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Thanks to everyone who has been in touch for this edition. Your emails brighten up an otherwise mildly perturbing inbox generally crammed with spam tempting me with Russian brides, hair loss potions, Rachael’s weight loss tips, walk-in showers, genius pill (tempting) and warnings that someone has viewed my criminal history! This month we meet the High Sheriff of the West Midlands, Jonnie Turpie p12, photographer Owen de Visser p10, and Women of the Year Award winner Juree Chidwick founder of Sabai Sabai p21. We are also delighted to bring you a happy update regarding the Kings Heath ‘Monkey Man’ p20. There’s lots of charity activity taking place in September – Moseley Rugby Club’s partnership with St Mary’s Hospice p23, the Acorns Lantern Walk in Cannon Hill Park p7, and Kings Heath Fun Day fundraising for Birmingham Children’s Hospice Neo natal unit p23. Have a great time supporting some incredibly worthwhile causes! In preparation for the Middle Earth Festival, Lost Moseley explores Sarehole Mill and the surrounding area through the eyes of JRR Tolkien p18, and New in Town gets rather wet at the cinema p5. And finally…find out what links our very own Newshound with the National newspaper of Sardinia! P24 Save me from spam – keep those emails coming! ¬ Sophie

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CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2015

New in Town weathers the storm Putting Moseley on the Heritage Map Children’s Hospice and Lantern Walk Gallery 12 - Woodbridge Exhibition A Moseley Life: Owen de Visser Jonnie Turpie MBE Kings Heath gets ‘Stoned’ again Danny & the Human Zoo The Notice Board 16 Moseley Dance Centre 17 Moseley Rugby Club 18 Lost Moseley: Paradise of Sarehole 05 06 07 08 10 12 14 15

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‘Monkey Man’ Finds Love West Midlands Woman of the Year Moseley’s New Haven Local Businesses to raise funds Street party scores an ace Rich Batsford: ‘Classically Chilled’ CTU: Our Families, Our Future News Hound A Moseley Garden Keith: Keeping Moseley Local What’s On Listing

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...weathers the storm

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I live in a shared house in Moseley. As anyone knows who has been in this situation, shared living is interesting to say the least: there’s a gamble to the changing faces of the rented world, but we’ve reached a point of being a little like family which shows good judgement on the part of our landlord. I’ve become very aware this is one of those times I’m going to look back on as a golden period. In a house you meet people who are friends for as long as you share a fridge, and occasionally there’s someone you will see again after they move their special mug from the cupboard, squeeze it into that box you ‘lent’ them, and say see you soon. Our house recently had to say goodbye to someone who fits the latter description. He had become a big part of my Moseley life so I scrolled through my local knowledge and planned a farewell. We would head to Moseley Park for Fizz and Chips (this is fish & chips with prosecco to wash it down), then walk to the mac for a Sundown Cinema (something I wrote about last year) showing of Ghostbusters before heading for a night out. A combination of some of the best Moseley has to offer. info@moseleyb13.com

Then it rained, and didn’t stop. You may remember the Friday I’m talking about and you certainly will if you were there. Not the start to the summer-celebration we had in mind so we hastily changed the park for our kitchen. We couldn’t bring Ghostbusters inside and nor would we want to because if you have a brolly, a classic film and good friends then what difference does a little, nay a lot, of rain make. The guys at the mac had done a great job, with themed drinks, fancy dress and a giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Rain or no rain it was going to be a memorable night. Perhaps the downpour just added something. We still ended our night, predictably, and suitably dancing to Motown upstairs in The Dark Horse. To get a group of people together on one night isn’t always easy but for the chance to mark a moment and wish someone a fond farewell, Moseley gave us everything we needed. What’s happening in Moseley? Contact us with suggestions. Tom Gillam tom@moseleyb13.com

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Putting Moseley on the Heritage Map The Moseley Society is delighted to announce that the management of Moseley Hall Hospital have agreed that the Society can include a visit to the Hall itself as part of a trail, especially created for the National Heritage Open Day on Sunday 13 September between 2 and 5 pm.

the open spaces round the hospital are all part of the landscape influenced by Humphry Repton, often thought of as the successor to Capability Brown. The scale and magnificence of the estate can be appreciated with a walk through the park up to the house. The Moseley Society has produced a guide to a circular trail with a map that takes in

the Hall with a dovecote and the Park with its icehouse and fish pool. This should give an idea of the opulence of life for some in the 18th Century! A chance to learn much more about this significant part of Moseley's heritage will be possible from the leaflets and guides found at the focal points of the journey. The walk leaflet will be available at the Park entrances and the Hall. The trail and access to the house is free. The hospital cafe will be open with access to toilets. Walkers are advised to wear stout shoes. The distance of the route is about a mile but visitors can pick and mix what they want to visit. Wheelchairs can access parts of the route. To learn how Moseley is now firmly on the Heritage map, have a look at the Heritage Open Days website with links to the hall, dovecote and ice house.

Moseley Hall

This is a rare opportunity to enter the building through the splendid front entrance and see some of the original features of this 18th century home of the Taylor family who owned it for several generations. The grounds stretched from Park Road to Moor Green Lane. From the late 19th century the Taylor estate started selling off land. The Hall and immediate area around were sold to Richard Cadbury. He subsequently donated the building to be used as a hospital for children, some of whom were put to convalesce in a 'conservatory' on the roof of the portico! Many local people, including Carl Chinn, remember leaving their tonsils at the hospital. The Hall is now surrounded by an assortment of modern hospital buildings. Moseley Park and Pool and

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Children’s Hospice Nurse Calls for Fundraisers to Light Up Birmingham at Lantern Walk A nurse at Acorns Children’s Hospice is appealing for people to let their support shine through at the return of a very special fundraising event. Back for a second year, the Acorns Lantern Walk is set to light up Cannon Hill Park on Saturday 3 October as hundreds of walkers set off on a sponsored walk to raise money for children and young people cared for by the charity. Each carrying a glowing lantern, participants will turn the park into a sea of orange as they take part in a family fun day of music and entertainment before the walk, which will be a choice of either a

Walk t-shirt, battery-operated lantern and a medal as part of the registration fee. Anita continued: “It costs Acorns nearly £9 million per year to provide the care we do, and we rely on the public for the bulk of this amount, so I’m hoping lots of people shine with us and help make this year’s Lantern Walk the biggest and brightest yet.” Acorns offers a network of specialist palliative care and support for babies, children and young people with lifelimiting and life-threatening conditions, and support for their families across the West Midlands. In the last year, Acorns has supported over 760 children and more than 980

Anita Lattimer, specialist children’s nurse. Photos from last year’s event.

