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Solihull Virtual High Street 1953

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Solihull Manor House AR

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Solihull Town Centre Then and Now

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Ode For Solihull

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Monty visits Solihull School

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A Poem for Knowle by Jonny Fluffypunk

This poem for Knowle was created by poet, Jonny Fluffypunk, following a local history walk organised by Solihull Libraries and Poetry on Loan. It was initiated by Visit Knowle and a local historian from Knowle Society led a walk around the historic heart of Knowle in September 2023. Jonny crafted this poem as a result of his and the participants' reflections on the local history.

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A poem for Shirley

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This poem for Shirley was created by poet, Jonny Fluffypunk, following a local history walk organised by Solihull Libraries and Poetry on Loan. Local historian, Gordon Bragg, led a walk around Shirley Street in May 2023, and Jonny crafted this poem as a result of his and the participants' reflections on the local history.

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Solihull Virtual High Street 1953

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This video was created for Solihull Libraries by @vstreet7583 with funding from @TheNationalArchivesUK Testbed Fund, as part of Solihull's celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in June 2022. Experience a viewer-controlled 360-degree version of Solihull High Street, based on panorama photographs in @SolihullMBCouncil archives at The Core Library. If you have a VR Headset, this may be viewe...

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Solihull Manor House AR

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Slightly shaky (apologies about that!) demonstration of augmented reality, with Solihull Manor House as it was in 1948, projected onto an empty table at the Core, Solihull. Experience this yourself by following the information on our Solihull Life blog post: solihulllife.org/2021/09/30/augmented-reality-and-local-history/

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Solihull Town Centre Then and Now

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A glimpse of old Solihull, with matching images of what's on the same site in 2020. Based on an exhibition at The Core Library Solihull and with a narration by Solihull's Heritage & Local Studies Librarian. Unfortunately, as with other child-friendly channels, comments on our CZcams channel have been disabled but we'd love to get your feedback - please email heritage@solihull.gov.uk. If you hav...

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Ode For Solihull

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A new poem referencing Solihull's history, based on suggestions by participants on a guided heritage walk during May 2019. Poet, Giovanni Esposito (a.k.a. Spoz) then combined these with his own verse to create an Ode to Solihull. This is the premiere of his performance of the work at The Core Library, Solihull during Libraries Week 2019.

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Monty visits Solihull School

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Silent footage of Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery visiting Solihull School on 10th June 1949. The film was taken by Sixth Former and Upper Bencher, Charles Brown, on a cine camera belonging to Reginald Harry Patterson (1896-1986).

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Old Solihull, 1963

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"Dash cam" footage of Station Road, Mill Lane, Drury Lane, Warwick Road, and High Street, Solihull, taken in 1963 by Reginald E. Cooper (1907-1971), before the redevelopment of central Solihull and the opening of the Mell Square development. It was taken using an 8mm mechanically wound Bell & Howell cine camera on a fixed mounting in his car.

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Evacuees arriving in Solihull

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Silent film of evacuated children arriving at Solihull Station at the beginning of the Second World War. Extract from "Solihull in Wartime" by Councillor H T Lavender.

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Solihull in Wartime - bomb damage

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Bomb damage to houses in Alston Road, Elmdon Heath after early morning raid on 27th July 1942. Silent film footage by Councillor H. T. Lavender. For more information about the ten casualties from Alston Road and Cornyx Lane see our web page: www.solihull.gov.uk/Resident/Libraries/Local-family-history/bombingsinsolihull/ww2casualties4

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Solihull in Wartime - drumhead service

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This is an extract from the silent documentary 'Solihull in Wartime' filmed by Councillor H. T. Lavender. It shows a drumhead service in Malvern Park, which we think is likely to be the service held on Sunday 13th May 1945 to give thanks for the Victory in Europe.

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Shirley Library

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The new Shirley Library and Solihull Connect walk-in centre opened in Parkgate at 9.30am on Monday 19th May 2014. For opening hours and contact details see www.solihull.gov.uk/Resident/Libraries/Find-a-library

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Solihull prepares for Charter Day

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A short extract showing preparations in Solihull for the visit of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret on 11th March 1954. On behalf of the Queen, Princess Margaret presented the Urban District with a Charter of Incorporation as a Borough.