sharing Solihull's local history
Two local casualties of the Korean War (1951-53) are commemorated on Solihull war memorial. Corporal David Nigel Fellows, aged 20, was killed on 7th August 1951, and 24-year-old Corporal Robert Henry Smith was killed on 8th October 1951.
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Having been on a 294-day journey to all 72 Commonwealth countries, the Commonwealth Games baton returned to England on Monday 4th July 2022 for a 25-day tour of the regions. After visiting Sandwell on 25th July, the baton officially arrived in the Solihull Borough at 8am on Tuesday 26th July 2022, when the day’s first Batonbearer, Wayne Elcock (BB001), carried the baton into the grounds of Castle Bromwich Hall Hotel.
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From 15th July 2023 until 14th September 2023, the Heritage Gallery at The Core hosted an exhibition about Elmdon Park, curated by Solihull Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC).
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If you look up above the Crescent Arcade in Touchwood, you will see a series of relief sculptures on the bulkhead between the Map Room (now known as the Atrium) and John Lewis. The sculpture group consists of 14 panels and was described by Touchwood’s architect, Eric R. Kuhne (1951-2016) in 2000 as “The Solihull Sonnet.”
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