5km or 12km stroll. Anita Lattimer, who works as a specialist children’s nurse at Acorns in Birmingham, based in Selly Oak, called on local people to make a difference and sign up for the event. Anita said: “The majority of our work is funded by the generous support of fundraisers at events like the Lantern Walk. “Money raised through sponsorship from this event means that nurses like me can provide the specialist one-to-one care for life-limited and life-threatened children and support for their families which is so vital.” Registration costs £10 for individuals, £30 for a family of four and £40 for a family of five. Walkers will receive a free Lantern info@moseleyb13.com

Participants of the 2014 event

families, including those who are bereaved. Sponsoring the Lantern Walk are recruitment company First Personnel whose support of the event means the money raised can help those in need of the care provided by Acorns. To sign up for Acorns Lantern Walk visit www.acorns.org.uk/shinetogether contact events@acorns.org.uk or 01564 825037. David Chamberlain

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Gallery 12

addition to our group, Celia Nancarrow, is well known for her work on cityscapes, and landscapes and she is a member of Birmingham Printmakers, as is Victoria Linehan, a tutor at Birmingham Printmakers, and she exhibits her prints and decoupage. Lynda Aaron has also recently joined. She paints landscape and life drawings passionately, and this comes out in her vibrant colours and style. Another recent addition to our group has been Ann-Marie Allan, who paints Scottish seascapes and landscapes in oil, and is in demand for commissioned work. The original members are Robbie Hornby, who as a member of Birmingham Art Circle, creates modern

Woodbridge Exhibition

For 7 years the Artists group, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gallery 12â&#x20AC;? have exhibited at Woodbridge Gallery, Woodbridge Road, Moseley, B13 9DZ. We have always chosen November, leading up to Christmas as our time, and even though the recession hit pockets and desire to buy art, we have proudly bucked the trend each year and our ever increasing success has been encouraging.. This, in part, is due to fine organisation, but also the work offered is always of the best quality, with not only paintings for sale, but also silver, gold and precious stones jewellery from Angela Orme, a local Moseley resident and fully trained silversmith. We now have an excellent ceramicist, Usha Khosla, whose unique work is constantly in demand wherever she exhibits. A new ARTS

interpretations of city and landscape using acrylics and oil. Paddy Broughton sells delightful images of animals, with a modern twist, Irena Wyszynska, who paints fine art, Margaret Tyler, whose use of colourful images are dramatic and pleasing, and Sally Delany, who tutors in art at the MAC, and submits stunning 08

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works of art, usually in acrylic. Finally there is Chris Marshall, who paints in acrylics, and also has a fine eye for photography, using natural images which give a twist to the normal photographic translation. Most of the members of Gallery 12 are Friends of the RBSA Gallery 12, Chaired by Mrs Robbie Hornby, was set up originally by her and a few others, all of whom had trained at Bournville College of Art, and who wished to show their work in a suitable environment demonstrating that they were not just amateur painters. Some have come and gone over the years, and sometimes there has been more than 12 in the group, but the fundamental ethos of the members is that we work together to put on our show in

the most professional ambiance possible, and all work has to reach a standard that matches the theme of the group. There is always a grand opening on the first night, which always has a happy atmosphere, where visitors can look around, chat, have a nibble of food, and hopefully buy that soon to be treasured piece of work! Most members sell cards. The exhibition is from Friday 13th November to Sunday 15th November. On Friday we open from 7.00pm till 9.00pm. Otherwise we are open from 10.00am to 5.00pm on Saturday and Sunday. Please check out our website www. gallery12.org.uk Lynda Aaron

Owen deVisser

“I’m really, really glad I came to Birmingham though, and although I started learning Photoshop skills and how to polish images at University, I wouldn’t recommend the course. After University, Owen went into retail and progressed into management. But after being made redundant twice he decided it was time to start his own business. “The retail business wasn’t creative enough for me. I’d started taking photos as a child, using film in the days when you had to send your films to be developed. “My first film camera was basic with a little bit of zoom but my parents saw what I did with it and bought me my first SLR camera when I was 15 or 16.

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I really enjoy writing this monthly column and it is satisfying to know people read what I write. So I was really keen to meet up and coming, local photographer, Owen de Visser who had emailed our editor. Over coffee he talked to me about his Moseley Life… I started off by asking him what prompted him to get in touch? “I read the magazine a lot because I live in Moseley but I’d never would thought to get in touch until Bal, a regular at the Prince of Wales, suggested it.” In preparation for our chat I looked at Owen’s work on his website. His images are lovely but the one that caught my eye was the photo of a cat. I did a double take because Feliz, as I now know he is called, looks like my moggy Gollum. Owen was equally surprised: “They could be brothers.” We could have continued talking cats but it was time to focus on Owen. What brought him to Moseley? “I’ve been in Birmingham for 11 years and I’ve lived in Moseley for 10 of those years. I’m from Cambridge but I pretty much, fell in love Moseley once I’d found it. “I came here to do a degree in Sound and Multi-media Technology at Birmingham City University. At the time I wanted to be a sound engineer. By the time I finished the degree I didn’t want to be one any more. A MOSELEY LIFE

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“I upgraded to digital 12 years ago, and started to exhibit and sell prints a few years later. Around the second time I was made redundant, someone asked me to photograph their wedding and paid me. I enjoyed it and thought I was pretty good at it and had the ability to control the crowds while taking good photos, and I started to think I could take photos for a living. 10

