I live in a medieval village called Kings Norton just south of Birmingham, Englands second city. On the ancient Green stands one of the oldest grammar schools in the Midlands, a 12th-century church and a large 15th-century timber-framed house. The Old Grammar School and the medieval house, known as ...
I was visiting Bridgette over at the Not-So-Blog Blog where she was inviting her readers to tell her about the places they lived. I am afraid I got quite carried away in her comments section and filled up more than several inches all about the lovely medieval village I am lucky enough to live in. I ...
Congratulations to Canon Rob Morris and the other people of Kings Norton who have worked hard to preserve the Old Grammar School and Saracen’s Head. About four years ago the buildings were the winners in the second series of the BBC2 programme Restoration, in which viewers voted for it to be restore ...
I won. What more is there to write? I’ve never won a race in my life. Not ever. Not as a youth, not as an adult. So if you’ve arrived at this page expecting a full report on the runners and riders of race three of the Tour of Bournville then you may be disappointed. Instead there’ll be plenty of sel ...
40 years ago today in a hotel in New Street a Brummie MP stood up and addressed an audience of Conservative colleagues. The member for Wolverhampton South-West was born in Stechford on 16th June 1912 and was raised there before the family moved to Kings Norton six years later. On this day all those ...
