The Town Council is pleased to be a headline sponsor for the Royal Sutton Coldfield Chamber of Commerce’s Royal Business Fair, demonstrating its commitment to the town’s local business community. This year’s theme is focused on building a thriving business community through connection and collaboration and it will be held at the Gracechurch Centre on Tuesday […]
The Town Council is pleased to offer residents the opportunity to pick up a packet of free wildflower seeds to have the enjoyment of growing their own mini wildflower area. These have been distributed at community venues across the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield to inspire residents to take part in creating a greener community.
Image: William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford was president of the Sutton Coldfield Institute. His rectory – pictured here – was sadly demolished in 1936 (ref 339) Reproduced with the permission of Sutton Coldfield Library During the early decades of the nineteenth century there existed no literary, scientific, philosophical or musical societies in Sutton Coldfield. Those educated
Some Aspects of Cultural Life in Victorian Sutton Coldfield Read More »
Image: Geoffrey William Geoffrey-Lloyd, Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd of Broomfield Reproduced courtesy of and © National Portrait Gallery, London It has always been the Conservative candidate who has been returned for Sutton Coldfield since the constituency was created in 1945. For nineteen years, from 1955 until 1974, the town was represented in the House of Commons by
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Image: The churchyard at Holy Trinity where the Revd. Joseph Mendham was interred in 1856 (ref 159a) Reproduced with the permission of Sutton Coldfield Library Anglican clergymen in the nineteenth century were often of a scholarly disposition. Holding degrees from Oxford, they produced essays or books not only about religion, but also about a range
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Image: Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, where Audrey Wilson was refused permission to hold a public meeting in 1950 and where the count took place (ref 369) Reproduced with the permission of Sutton Coldfield Library  Of the 51 people who have come forward as parliamentary candidates in Sutton Coldfield since the constituency was created 75 years
Audrey Wilson – A Pioneering Female Politician in Sutton Coldfield Read More »
Image: Sutton Park, as it would have been known to J.E. Bagnall in Victorian times (ref 393) Reproduced with the permission of the Sutton Coldfield Library In 2014 I marked the centenary of the death of Sir Benjamin Stone by bringing out a biography of him. The first mayor of Sutton Coldfield had many interests
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Image: Interior of St Michael’s Church, Boldmere showing the organ installed by John Banfield in 1876 (ref B24) Reproduced with the permission of the Sutton Coldfield Library In December 1940 a very elderly man died at the home of his daughter, where he had been living in his later years, in Victoria Road, Sutton Coldfield.Â
John Banfield – A forgotten craftsman & his links with Sutton Coldfield Read More »
Image: Sir John Serocold Paget Mellor, 2Bt Reproduced courtesy of and © National Portrait Gallery, London The parliamentary constituency of Sutton Coldfield came into existence in 1945. Up to that point Sutton had been part of the Tamworth constituency. In the last seventy-five years Sutton Coldfield has been represented by just four MPs – all of
Sir John Mellor – Sutton Coldfield’s first Member of Parliament Read More »