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“In 2013 I went on a Princes’ Trust’s five-day Enterprise Business Start-up Course, which I would recommend to anyone thinking about starting up their own business. About 20 of us were at the first session; by the end of the course only eight of us were left. I think this was because some people had simply gone on the course thinking they could get a free loan. “When your business plan is complete they give you a formal interview to make sure you have the right drive and passion, and you are offered a loan if you wish to take it. I still have my business plan and am on track with my targets. “I used the loan to buy a new fullframe camera, another lens, an Apple Mac and spent some money on advertising.” His photography has spanned the change from film to digital. Is there

my films back from the developers though. “It is easy to forget how far digital camera technology has come in a relatively short space of time. My first digital SLR had a single fixed lens; weighed a kilo; took two seconds to be ready to take a photo; you had to wait three seconds between taking photos; the screen was tiny, it offered 4x zoom, the batteries lasted about 80 shots and they weren’t rechargeable.” Has the ubiquity of digital cameras affected photography in a way similar to blogging’s affect on journalism? “Yes! And it means that you have to stay one-step ahead of the game as digital photography is omnipresent. Everyone has a fairly decent camera built into their phones now, and they keep getting better. So If I wasn’t any good at Photoshop, I probably wouldn’t be able to make as much money from my photography. Post processing is now an expected skill from professional photographers. Does he think this polishing/editing is dishonest? “Some people say it is. But producing a good digital image is difficult in a very different way. It is a whole new skill that photographers didn’t have to know 15 years ago. My competitors all post process their images, and I do too. Digital photography allows infinite shots to be taken, but it has raised the quality level of what people expect considerably. “I recently won the ‘Birmingham Photography’ competition and have had photos of the BBC and in national magazines. These photos have all been processed and I probably wouldn’t have been so successful if I hadn’t processed these photos.” To see more of Owen’s work visit his website: owendevisser.com, Facebook page or follow him on Twitter Owen_de_ Visser

anything you miss from your days using film? “You can definitely do a lot more with digital cameras. They have so many advantages that I don’t think many people go back to film unless it is for the challenge. With digital you can keep taking the shot until you get it perfect. With film you have far less margin for error and you can’t endlessly retake your shots as easily. Film is far more unforgiving and each shot costs money. I do miss the excitement of getting info@moseleyb13.com

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Jonnie Turpie MBE, High Sheriff of the West Midlands

Jonnie Turpie’s reputation as a pioneer at the cutting edge of new digital technology, and founder of award winning TV and Media production company Maverick. A clue lies in his theme for his ‘Shrieval’ year - young people in the arts, culture and the creative industries. Jonnie gained an MA at the Royal College of Art and worked as an artist before moving to the West Midlands as Research Fellow in Fine Art at the University of Wolverhampton. During the 80s he became involved in the early days of the Birmingham Film and Video Workshop, a joint venture between the BFI, Channel 4 and West Midlands Arts. He made programmes for the new Channel 4 on social issues, youth culture and Black and Asian community arts, and was one of the first to use video rather than film. Jonnie believes that broadcasting needs to reflect the country’s diversity and when the new independent production sector emerged during the 90s he felt that it should have a strong presence outside London. In1994 he set up Maverick Television, based in Digbeth, Birmingham - the centre of a diverse region and home to people from all over the world. Always an innovator, Jonnie has produced and directed public service drama, documentary and digital media applying new video, technology and digital techniques; he pioneered the use of small-format cameras and high-end post-production graphics. Early successes included Trade Secrets, DV Dramas Blazed and Nightshift followed by digital media achievements with Ideas Factory, Teachers Tv and digital health service NHS Local. Recent TV hits include 10 Years Younger, Embarrassing Bodies and How to Look Good Naked. Maverick now has additional production offices in London and Los Angeles and produces content for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Discovery, MTV and the USA Network; its digital products include

A Scotsman from Galashiels may not seem the obvious choice for this ancient office but Jonnie Turpie, now midway through his year as High Sheriff is passionate about his adopted city of Birmingham. He has lived in Moseley for 32 years with his wife Marian Davies,

Signing of the Declaration with David Bradnock MBE, DL, JP. Ms Marian Davies and the High Sheriff

former head of Moor Green Primary School. Jonnie is one of 55 High Sheriffs serving the counties of England and Wales on a voluntary basis. The Office goes back to Saxon times when the ‘Shire Reeve’ was responsible to the king for the maintenance of law and order and the collection of taxes. Supporting the Crown and the judiciary remain central elements of today’s role. It is an independent non-political Royal appointment made annually by the Queen in a meeting of the Privy Council. All this sounds light years away from COMMUNITY

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apps, websites and YouTube channels. Maverick has been showered with Awards including 4 BAFTA’s, an Emmy, and five Royal Television Society Awards. In 2010 he was awarded an MBE for services to international trade. Throughout his career Jonnie has been involved in public life and contributed to the development of the creative arts. He is a Director of Creative England, Deputy Chair of the Birmingham Creative City Partnership, and a Trustee of the Birmingham Ormiston Academy in Eastside. Since his installation at the Queen Elizabeth II Crown Court in March, Jonnie with the invaluable support of partner Marian in her role as his consort has been busy visiting numerous creative hot spots in the county. The aim is to champion and support the cultural achievements of the wealth of young and diverse talent in our region from Walsall to Solihull, West Bromwich to Coventry. One highlight was the High Sheriff’s presentation of the Inspiring Young People

the judiciary, business and the public sector were able to network as they admired the special exhibition curated by Marian and Graham Peet featuring art installations and displays from the BFI, Stan’s Café, universities, and the launch of ‘Creative

High Sheriff with his chaplain, the Very Rev Dean of Birmingham, Catherine Ogle

Future’ Birmingham’s pledges for young people’s access to the arts. You can find lavishly illustrated details of more events and exhibitions at www.highsheriffwm15. uk and Twitter @HighSheriffWM15

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Awards to winners nominated by the West Midlands Mayors at a Garden Party at the Library of Birmingham in July. Guests from info@moseleyb13.com

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Kings Heath gets ‘Stoned’ again

returned to Birmingham they played the much larger Town Hall and Hippodrome before going on to become the world's greatest Rock and Roll Band in the world selling over 200 million albums. From 3 to 6pm some fine local musicians will perform their interpretations of classic Rolling Stones songs at Fletchers Bar & Eatery on York Road. From 7.30 to 10.30pm Europe's No.1 tribute to the Rolling Stones The Stones will then bring to the stage at the Hare & Hounds all the energy and excitement of a live Rolling Stones concert in a serious tribute to their music in a sensational climax to the One Day Fest. Their repertoire covers songs from all periods of the Rolling Stones career, but the majority of songs are from the 1960's and 70's "... history repeating itself, only better ...by a lot" (Playhouse, Whitley Bay) " The Rolling Stones, recreated to absolute perfection" (Winding Wheel Theatre, Chesterfield) Bob Prew and Ken Whittaker, joint organisers of the King's Heath Walk of Fame, said "Rolling Stones fans from all over the country are expected to flock to King's Heath again for our annual celebration of the greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World's Birmingham debut. Tickets need to be bought early as the both events are likely to sell out for this really special celebration of the day in 1963 that King's Heath got stoned!" Tickets for the evening concert by The Stones at the Hare and Hounds cost £10 cash in advance from the Kitchen Garden Cafe.

