Welcome to What's On in our Area.

This will be regularly up-dated giving details

    of local events. 

 

 

Lickey Community Group 

A committee meeting will take place at a members house on 17 April at 7.30 p.m.

 

Lickey & Blackwell Parish Council

 

Most Meetings start at 7.30 pm and all residents are welcome to attend. Please see below for calendar

 

 www.lickeyandblackwellpc.org     

Lickey - Trinity Centre 411 Old Birmingham Road, Lickey, Birmingham B45 8ES

Blackwell - The Wheel, St Catherines Rd  Blackwell, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 1PZ

Lickey and Blackwell Parish Council · We have started a community support group for COVID 19 if you would like to join please message 

lickeyandblackwellC19@gmail.com

 

• PC Office Hours Changed – from 6/8/2020 our Executive Officer will be available on Wednesdays 

  Lisa Winterbourn, the Executive Office, will be available every Wednesday 10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. at the Trinity Centre, 411 Old Birmingham Road, Lickey, Bromsgrove, B45 8ES, to answer any queries you might have. You may speak to the EO by telephone at these times 07930837770 or email   

 

Events organised by other groups - There may be a small charge to attend

 

Lickey Hills Society  - For more detail please see   www.thelickeyhills.uk  or   www.lhs.org

Lickey Hills History Society 

Tuesday Meetings Programme - please see below

 

Tuesday Meetings are at the Trinity Centre, Old Birmingham Road, Lickey B45 8ES.

For more information: Phone. 0121 445 1416  Website: www.lhlhs.org.uk   ​Email: info@lhlhs.org.ukhone. 0121 445 1416

 

For the over 60s in Bromsgrove, Redditch and surrounding areas.

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Lickey Hills Local History Society

Programme for 2023-2024

 

Heritage Weekend

September 16 & 17. 11am to 4pm

Lickey Hills Country Park Visitor Centre, Warren Lane, Lickey B45 8ER.

 

Bring us your memories of the Lickeys!

Postcards from the Lickey; Trams, fairs and Teas; Beacon Hill Drinking Fountains; Coronation Day 1953;

Elijah Walton’s watercolours of the area in the 1850s; Sir Granville Bantock, composer; The Roman Road;

The Great Court at Lickey; A model of the WW1 Bilberry Hill Gun Proof Range; the tithe map and other maps from our collection... and much more!

 

Warren Lane Quarry will be open for the WW1 Bilberry Hill Gun Proof Range & the Lickey geology.

Guided walks lasting 1½- 2 hours:

A Lickey History Walk: Saturday 16 at 11.30am

Lickey Geology ‘A Walk Through Time’: Sunday 17 at 11am

The Country Park’s WW1 & WW2 sites: Saturday & Sunday at 1.30pm

 

Free and open to everyone.

 

Tuesday Meetings Programme

 

2023

October 17: A.G.M. followed by : ‘The Spirit of Triumph’ by Ray Sturdy.

The Story of Triumph Motorcycles, from 1902 to a rebirth of British Motorcycles for the 21st century.

 

November 21: ‘Timber framed buildings - the original pre-fabs’ by Ian Bott.

Find out about the construction of the buildings that are common in our area.

 

December 12: ‘Christmas Songs through Ages’ by Richard Churchley.

From Boar's Head to Bing Crosby - a talk with live music and song. Plus mince pies and hot punch!

 

2024

January 16: ‘The Origins & Development of HMP Birmingham’ by Professor Stephen Shute.

The history of imprisonment with special reference to Birmingham.

 

February 20: ‘King John: the Worst or Most Useful King?’ by Max Keen.
Find out whether King John’s bad reputation was deserved.

 

March 19: ‘Small Pits, Big Ideas: investigating Worcestershire’s Medieval Villages by Nina O’Hare
A Heritage Lottery Fund project on the origins of six villages through back garden archaeology.

 

April 16: ‘Broadway, Worcestershire's poshest village’ by Julian Hunt

A history of the village, from sheep rearing to the ‘Jewel of the Cotswolds’.

 

May 21: ‘From Royal Palace to HM Prison’ by Anne Owen.

The history of Hewell Grange from 1042 to 2020.

Outing in May or June

 

Tuesday Meetings are at the Trinity Centre, Old Birmingham Road, Lickey B45 8ES.

Doors open from 7pm for refreshments and socialising. Talks start at 7.30pm.

Annual subscription: £20. Non members: £4 per meeting