This week various companies began to make bids to run a new TV station for Birmingham. We followed one of the bidders, City TV Broadcasting, as they made a promotional video and we found out about their plans for a TV station that will cover the city.
Top ten recording star and former Ladywood School pupil, Jaki Graham, will be headlining a concert at Symphony Hall to celebrate the 50th year of Jamaican independence in July. Special guests at the event will be members of the Jamaican Olympic squad who will be based in Birmingham whilst training for the Olympic Games. Another Ladywood musician, veteran…
TNT was at the Local Election Count and at the Mayoral Referendum. We got an exclusive interview with Sir Albert Bore, the leader of the Labour party and councillor for Ladywood. Labour won the election and he will become the new Council leader. We asked him how this will help our future. Find out what…
The bottom of the Atlantic Ocean is a long way from Ladywood, but in this story TNT reporters visit Warstone Lane Cemetery where a local businessman, William Edward Hipkins, who went down with the ill fated ship is commemorated on a family tomb. We discover the size of the Titanic and find out if it…
The Ladywood History Group’s MADE IN LADYWOOD’ mini museum moves from Ladywood Arts & Leisure Centre at 10.15am on Friday 30 March 2012 with the help of a 1954 Birmingham City Transport double decker bus. What a wonderful time we had today meeting everyone with Yardley Wood Bus Club’s beautiful old bus. Thank you to…
230 soldiers representing five Regiments of the army were in Victoria Square to receive the Freedom of the City. It was Birmingham’s way of saying thank you to them for the work they do in this country and overseas. We interviewed the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Anita Ward, and her son Lance Sergeant Vince Hockley. He was badly…
Rita and Eva Trentham, two former users of Monument Road baths talk about learning to swim. The interviews were conducted a few years ago, since then Eva has passed away, but thanks to TNT and the Ladywood History Group her memories live on. Eva talks about how her school friend at St John’s School, Lizzie…
Ladywood’s Monument Road baths closed for the final time in February 1992, an amazing twenty years ago this month! The building was demolished in 1994 and since then local people have been campaigning to have a new baths built. This is how TNT presenter Darren Cannan reported the closure of the much loved baths in…
In the build up to the 2012 Olympic Games Birmingham will welcome the track and field teams from the USA and Jamaica. In this, our first Olympic Report, we meet the US team coaches as they visit their adopted home at the Alexander Stadium and find our why the council wanted to attract them to…
We are sad to report the death of Father Gregory of the Oratory Church. This report contains an extract from an interview conducted in 2009 and there are tributes from a number of parishioners.
Introducing our new promotional video that tells you everything you need to know about TNT. It features the places and people that have made the news: from the campaigns, the community involvement and eco issues, through to the heritage of the area and sharing the fun of being involved in the community of Ladywood. This…
Christmas highlights from December 1991 featuring TNT’s coverage of the switching on of the Christmas tree lights at the International Convention Santa, er, Centre, with pupils from George Dixon Junior School and the Lord Mayor, Councillor Bill Turner. Also pupils from Nelson School were joined by councillors Pat Sever and Bryan Bird to celebrate the…
Extracts from films made in 1959 and 1965 about redevelopment in Ladywood. They are from the MACE archive. TNT reporters, Kane and Nikiesha, recently appeared on BBC Radio WM with Carl Chinn, find out what they said! Pushkin, a cat at the Oratory has written a book and Princess Michael of Kent joined TNT at…
This year the German Market has 193 stalls stretching from Centenary Square to the Bull Ring. TNT was at the official opening and we interviewed Volker Stein, the Deputy Mayor of Frankfurt about the importance of links between the two cities. The Market is open every day until 23 December, so why not go and…
A special report recorded at the Tree of Life memorial in the Bull Ring on 11 11 11 at 11am. A unique date on a day to remember.
Part One A report on the August 2011 riots in Birmingham with an interview with Shabana Mahmood, Ladywood’s MP and film of the service held in Summerfield Park for the people killed in Winson Green. There is an update on the Reeves Badges Co of Tenby Street, also a feature on Artsfest and a campaign…
In this edition we celebrate Armed Forces Day with film of the Veterans’ Parade in Centenary Square. There is an interview with World War II veteran Ron Needle, who was in a Lancaster bomber that crashed in France in 1945. He has since been back to the site and met the people who rescued him…
In this edition we visit Reeves Badges in the Jewellery Quarter which is closing down after being in business for 101 years. We also look at how people in Ladywood celebrated the Royal Wedding and feature the new gardening project in Civic Close. There is an Easter Eggstra and a strange work of art in…
In this edition we feature youth provision in Ladywood and look at T S Vernon, Sport4life and the St John’s ambulance brigade cadets. We find out about a new fire vehicle at Ladywood Fire Station and feature the 70th anniversary of a World War II bombing raid over Camden Grove. There is also news of…
Fans of Birmingham City usually only visit Wembley as tourists, but in February 2011 history was made when Blues played in their first major final for 48 years… and they beat the favourites Arsenal to lift the Carling Cup. In this special programme watch the goals from Birmingham City’s 2-1 win, with the goals interpreted…