King's Heath gets ready to get Stoned again on Sunday 20 September Europe's foremost Rolling Stones tribute band The Stones return to the Hare & Hounds on Sunday 20 September after their sensational show last year in a concert to conclude King's Heath's 52nd Anniversary celebration of The Rolling Stones first ever appearance in Birmingham at the now sadly burnt down Ritz Ballroom. King's Heath Walk of Fame's day long RollKing Stones Fest 2015 will start with an Acoustic Session featuring many great local musicians at Fletchers Bar from 3pm to 6pm and ending with The Stones performing a two hour show at 7.30pm at the Hare & Hounds next door to the old ballroom. Formed in London in 1962 by Brian Jones after he met up with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards who had been childhood friends, the Rolling Stones started out as a blues group taking their name from the title of a song by Muddy Waters. For the whole of 1962 they played exclusively in the London area. But all that changed on 7 June 1963 after they released their first single a cover of Chuck Berry's "Come On". Just a few months later on 14 September 1963 they played one of their first ever gigs outside London and their first ever in Birmingham at King's Heath's Ritz Ballroom. Joining Brian, Mick and Keith on the tiny stage were Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts. The day after they returned to London to play at the Great Pop Prom at the Royal Albert Hall! When they next MUSIC

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Danny and the Human Zoo Sir Lenny Henry’s fictionalised, semiautobiographical drama, Danny and the Human Zoo, which used Farquhar Road, Moseley to double as the street, in Dudley where Sir Lenny grew up, will hit our screens on Bank Holiday Monday. Newcomer Kascion Franklin plays the young Lenny Henry, Sir Lenny plays his father, Samson and Cecilia Noble play’s Lenny’s mum Myrtle. The drama focuses on the comedian’s early career, performing in working men’s clubs around the West Midlands – a circuit known as the Zoo. When Danny wins a talent competition at his local club it is not long until he is a regular on circuit. Audiences cannot get enough, applauding as he morphs into Mohammed Ali, Tommy Cooper and Frank Spencer. Eventually he hits the big time on TV - an unheard-of achievement for a young black boy in the 70s. But Danny’s world is a series of complex minefields, which he has to

negotiate: his home life – which his mother rules with an iron fist in an iron glove; his love life – where the Irish girl he is in lust with will not give him the time of day until he wins his first competition; and the ups and downs of his career. The rising star is taken advantage of by an unscrupulous manager who forces him to star in a show – Musical Minstrel Cavalcade. Danny hits rock bottom. Having made his name becoming other people, Danny has to save himself by finding out who he really is. The film premiered in Sir Lenny’s hometown, Dudley, in August and was followed by a question and answer session with the man himself. Catch Danny and the Human Zoo on Bank Holiday Monday at 9pm on BBC1. Andrene Miller andrene@moseleyb13.com

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festival’s after party with Craig Charles, he contacted the owner Wayne Stanton about bringing HSDY to Brum, Moseley and the MDC. Paul said: “HSDY run nights are hugely popular in London and we’ve been trying to find a suitable venue in Birmingham for ages. Wayne loves what we do and has been brilliant helping us make this happen. And Moseley’s DJ Don will be our guest DJ on the night.” HSDY is to be a “one night only” event on Saturday Oct 17th but if there is demand, HSDY hope to hold regular events at MDC. Tickets cost £10 in advance, £12 on the door; are on sale at I Want One of Those in Kings Heath and online from www.haventstoppeddancingyet.co.uk 10 per cent of profits go to Cancer Research UK.

Disco fever is set to return to the Moseley Dance Centre (MDC). For one night only, the 70s & 80s club night Haven’t Stopped Dancing Yet! will ‘hustle’ into our once much-loved Moseley institution, which closed its doors to the public five years ago. The hugely popular HSDY soul, funk and disco nights were created by 54-yearold Nikki Spencer who wanted to be able to go out dancing, without feeling like she was gate-crashing one of her teenage daughters’ parties. She explained: “HSDY is aimed at people who remember the tunes first time round and still want to party, and everyone else who loves a good boogie.” HSDY Djs spin the very best tunes on vinyl and for those who need to refresh their moves, there are dance line-ups to get everyone into the groove. And if you can only ‘get down’ when dressed up in proper disco clobber, there are prizes for the best retro outfits. Nikki’s partner, Paul Ferguson, a born and bred Brummie, who lived in Moseley for 14 years and was a regular at the MDC’s Boogie Shoes nights in the 80s and 90s. Like many, he was sad when it closed in 2010. When he saw that the venue was hosting this year’s Mostly Jazz, Soul & Funk COMMUNITY

How HSDY began Nikki came up with the idea of HSDY five years ago and since then has organised dozens of events including their first Sunday afternoon disco boat party this summer. She is very exited to be bringing HSDY to Birmingham. “There are loads of places to go out dancing if you are younger,” said Nikki “But not much for people in their 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond. HSDY changes this and we can’t wait to bring the party to Moseley. And if we do more nights at MDC we’ll be looking for more ‘larger than life’ DJs who love old skool vinyl to join the HSDY possie. “We always give out free retro sweets at our nights and of course MDC used to give out Refreshers as people left so we will make sure we have plenty of those for October.” Andrene Miller andrene@moseleyb13.com

