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Birmingham Meetings
Birmingham: The Victorians and the Christmas Season
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomThis illustrated talk looks at the influence of the Victorians on Christmas as we know it today. The Victorians repackaged older traditions and customs that suited their new sensibilities, ideas […]
Birmingham: From Chisel to Cloud – The Kingsley Norris Lecture
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomFrom Chisel to Cloud, The Past and Future of Family History. A thought-provoking journey through thousands of years of development of family history record keeping and record preservation. Not all technology […]
Heraldry Group
Heraldry Heraldry can be admired, or enjoyed, (or even disliked) at a distance, but it can be much more fun with a measure of participation. Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication […]
Birmingham: Birchfield Harriers
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomBirchfield Harriers - The first 50 years 1877 - 1927 Since 1877 Birchfield Harriers, the club "of the people, for the people" has been the home of thousands of aspiring […]
Heraldry Group
Heraldry Heraldry can be admired, or enjoyed, (or even disliked) at a distance, but it can be much more fun with a measure of participation. Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication […]
Birmingham: Herbert Mowle Kendal
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomThe curious case of Mr. Herbert Mowle Kendal A presentation by Paul Handford MBE. This talk, snowed off from last year, is about a Mr Kendal, a civilian volunteer ambulance […]
Heraldry Group
Heraldry Heraldry can be admired, or enjoyed, (or even disliked) at a distance, but it can be much more fun with a measure of participation. Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication […]
Birmingham: ‘Getting Rid of the Stink’
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomGetting Rid of the Stink - The Public Health Revolution A presentation by Dr. Mike Haynes. Throughout history, millions have been killed by typhoid, cholera, diphtheria and even simple diarrhoea. […]
Heraldry Group
Heraldry Heraldry can be admired, or enjoyed, (or even disliked) at a distance, but it can be much more fun with a measure of participation. Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication […]
Birmingham: AGM followed by “Birmingham Photo Archive”
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomCorals Birmingham photo archive Our speaker writes “Back in 2013 we began working on something special. In partnership with the Library of Birmingham we developed Corals, a web platform designed […]
Heraldry Group
Heraldry Heraldry can be admired, or enjoyed, (or even disliked) at a distance, but it can be much more fun with a measure of participation. Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication […]
Birmingham: Winterbourne House Archives
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomWinterbourne House Archives An Edwardian historic house and garden nestled in a leafy corner of Birmingham, just minutes from the city centre, Winterbourne House was built in 1904 as the family home […]