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Birmingham Meetings
Birmingham: Lives and Times on the Birmingham Canal System
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomLives and Times on the Birmingham Canal System Mrs. Violet Atkins and daughter Violet, on Butty boat RAVEN, 1952. Image from the BCN Society Archive, Bob May Collection. Presenter - […]
Birmingham: For the Sake of the Empire – Kingsley Norris Memorial lecture
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomNote Change of Date (was 3rd Feb) due to Rail Strike. For the Sake of the Empire Presenter - Peter Middleton A Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone in Witton Cemetery […]
Birmingham: Heroes and Ghosts
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomHeroes and Ghosts Speaker: Michael H Hallett Wing Co Harold Blackburn MC AFC Public Domain via Wiki Media Commons Heroes & Ghosts is the story of Michael’s grandfather Harold Blackburn, […]
Birmingham: How We Lived Then
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomHow We Lived Then Presenter - Mary Bodfish This talk is based on probate inventories with Mary making particular use of the inventory of a West Bromwich man who died […]
Birmingham: Society Conference and AGM
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomFamily History Day incorporating Annual General Meeting An All day event with Speakers Dr Penny Walters and Doreen Hopwood. Programme Timings - 09.30 – Doors Open & Registration 10:00 - Welcome […]
Birmingham: Stories from the Stones
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomStories from the Stones Speakers: Friends of Key Hill Cemetery & Warstone Lane Cemetery Richard from the Friends of Key Hill Cemetery & Warstone Lane Cemetery will follow on from […]
Birmingham: The Wednesbury Workhouse and the Parish Poor
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomThe Wednesbury Workhouse and the Parish Poor 1750 - 1900 Presenter Keith Robinson Keiths talk will tell the the stories of people whose voices are often unheard. It will reveal […]
Birmingham: Peplow Memorial Lecture
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomThe Noble Descendants of Bess of Hardwick Speaker: Howard Connell Given that Hardwick and Chatsworth are both in the Midlands (albeit East rather than West) my topic is "The Noble […]
Birmingham: Apprenticeship Indentures and Assignments and three Overseers Accounts
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomApprenticeship Indentures and Assignments and three Overseers Account Speaker: Rhonda Niven
Birmingham: The Mourning Brooch
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomThe Mourning Brooch Speaker: Jean Renwick Jean Renwick’s talk reveals years of research behind her family saga, The Mourning Brooch, based upon the lives of real Yorkshire people who lived […]
Birmingham: The Rise and Fall of the World’s Mightiest Glassmakers
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomThe Rise and Fall of the World's Mightiest Glassmakers Speaker: Henry Chance Chance Brothers & Co Ltd was at one time the greatest glassmaker in the world, and one of […]