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Moseley Rugby Club working in partnership with local Hospice Moseley Rugby Club is pleased to announce a new partnership with local charity, Birmingham St Mary's Hospice. The Hospice is the Club’s preferred charity for the 2015-16 season. The partnership will involve working together on a number of events and initiatives at Moseley home fixtures and in the local community. The first of these events will be the Rugby Ramble on Saturday 3rd October at 2.30pm. For just £10 people can sign up to a 10 mile trek ending at Moseley Rugby Club. Participants will end the walk with a free pie and pint, and a live screening of the England v Australia Rugby World Cup match. Places can be booked by emailing events@birminghamhospice.org.uk. All proceeds from the event will go towards essential care for terminally ill patients. Jack Richards, Events Manager at Moseley Rugby Club, said: "We’re extremely pleased to be working with Birmingham St Mary's, and we are keen to raise awareness of the excellent work they do. By using our club and facilities for events, we’re also promoting our work together, with mutually beneficial opportunities for Moseley Rugby Club and Birmingham St Mary's Hospice. “The Hospice provides the best quality of life possible for patients, and in addition to physical care, they provide emotional, psychological and spiritual support. They give patients the chance to remain in a place that is most comfortable info@moseleyb13.com

for them, whether in their own homes across Birmingham and Sandwell, or at the hospice in Selly Park.” Hamish Shilliday, Head of Fundraising at Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice, said: “It’s exciting to be working with a local organisation, and I’m sure the partnership with Moseley Rugby Club will be very fruitful and positive. “Given the Hospice’s holistic approach to care, which includes the benefits of physical activity and health, working in collaboration with the Club gives this partnership more meaning. The Club’s support will not only help to raise vital funds for the Hospice, it will also help to spread awareness of our work in areas where people may not be so familiar with what we do. Hopefully partnerships like this will help to change that.” For more information about the Ramble go to - birminghamhospice.org. uk/Event/rugby-ramble Moseley Rugby Club: Events Manager Jack Richards (m) 07970 868039 Media enquiries: Terry Davies MBE (m) 07792 419064 General enquiries: www.moseleyrugby.co.uk Tel 0121 443 3631 info@moseleyrugby.co.uk Moseley Rugby Club, Billesley Common, Yardley Wood Road, Birmingham, B13 0PT.

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Lost Moseley In early September, Middle Earth Festival will take place at Sarehole Mill and feature events for Lord of the Rings aficionados such as archery and medieval combat displays. In reality, the battle for the heart of Sarehole took place in the1960s with a campaign to save the mill from demolition, and was supported by former resident J.R.R Tolkien, who had already seen the invasion upon nature of the area he once described as “a kind of lost paradise”, and the real Hobbiton and Shire. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien moved to 5 Gracewell cottages, now 264 Wake Green Road, and then a country lane within the hamlet of Sarehole, in 1896 with his widowed mother and younger brother Hilary. Sarehole was a rural pasture of a few houses with the River Cole snaking through it, and it was a vast change from dry and dusty Bloemfontein in South Africa where Tolkien was born and spent the first three years of his life. The hamlet was not served by electricity, gas or public transport and Sarehole Hall, near the junction of Wake Green Road and Willersley Road,

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had existed from the Middle Ages. The medieval timber-framed farmhouse of Little Sarehole stood near Coleside Avenue and survived until the 1930s. The family lived at Gracewell until 1900 when they moved to 214 Alcester Road, but these few

A young JRR Tolkien & brother Hilary.

years of play and discovery at Sarehole were described by Tolkien as “the longestseeming and most formative of my life”. Tolkien recalled the details of the hamlet with obvious affection: ‘There was an old mill that really did grind corn, with two millers, a great big pond with swans on it, a sandpit, a wonderful dell with flowers, a few old-fashioned village houses and, further away, a stream with another mill. I always knew it would go - and it did.’ The lost mill that Tolkien laments is

likely to have been Lady’s Mill and the sandpit was located next to Gracewell cottages. The dell was Moseley Bog that lay just behind the family home, and this was part of the old Forest of Arden, an area forever connected with the most famous of writers from the English Midlands. Tolkien was often reluctant to reveal the locations that had inspired his work but he admitted the debt he owed to Sarehole: ‘I was brought up in considerable poverty, but I was happy running about in that county. I took the idea of the hobbits from the village people and the children.’ The writer reflected on the changes to Sarehole in the foreword to the 1966 edition of Lord of the Rings trilogy: ‘The country in which I lived in childhood was being shabbily destroyed before I was ten.’ Maps of 1900 show the mill to be

to raise £20,000 for restoration. Tolkien donated to the cause and the mill, said to have inspired the mills of The Hobbit and of Lord of the Rings, reopened on 12th July, 1969. Thanks to the various interviews, letters and diaries, we have a good record of the changes that took place in Sarehole, changes that clearly had deep allegorical and emotional consequences for the writer. In the biography by Humphrey Carpenter, it is suggested that Tolkien had seen the family’s move from Sarehole, and its subsequent development, as a metaphor for a ‘fallen world’ that would take his mother, leaving him orphaned at the age of 12, and the landscape of his childhood. ‘I could draw you a map of every inch of it,’ reflected the man who labelled himself a ‘West-Midlander by blood’ and a ‘Birmingham man’, despite his troubled feelings towards industrialisation and the city paving its way over the heaven on earth that he loved ‘with an intensity of love’. The West Country is the ground and ancient monuments of Thomas Hardy’s work, and the lost hamlet of Sarehole is Tolkien’s, but the characters of the former would often crash and burn at the mercy, or lack of it, of a changing yet still moral society, as did poor Jude and Tess. Thankfully, the brave hobbits of Tolkien’s dual worlds are usually winners of faith, as was the case with the victory in saving Sarehole Mill, the surviving heart of the Shire.

surrounded by fields and farmland but by 1930 the rural nature had been blighted by development. The mill is also listed as “disused”, the millers having moved out in 1919. Tolkien came back to visit Sarehole in 1933, halfway through the writing of The Hobbit (the book was started in 1930 and published in 1937) and was upset by the changes he found to his childhood home. ‘The old mill still stands...but the crossing beyond the now fenced-in pool, where bluebell lane ran down into the mill lane, is a now a dangerous crossing alive motors and red lights.’ He was also distressed at the condition of the mill and it would continue to decay until the 1960s when a public appeal was launched in 1965 info@moseleyb13.com

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With thanks to Sarehole Mill, ‘JRR Tolkien: A Biography’ by Humphrey Carpenter, ‘A History of Birmingham Places’ - William Dargue and The Guardian archive. Middle Earth Festival takes place on 5th & 6th September - check www. middleearthfestival.co.uk for full details. 19

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‘Monkey Man’ Finds Love

Unlike Hanks’ character, Samuel wasn’t isolated on a desert island but in the city and this desperation drove him to visit his local police station for a chat, and he eventually took his monkey with him. The officers recognised Samuel’s great character and encouraged him to further monkey business - this created his colourful antics around Kings Heath. Samuel says the toy monkey saved his life. ‘Before the monkey, I didn’t really want to live. I had overdosed numerous times.’ Samuel and Amanda say that everyone is welcome on the day, as long as they can fit in the church, and expect it to be the biggest wedding that Llandudno has ever seen. There will be a special place for

