Cardinal Newman of the Oratory made a Saint
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.
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…
This edition of Doorstep History features the West Midlands Police lock-up on Steelhouse Lane. There are exciting and ambitious plans to turn the building in to a new museum for West Midlands Police. We met up with coordinator of the project, Corinne Brazier, and she talks about the plans and progress so far on…
This edition of Doorstep History comes to you from The Roundhouse, the former stables on Sheepcote Street. We look at the history of the building and learn about the exciting plans for the future. A recent visitor to the stables was Joey, best known as the star of the Hippodrome’s stage production of Warhorse, a…
This edition of Doorstep History comes to you from Spring Hill Library as it celebrates another birthday, a magnificent 125 years. Look out for our ‘Construction Reconstruction!’ Also in this programme, we are with Queen Victoria as she visits Birmingham to see her statue being given a clean-up and we look back 75 years to…
In this edition of Doorstep History, we visit the Lickey Hills as the Birmingham Civic Society commemorates its centenary by undertaking a tree planting scheme, organised by Geoff Cole of the society’s Trees for Life scheme. As the football season comes to an end we have memories of Jeff Astle, the former West Bromwich Albion…
This edition commemorates the history and changing face of Birmingham’s Wholesale Market as it prepares to close and move to a new site in Witton and we visit the Wythall Transport Museum to see a 1913 double decker bus. Other stories you may like!
TNT reporters have looked at a series of photographs of Ladywood to see how the area has changed. The photos from the collection of the Ladywood History Group shows the area as it looked 50 years ago in March 1968. A selection of the photos can be seen in the local history area at Spring…
The Birmingham Civic Society, which is celebrating its centenary this year has unveiled a blue plaque honouring Gilbert Barling, its first chairman, who was a distinguished surgeon in the city. The event was held at St Augustine’s church in Edgbaston in February 2018. Advertise On TNT News Latest
60 years ago this month Dudley born footballer Duncan Edwards died in the Munich plane crash. Here we look back to last year when Bobby Charlton unveiled a blue plaque to honour Duncan on what would have been his 80th birthday. This report by Norman Bartlam was first shown on Big Centre TV. Advertise On…
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