On June 11th, eighteen members of our group thoroughly enjoyed a visit to Coventry Charterhouse. Read more

20 members attended the fascinating final talk of our 2025-26 Winter series. Read more

23 members thoroughly enjoyed Raye's talk on living professional musicians with links to Solihull. Read more

20 members attended a very enjoyable lunch to kick off our 2026 programme. Many thanks to Jenny George for organising this annual event for LH1, yet again. Read more

16 members enjoyed an afternoon during which we discussed plans for 2026 with several members volunteering to organise trips during summer months. Read more

A hidden gem in the city of Birmingham. Read more

The talk was the first event of the 2025 Warwick Words History Festival. Read more

On June 5th, nine members of our group thoroughly enjoyed a guided tour of this 15th Century timber-framed merchant's house - our tour guide was amazing. Read more

In the final Friday afternoon talk of our winter programme, 23 members enjoyed Sheila Woolf's talk. This covered the stories of two sisters of the Leigh family in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and revealed much about the position of women at a turbulent and fascinating time in British history. Read more

We welcomed Laurence Ince for our first Friday afternoon talk of 2025.  He enlightened us on the history of churches in the Solihull area. Read more