There’s a wedding happening in north Wales - a wedding like no other and we’re all invited! Samuel Peters is better known as the Kings Heath Monkey Man, but his eccentric entertainment no longer brightens our neighbouring suburb

- he’s now the Llandudno Monkey Man since his move to the Welsh coastal town. Many readers will remember sightings of Samuel, usually wearing a Roman centurion hat with red military jacket and pushing a cuddly monkey in a pram around Kings Heath. Since his move to Wales he’s carried on spreading joy with monkey magic - and has also found a soul mate. Amanda Newman and Samuel will marry at the Holy Trinity Church on 29th August, just as this magazine goes to press. Amanda has joined him as part of the act, singing and dancing for locals and tourists in the seaside resort. Samuel, who has suffered from mental health problems, adopted his cuddly monkey from a charity shop and, a bit like Tom Hanks’ character in the film Cast Away (who spoke to Wilson, the volleyball with a handprint-face), survived loneliness by talking to his silent but loyal friend. COMMUNITY

the friend that helped Samuel through the loneliness he endured in Birmingham; the couple hope that a page boy will push the monkey down the aisle in a pram. Samuel, 62, is remembered in the street art mural next to The Parade in Kings Heath. Mark Baxter mark@moseleyb13.com

With thanks to the Daily Post. Catch up with Samuel’s new life on the Llandudno Monkey Man Facebook page.

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West Midlands Women of the Year Awards Founder and owner of Sabi Sabi, Juree Chidwick, was declared Young Entrepreneur of the Year at this year’s West Midlands Women of the Year Awards. The restaurateur won the award in recognition of her success in growing the group during the past 11 years. The West Midlands Women of the Year Award celebrates the o u t s t a n d i n g contribution talented women make to the West Midlands across a range of sectors: enterprise, education, the creative industries, technology and civic society. How did Juree feel about her win? “I was ecstatic. We were on holiday but I actually came back for the day to attend the ceremony because I’d never been nominated for an award before. When my name was announced it felt unreal for a few seconds. I was really excited.” What does she think of the Awards themselves? “What they are doing is fantastic. Women are not being recognised for a lot of stuff, especially in the restaurant group business which is very male dominated.” What does she think it takes to be a successful Entrepreneur? “A lot of hard info@moseleyb13.com

work and consistency, and the willingness to take risks. I started Sabai Sabai when I was young and put all my effort, energy, time, money and emotions into the business.” Juree started Sabai Sabai in Moseley when she was 21, and fresh out of business school. She had planned to start the business in Leeds but when that didn’t work out, moved back to north Wales where she had grown up. How did she end up starting her business in Moseley? “My then boyfriend, now husband, is from Moseley.” Why did she think it was worthwhile to start a business? “I just had that passion to grow something from scratch. I had been interested in working for someone else but my mother said, ‘If you want to start your own business it’s best to do it when you are young; when you can take on more risk and before you are settled into your life with family and mortgage; when it would be more difficult to take that risk’.” Clearly, it pays to listen to your mother. Andrene Miller andrene@moseleyb13.com

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Moseley’s New Haven

because it’s summer. I think it’s hard to find somewhere you can get a nice pedicure done. A lot of the time when you go to budget salons treatments are done in front of everyone. I think my clients like the more private approach I offer them”. “In term of the treatments, I offer Swedish style massages incorporating a range of lymph draining techniques to release toxins and tension. For facials, I use a steamer to open up the pores on the skin so the effect is warm and relaxing rather than clinical.” How did you prepare to set up your business? “I focused on the range of treatments I was going to offer; researched what other salons were offering, to help me know how to be different from them. In terms of my facial brand, Eve Taylor, I did a lot of brand research, picked my favourite: the one I felt was the most desirable. It’s is a long-established professional brand available only to professional beauty therapists and at spas. When it came to nail products, I chose a well known brand that offers a wide range of colours and gives the best results.” Did you go on a business planning course? “No I did a lot of it on my own initiative and researched on line. I took part in a Business seminar with Facebook, which focused on how to promote your business on Facebook. Social Media is so huge now that you can use it to boost your business. “I also joined an online forum, Salon Geeks. It’s always useful to get advice from fellow industry professionals. “I actually found it quite difficult to find help. I looked into finding a business mentor, explored government helplines but

Prepare to be pampered and relaxed in Alison Knowles’ new beauty salon in her family house in Greenhill Road, Moseley. After three years working in the Clarins salon in the House of Fraser she has decided to go it alone. “I loved working there and learnt a lot. Clarins is a strong company with a good reputation. But there are set treatments that have to be done in a set way. I wanted to broaden my horizons; be my own boss; have my own brand and develop my own business. “I’ve been a beauty therapist for about five years, qualified when I was 20. I trained at the University College of Birmingham. It was a two-year course covering NVQ Level 2 and 3. It was really good and I really enjoyed it.” Alison’s treatment room is bright, calm and the orange and red towels are a welcome change to the usual brown, white or beige found in most spas. “I chose warm colours, something a little different and I think they give an oriental feel. “I took a lot of care in designing the salon to make a relaxing and welcoming environment. I want my clients to feel they are in a tranquil country house. I sourced some of my furniture for the room in Moseley as it fitted with the theme I wanted to create. “I’ve been open a month and I’m getting busier every week. Pedicures are very popular at the moment possibly COMMUNITY

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Local Businesses collaborate to raise funds for Neonatal Unit

found it quite difficult to get my foot in the door. Courses were booked, but didn’t fit into the time I had available, or I wasn’t eligible as I was still employed at the time. I started my business within three weeks of leaving my therapist job. How did you make the numbers add up? I set myself a budget – what I was going to spend on the room, equipment and products. I set myself a target of how many customers I have to gain and a timetable of how long it is going to take me to recoup my start up costs.

On Saturday 5th September, local small businesses will come together to raise money for Birmingham Children’s Hospital Neonatal Unit during a Family Fun Day taking place at All Saints Centre in Kings Heath, 2-4pm. Special attractions will include a creative area, storytelling, dance workshops and family portraits. There will also be a raffle, face painting and plenty of stalls to purchase crafts and other items. Raffle tickets are priced at just £1 and can be purchased on the day. For more info - radicalpenguinevents@ gmail.com Andrene Miller andrene@moseleyb13.com

Street party scores an ace “I did a lot of the work on the room myself with help from family to give it the ambience and feel I really wanted. So wherever I could save money I did, whilst still keeping very high standards. I set my pricing at a competitive level that customers are happy to pay for the treatments I offer. “Having the same therapist builds customer trust and being a home run business I offer a much more personal approach, making every treatment special. In the future I hope to be able expand my business within Moseley and offer customers a spa experience in a salon environment.

