Birmingham Council Boundary Changes 1838 to 1931
Sometimes you spot some things that are surprisingly mundane and interesting. This map charting the growth of Birmingham’s local authority to 1938 fits into that category and comes from the website www.british-history.ac.uk and the 1964 book A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 7 edited by WB Stephens.
Perhaps it’s the simple fascination of tracing history through maps?
We meet every 2nd Monday in the month in the Community Room at the Ward End Fire Station, Washwood Heath Road, Ward End, Birmingham B8 2HF (link to a map). The meetings begin at 7pm and finish at 9pm with a fifteen minute break around 8pm.
The membership fee is £12-00 a year. Visitors are asked to pay £1-50 per visit. New members are very welcome. The speakers for 2009 include:
Monday 12th January Mrs Helen Lloyd Extraordinary lives of Ordinary People
Monday 9th February Mrs Val Preece Pearl buttons
Monday 9th March Dr Chris Upton Springheeled Jack: the creation of a Victorian bogeyman
Secretary – Ann Baker 0121 747 4188
