This edition features staunch West Brom supporters Laurie Rampling and Harry Taylor as they enjoy reminiscing about their boyhood heroes Derek Kevan and Ronnie Allen and there is an exclusive interview with former Baggies man Jan Kozak. Other stories you may like!
This month we feature an extended interview from 30 years ago with the then West Bromwich Albion manager Brian Talbot. It was recorded by Des Christie and Malcolm Solomon, pupils at the time at Ladywood School in Birmingham. There is also a feature by Terry Wills on the bad winter of 1963 and Laurie Rampling…
This month’s programme about West Bromwich Albion’s history features Jimmy Hagan’s 1964 car crash; the dog on the pitch in 1976 and the metro tram named after Cyrille Regis. We also return to Slovakia as Igor Balis celebrates his 50th birthday and we re-enact his goal at Bradford in 2002 which helped WBA to promotion…
A Special Christmas message from Vienna to all West Bromwich Albion fans from someone who may be regarded as Albion Royalty. Merry Christmas everyone! Other stories you may like!
This Christmas themed edition features memories of festive games including a 400 mile round trip to Newcastle on Boxing Day 1956, and a foggy game versus Chester in 1992. Our special guests are former West Bromwich Albion players Mickey Fudge and Paul Scharner. We also celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of the…
This programme features an exclusive interview with Igor Balis, who achieved legendary status with a penalty in 2002. Also we feature Tony ‘Bomber’ Brown, FA Cup winning captain Graham Williams and more on the snow at Brescia in 1995. Other stories you may like!
Birmingham commemorated the 100th Armistice Day with a ceremony at the Hall of Memory. Children from St Bernadette’s School, Yardley gave the readings. Other stories you may like!
Programme 1 November 2019 A new series of programmes about West Bromwich Albion football club featuring your memories of supporting the team over the years. In this programme we have memories of Don Howe, the snow at Brescia and in the week of Remembrance we look at former player Harold Bache who was killed in…
In October 2019 Cardinal Newman of the Oratory was made a Saint. Pupils from Oratory School acted out various aspects of Newman’s life at a special mass held in the school grounds.
Here’s an update on what is happening at Ladywood Leisure Centre, opened on the site of the former Monument Road Baths in August. We find out about how many people are using the centre, talk to some of the local people who found employment there and look at plans for the coming months Other stories…
Over the year’s countless numbers of Brummies and Black Country folk have visited Weymouth and the nearby lighthouse but how many of them realise the part that a local firm played in its illustrious history. The vital glass work for the lighting mechanism of the famous lighthouse, Portland Bill, was manufactured over a century ago…
This programme looks at the history of Monument Road Baths in Ladywood and the development of the replacement, Ladywood Leisure Centre. The original baths dates back to 1883 and was rebuilt at the outbreak of WWII. The much loved baths was closed in 1992, demolished in 1994 and now the third baths, on the…
This programme comes to you from Centenary Square in the centre of Birmingham on the day it was officially reopened following a near £15 million redevelopment. Other stories you may like!
This is the second part of our report from the National Memorial Arboretum on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the D Day landings. This programme is presented from the National Memorial Arboretum near Alrewas on the day we commemorated the 75th anniversary of the D Day landings. Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge…
This programme is presented from the National Memorial Arboretum near Alrewas on the day we commemorated the 75th anniversary of the D Day landings. Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge led the tributes. Local veterans speak to us about their experiences of being on the Normandy beaches during June and July 1944.
The Three Degrees This programme comes from New Square in West Bromwich on the day a bronze statue was unveiled commemorating three former West Bromwich Albion players: Cyrille Regis, Brendon Batson and Laurie Cunningham. The programmes also use archive footage of Cyrille and Brendon talking about racism in football, the service to celebrate the life…
Work got underway at the site of the Athletes’ Village in Perry Barr as Birmingham took another huge step towards holding the Commonwealth Games in July and August 2022. May 2019 Other stories you may like!
On 21 November 2018 a new memorial was unveiled to the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings of November 1974. This special programme features the ceremony which was held on the concourse at New Street Station and we speak to the spokesman for the pub bomb victims, Julie Hambleton. Other stories you may like!
This extra length edition of Doorstep History features the remarkable story of Ladywood born Thomas Waldin who went to fight in World War I. He was severely injured on the Western Front and invalided home. The story of what happened to him in the trenches, and during and after his recovery represents a great example…
This edition of Doorstep History comes from the Hall of Memory as it reopens after being closed during the work to redesign Centenary Square. We feature the reopening ceremony and look at the history of the building. Cllr Ian Ward, leader of the city council and Paul Ellis, curator of the Hall of Memory give…