Retired Tennis Ace Greg Rusedski was the surprise guest at a local street party. Residents of Sovereign Way, Louise Lorne Road, Grevis Close, Horatio Drive and Sutherland Drive got the chance to have a chat with and get some tennis coaching from Greg who reached The US Open finals in 1997. Residents organised the party with the support of Streets Alive, who helped get the required permission to close the streets so that the community could get together share food and join in a range of activities. Rusedski attended the event as part of his role with The Lawn Tennis Association to support the development of tennis at grassroots level.

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Rich Batsford: NEWSHOUND ‘Classically Chilled’ Reckless driver jailed A Jaguar Land Rover worker, Faisal Javid, has been jailed for 14 months after admitting dangerous driving injuring a woman and 12-year-old boy on a zebra crossing near Moseley school on 21 January. He overtook a van which was slowing down to allow the pair to use the crossing outside the school. Both victims were hit and thrown into the air and suffered serious injuries.

You may remember Rich Batsford. He lived in or around Moseley for forty years and now lives in Adelaide. Rich is a pianist and composer, and as part of a visit to the UK to perform a run of shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, he will culminate the visit with a concert at the Birmingham Buddhist Centre.

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Counter Terrorism Women’s Day helping women in our communities to support, nurture and protect our families Special event: • Time to talk and discuss themes we all face in challenging times • Event aimed exclusively at female members of our community • Guest speakers • A chance to have an input into safeguarding our communities • Free lunch provided

The performance is called Classically Chilled Piano. He performed the show at the Adelaide Fringe in 2014 where it received a rating of “Outstanding Show” from Fringe Review. The show features his own contemporary solo piano music (which is broadcast regularly in Australia on ABC Classic FM) alongside some highlights from one of the world’s most famous living composers, Ludovico Einaudi, and a live improvisation.

Date: Thursday 10th September 2015 Time: 09.30hrs – 14.30hrs Venue: The Muath Trust, Bordesley Centre, Stratford Road, Birmingham, B11 1AR. Tel: 0121 7530297 (Entrance via Stratford Street North for parking)

Classically Chilled Piano Sat 12th Sept, 8pm. £10/£7 Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 11 Park Road, Moseley. 0121 449 5279 www.richbatsford.com

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Tipton, the B13 Newshound Javid attempted to run from the incident, but witnesses to the accident forcefully prevented him from leaving. Javid has also been banned from driving for two years. The woman, Ms Ashraf spent over two weeks in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital where she was treated for injuries including a bleed to the brain, a fractured pelvis and a broken right leg. The young boy also suffered a broken right leg which required surgery.

Fresh start for Daniel’s You may have noticed that Nathaniel’s has become Daniel’s after a recent refurb and dissolution of the business partnership. Chef Daniel is back in the kitchen, offering diners a seasonal menu of modern European food packed with flavour. Signature starter at the moment: Mushy peas with black pudding, artichoke and poached egg.

Lewis has been ringing the changes at his popular deli. As well as the revamp, the premises is now Licenced and as well as the coffees and teas on offer, customers can opt to choose from a range of organic wines and beers to accompany the expanded menu. info@moseleyb13.com

Eye Survive update You may remember our feature on Iain Galloway and his group Eye Survive from our February 2015 edition. Eye Survive is a group dedicated to raising funds for Iain, who has a rare and incurable form of eye cancer, called ocular melanoma. The money raised is to pay for lifeextending treatments not available on the NHS. We asked Iain how he’s doing? ‘I’m OK after this latest op which was to get rid of another lesion that had been lurking in my liver. I’ll not know the full extent of the success until they rescan, but am otherwise well. Off to France tomorrow for a well-earned break!’ To find out more about Iain and Eye Survive see: www.eyesurvive.org

Tipton goes international Our very own B13 Newshound, Tipton, has made the news herself, albeit it in the Sardinian national press. La Nuova Sardegna published an article on Tipton, as she was originally abandoned on the streets of the Italian island and then brought back to the UK. The newspaper had got word of her travels and her career at Moseley B13 Magazine! Full story next month.

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there. In the spring plants can be lifted and placed in the area you want them to flower in. If you can’t differentiate between seedlings I suggest labelling areas up with

This year I want to make an effort to save some seeds from the gardens I have made and tend. Normally self-seeders such as Foxgloves, Valerian, Lunaria annual (Honesty) Calendula (Pot Marigold) and Verbena Bonariensis do a pretty go job at replicating themselves around gardens but they need the right environment to germinate. When gardeners choose to put mulch over the beds it helps to keep weeds down and hold moisture in, but it often stops germination of the ‘wanted’ selfseeder, as can the appearance of autumn leaves in the winter which smother the light from our little friends if not cleared for spring germination.

plastic labels (see York Supplies) Talking of planting ahead; September sees the first available bare-rooted English Wallflowers that come in to the wholesale market in town. They are usually retailed in grocery stores and markets stalls in Kings Heath in bunches. The English Wallflowers are usually mixed colours from yellow, orange and reds. They are scented biennials and sometime if deadheaded can do a second year of interest. They need to go in the ground (where you want them to flower) fairly sharpish, as they will have been soaking in water for up to a week in transit and display. Water in and keep watered in their first couple of weeks if the September sun is warm. They do produce roots quickly and once established need no further watering. They flower from late

So this year I am going to help nature a little by collecting ripe seed from the self-seeders (obviously a separate marked bag for each species/cultivar) and make up seed beds in an open bit of ground, by raking the tilth and sowing areas specifically for growing on. Once cleared and prepared, simple germination with raking and regular watering will create quick results. These seedlings can then grow on this autumn and over winter OUTDOORS

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March (in a warm year) until May and are a stunning wow factor in any beds at that time of year after Daffodil time. Finally as I always say, this time of year cut back perennials that have finished flowering, and re-edge the lawn. It makes a massive difference to the look of the garden if you want a mini makeover. Have fun! Jonathan Sandilands sandilandsgardens@hotmail.com

