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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Where and When we Meet
The group enjoy monthly activities which include visits in our locality and occasional talks, as well as an annual group meal held each January. The days of the week on which we organise events vary.
Introduction
We have 36 enthusiastic and friendly members who visit a variety of places of interest in the area, each organised by one of our members.
Achievements to date
Once a year, together with Local History Group 2, we try to undertake a visit further afield. In the past we had a very enjoyable and informative day at Bletchley Park. In 2020 we hope to arrange a joint group visit to Arbury Hall, Nuneaton.
Annually we meet to plan a programme of events 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.
This year the group experienced a number of excellent guided tours. These included: Electric Theatre in Birmingham; St Mary’s Church and Old Court House in Warwick; Harvington Hall; Edgbaston Cricket Club and the Birmingham & Midland Institute. We also enjoyed a talk on ‘Warwickshire and the Holbeche Family’ by Laurence Ince and are looking forward to a report from one of our members who has been involved in the research and production of the booklet “Middlefield 1866-1914”.
Our events frequently incorporate tea and cake which proves popular with our members.
Thoughts for some events in 2020
The group enjoy monthly activities which include visits in our locality and occasional talks, as well as an annual group meal held each January. The days of the week on which we organise events vary.
Introduction
We have 36 enthusiastic and friendly members who visit a variety of places of interest in the area, each organised by one of our members.
Achievements to date
Once a year, together with Local History Group 2, we try to undertake a visit further afield. In the past we had a very enjoyable and informative day at Bletchley Park. In 2020 we hope to arrange a joint group visit to Arbury Hall, Nuneaton.
Annually we meet to plan a programme of events 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.
This year the group experienced a number of excellent guided tours. These included: Electric Theatre in Birmingham; St Mary’s Church and Old Court House in Warwick; Harvington Hall; Edgbaston Cricket Club and the Birmingham & Midland Institute. We also enjoyed a talk on ‘Warwickshire and the Holbeche Family’ by Laurence Ince and are looking forward to a report from one of our members who has been involved in the research and production of the booklet “Middlefield 1866-1914”.
Our events frequently incorporate tea and cake which proves popular with our members.
Thoughts for some events in 2020
- Annual Group Meal
- Talk on Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin and visit to Ilmington
- Maxstoke Castle
- Birmingham Oratory
- Backstage tour of the Hippodrome
- Walking Tour of Birmingham