Return for annual heritage event.
The eight annual Birmingham Lives Local History Fair takes place this coming Sunday, June 8th between 11:00-16:00. As in previous years, the event will be held at the Girl Guides Headquarters in Brownsea Drive, off Ellis Street, Holloway Head in the city centre (approx 200 yards up from Holloway Head and the Sentinels, heading out of town).
Birmingham Lives provides the chance to find out about the work of organisations such as The Pen Museum, the Friends of Key Hill and Warstone Lane Cemeteries, the Birmingham Air Raids Remembrance History Society, the Victorian Society and a new project based around the history of the River Tame. Selections from Carl Chinn’s Birmingham Lives Archive will also be available for viewing.
Included amongst the 27 exhibitors will be a host of local history societies from across the city, including those focusing on the areas of Balsall Heath, Moseley, Barr and Aston, Ladywood and the Jewellery Quarter. Visitors can view a wealth of memorabilia, find out about history projects and upcoming talks in their area and are also encouraged to bring along their own artefacts and photographs to show to exhibitors and local history experts.
Other organisations represented include Birmingham Conservation Trust, West Midlands Fire and Heritage Museum, the Co-op History Group, the Lucas Online History Group, the British Banking History Society, David Humphries Outer Circle Bus Tours, and the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy. Alongside exhibitions and slideshows of photographs and paintings there will be books, magazines, postcards and other souvenirs for sale as well as a display of material from the Girl Guides Association.
Admission to Birmingham Lives is 50p (programme provided), refreshments will be available inside the venue and on-street parking can be found nearby.