
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Coordinators: Joan Taylor and Tony Taylor
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Email: Joan Taylor or Tony Taylor
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Introduction
Our Local History group visits places of interest in the area, each organised by one of our members. Buildings, little museums etc.
Our Local History group visits places of interest in the area, each organised by one of our members. Buildings, little museums etc.
Achievements to date
We have 29 enthusiastic and friendly members who enjoy monthly activities which include visits in our locality and talks. Once a year we sometimes undertake a visit further afield and this May, together with Local History Group 2, we had a very enjoyable and informative day at Bletchley Park.
We discuss which visits we want to undertake and different members volunteer to organise each one. This has proved to be a very successful system since the group was established.
Earlier this year the group experienced guided tours of Acme Whistles in Birmingham, Middleton Hall and Hampton Manor alongside an informative talk on ‘A nostalgic look at Solihull in the 1950s’. An August trip to Berkswell Windmill was followed in early Autumn by a visit to the Solihull School Archive. Our final event of 2017 was an outing to the city of Lichfield which included a guided tour of the Erasmus Darwin Museum and a visit to the Cathedral. Our events frequently incorporate tea and cake which proves popular with our members.
Planned Events for early 2018
Annual Group Lunch
Private Viewing of Knowle Society Exhibition ‘Knowle Hall’
CBSO Backstage Tour
Day outing to Alcester
February Tour of Electric Cinema
March Talk by laurence Ince "Warwickshire and the Holbeche Family"
April Harvington Hall Tour Kidderminster
We have 29 enthusiastic and friendly members who enjoy monthly activities which include visits in our locality and talks. Once a year we sometimes undertake a visit further afield and this May, together with Local History Group 2, we had a very enjoyable and informative day at Bletchley Park.
We discuss which visits we want to undertake and different members volunteer to organise each one. This has proved to be a very successful system since the group was established.
Earlier this year the group experienced guided tours of Acme Whistles in Birmingham, Middleton Hall and Hampton Manor alongside an informative talk on ‘A nostalgic look at Solihull in the 1950s’. An August trip to Berkswell Windmill was followed in early Autumn by a visit to the Solihull School Archive. Our final event of 2017 was an outing to the city of Lichfield which included a guided tour of the Erasmus Darwin Museum and a visit to the Cathedral. Our events frequently incorporate tea and cake which proves popular with our members.
Planned Events for early 2018
Annual Group Lunch
Private Viewing of Knowle Society Exhibition ‘Knowle Hall’
CBSO Backstage Tour
Day outing to Alcester
February Tour of Electric Cinema
March Talk by laurence Ince "Warwickshire and the Holbeche Family"
April Harvington Hall Tour Kidderminster