Kings Heath Local History Society
Where - Meetings are held at Kings Heath Community Centre, Heathfield Road
When - The third Wednesday of the month (excluding August and December),
Time - 7.30pm ( Meetings finish by 9pm)
Yearly subscription £8 Visitors per meeting £2
Everyone is welcome - Light refreshments are available for a small charge. Contact: Judith Rhodes (secretary) 0121 777 2276
Programme 2012
18 January AGM followed by All Saints Churchyard, Kings Heath - a brief talk about the people buried there. Speaker - Andy Bishop.
15 February Birmingham, then and now - an Illustrated talk by Mac Joseph
21 March 200 years of the Baptist in Kings Heath
18 April Highbury - the house that Chamberlain built. Speaker - Phillada Ballard
16 May Kings Heath in 1897. The celebrations for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee - talk by the Committee
20 June The histories of some of the houses in Kings Heath - a talk by the Committee
18 July Annual outing - details to be announced
19 September Birmingham - hospitals, cemeteries and comic picture postcards - an illustrated talk by Mary Harding
17 October A Magic Lantern show. Speaker - Peter Spencer
21 November New archaeological discoveries in Birmingham. Speaker - Mike Hodder
The History of Kings Heath
Kings Heath Local History Trail
Kings Heath Library,