June 2021

Image: The Crystal Palace in the 1950s Reproduced with the permission of Sutton Coldfield Library In May 1962 the Crystal Palace in Clifton Road was demolished. This huge glass dome had been erected by the Sutton Park Crystal Palace and Aquarium Company in 1879. The investors in this new venture reckoned there would be excellent […]

Image: Midgley informs us that there were 24 park keepers in Sutton Park at the turn of the twentieth century Reproduced with the permission of Sutton Coldfield Library I recently bought a copy of A Short History of the Town and Chase of Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, 1904) by W. Midgley. It is a sturdy volume