This Week in History – Inner Ring Road | March 1957
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
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
It’s Not Only Zebedee Who Boings | Programme 14 November 2021
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.
It’ Not Only Zebedee Who Boings | Programme 13 November 2021
Albion Foundation Blind Football TeamMore on the Albion Foundation Blind Football Team and their links with the England side.https://youtu.be/rhjMynXPRyM
It’s Not Only Zebedee Who Boings Programme 12 | September 2021
It’s Not Only Zebedee Who Boings Programme 12 The West Bromwich Albion Foundation’s Blind Football Team has reached such a high standard that many of the participants have played in the national side. This week, Jonathan Pugh, the England Blind Football Team Coach, attended a training session and we went along to meet him. September…
Doorstep History Programme 53 | September 2021
https://youtu.be/K1PDtMA34DI Doorstep History Programme 53 A memorial stone depicting the former chapel was revealed as part of the new Garden of Memory at Warstone Lane Cemetery, on 31 August 2021. The scheme – funded in partnership between the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Birmingham City Council and Jewellery Quarter Development Trust – also saw restoration works carried out at…
it’s Not Only Zebedee Who Boings Programme 11 | June 2021
A group of dedicated Albion fans have been tidying up the Hawthorns Memorial Garden and took time out to remember former goalkeeper Alan Miller. Latest
St George’s School Food Bank | February 2021
During the February 2021 half term holiday staff and helpers at St George’s Primary School joined forces with Midland Langar Seva Society to hold a food bank which served over 200 hot meals a day to residents of Ladywood and Edgbaston. In addition around 1,100 bags of food were distributed to the homes of people…
It’s Not Only Zebedee Who Boings | Programme 10 | November 2020
In this programme we feature Alistair Robertson who looks back at his West Bromwich Albion first team debut in October 1969. Latest
Doorstep History 50 | November 2020
In this programme we visit Hill Top, West Bromwich, where the remains of an aircraft gun emplacement can be seen, eighty years after it was last used to defend Birmingham and the Black Country from enemy aircraft in World War II. Latest
Doorstep History 49
It has been announced that former England footballer, Bobby Charlton, has been diagnosed with Dementia. We look back to October 2016 to his visit to Dudley where he unveiled a plaque to honour his former friend Duncan Edwards, on what would have been Duncan’s 80th birthday. Latest
Doorstep History 48 | October 2020
A Birmingham Civic Society blue plaque was unveiled at a church in Hay Mills adjacent to the Horsfall & Webster factory. It honours the memory of James Horsfall and his company which manufactured the wire for the first successful Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable which, in 1866, connected the continents of Europe and America by electronic communication for the first time.…
Icknield Port Loop 2004
To celebrate Birmingham History Week 2020 we are looking back at some of the local history stories that we have featured on TNT News over the years. Today we are at the Icknield Port Loop as it looked in January 2004. Latest
It’s Not Only Zebedee Who Boings – Programme 9 July 2020
As West Bromwich Albion gain promotion to the Premier League chairman of the WBA Supporters’ Club, John Homer and WBA photographer Laurie Rampling look back on the season and pay tribute to West Brom legend Chris Brunt. Latest
It’s Not Only Zebedee Who Boings Programme 8 June 2020
This special programme commemorates the 20th anniversary of West Bromwich Albion’s last win at Wembley. We meet Elliott Morris, the man who scored the winning goal in April 2000 when The Baggies won the Football League Youth Alliance Cup in a penalty shoot out against Scunthorpe United. Elliott was the goalkeeper! Other stories you may…
It’s Not Only Zebedee Who Boings – Programme 7 May 2020
This edition has a few lighter stories to cheer up West Bromwich Albion fans during the Coronavirus lockdown. It features stories from lifelong supporters David Jones & Glynis Wright, and club photographer Laurie Rampling. Two former players Graham Williams and Mickey Fudge also add their stories.
Doorstep History Programme 47 – May 2020
This month the country celebrated the 75th anniversary of V E Day, the day World War II ended in Europe.The Coronavirus pandemic put paid to city wide celebrations and individual members of the Federation of Ex Servicemen’s Association held their own tributes- within the guidelines of ‘social distancing’ The events were overshadowed by the death…
It’s Not Only Zebedee Who Boings Programme 6 March 2020
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!
It’s Not Only Zebedee Who Boings Programme 5 February 2020
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…
It’s Not Only Zebedee Who Boings Programme – 4 January 2020
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…