DONATIONS: Thank you to: Fred Brooks, Pat Capewell, Barbara Delaney, Pamela Lunn, Frances Markham, Margaret Pearce, Joan Rogers, Brian Round, Gladys Rooney, Pat Skipp and Joyce Smith, for their donations.
ANNIE MURRAY; Has left a stock of her new Book ‘SOLDIER GIRL’ with us (priced £5) for anyone who would like to buy a copy.
MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY TO:
Everyone who celebrates Birthdays in July.
Alan Beech, Bob Bolter, Bill Collins, Len Cotton, Austin Herbert, Herbert Millard, Bernard O’Carroll and Glenys Smith.
Apologies to Joan Walker who we renamed as June in the Birthdays column.
WELCOME NEW MEMBER: Anthea Marriott who lived in Cooksey Road, Small Heath and Hathaway Grove, Tyseley.
WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE: By Barbara Delaney, the Guy Family from Windsor Street. William Henry b. 1917 and Wife Hilda had a Son William in 1939.
Any information to Eric please.
Back To Back Houses: After Eric’s Slideshow on the 23 June, a few members asked where the Oral history CD had come from. It is called Back to backs by Helen Lloyd and is on sale at the project in Hurst Street at £5 per copy.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
As you all know, April is the time when Subscriptions have to be paid. If you have not paid you will be charged as a Visitor every time you attend meetings and you can’t come to the Xmas Party or any other Members only event. 140 members have paid why don’t you.
FUTURE MEETINGS:
Every Monday (except on Bank Holiday Mondays) we hold Coffee Mornings for both members and their visitors. Our volunteers are happy to show you our photograph collection, try to answer your queries on Local & Family History, scan your photographs into the Archive or just have a chat over a Cuppa, when are you coming?
28th July Slide Show with Keith Clenton plus a memories session.
25th August David Lewis: The Scott Expedition
22nd September Photograph/Memories session
27th October Marie Fogg: History of Thornton School.
24th November Helen Lloyd: Oral History Consultancy.
SHARD END HISTORY GROUP TALKS
At Shard End Library
£2 Visitors fee.
8 September Warwicks & Birmingham murders
13 October The world of the Musical
10 November Birminghams Historic Buildings
12 January 2011 Family History
9 February 2011 The extraordinary Catherine
9 March 2011 When the lights went out
13 April 2011 AGM & Metal detecting
Eric has started his latest project “who’s who of the ordinary Working Man (Brummies)”.
Carl Chinn gave us a brilliant two-part piece in the July edition of Brummagem.
Thanks Carl.
We have 9 Brummies in the Book already Who would you like to see remembered?
Your Mom, Dad, Wife or even yourself?
See Eric for details and an entry form.