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| | Handsworth Historical Society | Local historical Society
Speaker Meetings: New Church Centre, Winleigh Road (off Church Lane), Handsworth Wood, B20 2HN, at 2.00pm (adjacent car park). Members £3.00, visitors £4.00, including refreshments.
Coffee Mornings: Old Town Hall, corner of Slack Lane/College Road, Handsworth, B20 2JL, 10.00am to 1.00pm. Admission free.
SPRING/SUMMER PROGRAMME 2024
Saturday 13 January Coffee Morning
Thursday 18 January Gypsies, Smiths and the Blitz - illustrated talk by Lynda Sharpe
Saturday 10 February Coffee Morning
Thursday 15 February The Pen Museum – illustrated talk by Andy Munro
Saturday 9 March Coffee Morning
Thursday 21 March Black Country Miners – illustrated talk by Keith Robinson
Saturday 13 April Coffee Morning
Thursday 18 April Forgotten Brummies – illustrated talk by Les Williams
Saturday 11 May Coffee Morning plus cake sales and plant swap/sales
Thursday 16 May Formation of the Home Guard – illustrated talk by David Morse
Saturday 22 June Handsworth Wood in Bloom at OTH (date to be confirmed)
Saturday 29 June Midland Ancestors’ Local History Fair at Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park
Saturday 13 July Coffee Morning
Saturday 10 August Coffee Morning
Saturday 14 September Heritage Open Day (date to be confirmed) |
| | Outing information | Visit to Hardwick hall 23 April 2024 |
| A Warm Welcome Awaits YOU |
| | Lunch time recitals Wednesdays | Every Wednesday from 1pm till 2pm enjoy live music in St Mary’s Church Handsworth.
Free to enter but there is a retiring collection
Bring your lunch, then treat yourself to delicious cake and a beverage with friends in the refectory.
Don’t bring your lunch…..treat yourself to a samosa or two.
All proceeds go to a musical education for the pupils at St Mary’s school across the road from the church.
Organ Recital Tom Etheridge Saturday 27th January 2024 at 4.00pm.
The Henry Wakely Quartet31st January 2024 2.00pm
Ting Huang & Hsuan- Hsuan Lee Piano Duo February 7th 2024 2.00pm
Ligia Trio (Piano, drums, Double bass) 14th February 2024 2.00pm
Cantrelle Quartet (Flute)21st February 2024 2.00pm |
| Art |
| | January | Artist Cath Lawlor
This was the picture on the January page on the 2023 calendar produced and sold by the Art Group! |
| History |
| | Studying & recording grave stone stories | Memorial Recording at St Mary’s Chirch Handsworth
Join us in finding out how and why to record memorials and help to capture this important resource of Birminghams social history.
Reading the grave stones! |
