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1st January 2021
On January 1st 1946, just a few months after the end of World War Two, Lichfield suffered its worst rail crash disaster when 20 people were […]
24th December 2020
In this festive blog I look at some of the Christmas’s of Lichfield’s Past, starting with Samuel Johnson, Lichfield’s most famous son, to see what he […]
7th November 2020
At 11am on Sunday 11 November 2018 I stood by the Lichfield War Memorial in the Garden of Remembrance, on a cold, but bright and sunny […]
20th October 2020
On 20 October 1920 the Lichfield Garden of Remembrance by Minster Pool was officially unveiled and the year 2020 commemorates its 100th anniversary. After the First […]
15th August 2020
At midnight, on the evening of Tuesday 14 August 1945, the British Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, announced that the Japanese Government had finally surrendered, bringing […]
1st August 2020
On 29 July 1914 a statue was unveiled in the Museum Grounds of Beacon Park which started over 100 years of debate as to why it […]
21st June 2020
The Lichfield Market Square has today got a generally smooth surface but for many years the square was covered with a sea of ancient cobble stones. […]
13th June 2020
This lovely catalogue of the Smithfield sheep sale in Lichfield dates back to September 1888. The main sale was of Shropshire Sheep, a brand that was […]
5th June 2020
To Great Yarmouth and Back… Someone asked on Facebook recently where the iconic painting of the religious dissenter, and founder of the Quakers, George Fox striding […]
8th May 2020
On the 8 May 1945 the whole nation, and British Empire, celebrated Victory in Europe, more widely known as VE Day, the day when, after six […]
7th May 2020
As it is was my birthday on 6 May, I thought I would find out that I had got up to in years gone by… a […]
2nd May 2020
The City Arms of Lichfield are a well-known design and can be spotted in and around Lichfield and listed within books and journals. I have a […]