The Queen’s Commonwealth Games Baton reaches the Botanical Gardens, Birmingham. At breakfast time this morning (27 July 2022) the Queen’s Commonwealth Games Baton Relay set off from the Botanical Gardens with the aim of visiting all ten of the city’s Parliamentary constituencies during the final two days of its 294-day journey. 200 Baton bearers will visit 32…
Doorstep History Programme 59 | July 2022 A look back to the Commonwealth Games Baton relay in Birmingham June 2014 as it made its way to Glasgow for the 2014 Games. Baton bearer, Adam Ruckwood, won a gold medal in the 200m backstroke at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. He was a member of the City…
https://youtu.be/0uZy21PnRsU Welcoming visitors to the Commonwealth Games. Birmingham’s Lord Mayor, Cllr Maureen Cornish tells TNT News how proud she is of her city as Birmingham prepares to welcome visitors for the Commonwealth Games.
Countdown to the Commonwealth Games As Birmingham prepares to receive an estimated 1.2 million visitors for the Commonwealth Games, Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, spoke exclusively to TNT News to share his excitement of the prospect of Birmingham receiving international media exposure, which will encourage investment in the region.
HEATWAVE 2006 STYLE As you may have noticed the July 2022 heatwave is underway and here’s a look at Ladywood’s hottest day in July 2006.
Metro Extension Opens on Broad Street | 17th July 2022 Just before 8.00am on Sunday 17 July 2022 metro trams trundled into service on the new extension from Centenary Square to Edgbaston/ Five Ways, Birmingham. TNT News was there to see this historic moment.
A unique tapestry has been made by members of five embroidery and textile groups from across the West Midlands
Doorstep History | Programme 57 – June 2022 ‘Historic Birmingham landmarks and sporting venues feature in a magnificent floral tribute created to commemorate the Commonwealth Games. The display, which won a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show 2022, is located in Cathedral Square on Colmore Row.
The Brew ‘Us Bugle & Birmingham Heritage Herald issue 53 June 2022 This issue is supported by Birmingham City Council’s Celebrating Communities Fund (Ladywood Ward) set up to celebrate the Commonwealth Games. Stories include: Ladywood’s Joe Fraser- a potential medal winning gymnast; what Birmingham was like at the time of the 1970 Commonwealth Games; The…
Joe Fraser selected for Commonwealth Games – 24th June 2022Joe Fraser, the Ladywood based artistic gymnast, has been selected to represent England at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Go Joe!
It’s Not Only Zebedee Who Boings | Programme 16 | May 2022A bridge in Netherton which was daubed with the words ‘Astle Is The King’ after he scored the winning goal for West Bromwich Albion in the 1968 F A Cup Final has been given a makeover. The graffiti has often been removed only for…
Birmingham’s famous statue of three industrialists Matthew Boulton, James Watt and William Murdoch has been returned to Centenary Square.
A new independent bookshop, Blue Sheep Books, has opened in the Black Country. It is bucking the trend and fighting back against online sales. Curently, its best-selling publications are books about the local area including those about West Bromwich Albion.
Work began in March 1957, 65 years ago this month, to construct Birmingham’s Inner Ring Road. Latest
Birmingham celebrates The Queen’s Green Canopy campaign March 2022 School children from Yenton Primary School, Erdington, helped by Commonwealth Games marathon hopeful Hayley Carruthers planted trees in Pype Hayes Park. This was part of the The Queen’s Green Canopy initiative which aims to green-up areas of the Commonwealth during the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee year. Latest
The Sports Argus was a much-respected Saturday night sports paper in the West Midlands.
The Brew ‘Us Bugle & Birmingham Heritage Herald issue 52 December 2021 Ladywood History Group’s magazine celebrates its 20th anniversary with a Christmas themed issue. Stories include: memories of 1930s Christmases in Ladywood; The Lord Mayor’s Christmas card of 100 years ago; the 70th anniversary of the death of Dame Elizabeth Cadbury; Cyril Runnels-Moss, son of the…
Doorstep History | Programme 54 – December 2021 ‘Beer at Home means Davenports’ was once a popular saying, however, the name disappeared in the late 1980s but has recently been revived and the company is relaunching its delivery service- with bottled beer once again being delivered straight from brewery to your home. Davenports always was…
The West Bromwich Albion Former Players Association has launched a book which looks at their achievements since 2003. Geoff Snape, the secretary, talks about the book ‘Old Baggies: The Story’ and we also hear from former players Ray Wilson and Brendon Batson with a guest appearance by Willie Johnston.
Albion Foundation Blind Football TeamMore on the Albion Foundation Blind Football Team and their links with the England side.https://youtu.be/rhjMynXPRyM