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Keeping Moseley Local

Over the last few years, a small group of people put a lot of time and effort into producing a planning document that would help shape the future of Moseley. This was the Supplementary Planning Document (Moseley SPD). It came into force in 2014. It’s a lengthy document that sets out a vision for the next ten years, laying down civic priorities on land use and what type of developments the community wants to see. You can wade through its entirety at the following link: www.birmingham.gov. uk/moseleyspd. Just go to the bottom of the page and click on the link. If you don’t have the time to read all 45 pages, the key section for me is the vision statement, just a few paragraphs in: 1.0.7 Moseley will become a neighbourhood where: • there is a diverse local economy based around small businesses, tourism and cultural activity. I really believe in this. If used properly, the SPD could be a great tool to help us preserve the unique character of the Village - to help promote our identity and keep us special and different. So I was disappointed to learn the Meteor Ford site would become a new M&S. I was horrified to learn that the former Halfords is to become home the latest branch of coffee shop cum bar operator Boston Tea Party. And I was outraged to discover that the former Barclays Bank was to become a new Pizza Express. To add insult to injury, if and when they do build M&S, this will not only have its own Coffee Shop but Costa Coffee is lined up to take over one of the retail units in the scheme.

None of these are small businesses and none of them are local. Boston Tea Party has more seats than all other Moseley Coffee shops put together. It has applied for an 11.30pm alcohol license too. Obviously my family business is hospitality so some folks will say I am just protecting my own interests. Yet I don’t think these businesses will directly impact either The Prince or The Dark Horse. But they will take away the unique character of our High Street. They will squeeze out our independents, with their deep pockets and big marketing budgets, pushing up rents and making it impossible for the small business to set up or survive. In a few years Moseley will be just like any other suburban centre, fully of cookie cutter brands you can find in Harborne, Sutton or the City Centre. What can we do? Well as businesses, I am sure local retailers will raise their game. But as citizens we can do two things. We can support our local businesses and we can urge our civic representatives, the organisations that represent our community on planning issues (The Moseley Society, The Moseley Regen Group and the Community Development Trust) to be more forceful. If the SPD says “small businesses”, actively oppose big business. Let’s keep Moseley Local.

Keith Marsden The Prince of Wales

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12/14

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14.00

Var

1-3

4-10

5-10

11-17

Screen Juniors: Kiki's Delivery Service [U]

mac

Gemma Bovery [15]

Var

mac

Mark Thomas: Trespass

mac

Les Enfant Terribles: Marvellous Imaginary Menagerie 14.30

mac

Sweetshop Revolution: I Loved You And I Loved You 20.00 26

mac

Still House: Of Riders and Running Horses 18.30

25-26

mac

somewhereto_ Presents FLIES

20.00 19.00

23-24

mac

Rachael Young: I, Myself & Me 23-24

20.00

mac mac Highbury Theatre Centre: Equus

19.30 19.30

20-21

15-19

Distance

mac

Ben Norris: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Family 19.30

20.00

mac

Second Hand Dance: Grass Autin Dance Theatre: Pathos

11/14.30

mac

Closed Curtain Roger Waters The Wall [12A]

mac

Dalai Lama Awakening plus Q+A

Legend [18]

How To Change The World [15]

mac

The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet Live NT Live: Encore Screening Coriolanus [12A]

mac

The Wolfpack [15]

mac

Ricki And The Flash [12A]

L'Eclisse

mac mac

Description

Verdi's Aida on Sydney Harbour

Cartel Land [15]

THEATRE

29 mac

18.00 19.00

28-30

Hare & Hounds (KH)

Var

14.00

25-30

25-27

1-3

NT Live: The Beaux’ Stratagem [12A]

19.15

22 19.00

Var

21-23

Var Var

19.00

15 18-20

Var

18-24

Time

Date 14-15

Location

SEPTEMBER 2015 / PAGE 2

Hare & Hounds (KH)

20.15

Iris [12A]

This Is Tmrw Present Kid Wave

Hare & Hounds (KH)

Freestyle presents Hackney Colliery Band Hare & Hounds (KH)

Hare & Hounds (KH)

mac

Luke Pickett + Dan Gilliver + special guests

Rhino & The Ranters

QUARTZ Presents: COKI : 001

Little Red's Grinding Dub

Making Tracks: Namvula

Location Hare & Hounds (KH)

FILM

Epic Rap Battles of History (Ages 14+)

20.00

This is Tmrw Present Surfer Blood

20.00

Description

Time

Date

WHAT’S ON?

20.00

8 & 22

COMEDY

Cheeky Monkey Comedy Club

Sarah Millican & Friends

Moseley B13 Editorial Deadline - October

Dark Horse

mac

editor@moseleyb13.com

Moseley CDT

Moseley Forum Open Committee Meeting

19.30

FOR YOUR DIARY

CDT

Local Councillors' Surgeries

19.15 >

Mon

WORKSHOP/Q&A/TALK/MEETING

mac

Food Market

10.30

Village Green

Moseley Arts Market

09.00

Sarehole Mill

Streetfood, Ale and Folk music at Sarehole Mill Village Green

11.00

mac

Contemporary Craft Markets

Moseley Farmers' Market

11.00

dance-workshop.co.uk

Flamenco

Var

Sat

dance-workshop.co.uk

Argentine Tango, Ballroom & Latin, Pilates Matwork, Capoeira

Var

Fri

dance-workshop.co.uk

Children's Flamenco, Strictly Latin, Cuban Salsa, Pilates Matwork, Yoga

Var

Thu

dance-workshop.co.uk

Var

Wed

Capoeira, Egyptian (Belly Dance), Flamenco, Pilates Matwork, T’ai Chi

Var

Tue

dance-workshop.co.uk

Location

Classical Ballet, Pilates Matwork, Pole Dancing, Tap

mac

dance-workshop.co.uk

Var

Mon

MARKETS

Description

Green Ginger: Outpost

Jive/Swing, Swing/LadyHop, Contemporary, Pilates Matwork, T’ai Chi, Flamenco

DANCE

Time

20.00

Date Time

19.30

20.00

Mon

Tue

19.30

19.45

Kings Heath Hockey Club Kings Heath Circle Dance Group - 0121 439 5824

Woodrush High School Kings Heath Community Centre

Details presumed correct at time of printing.

Please note that entrance fees may apply to some of these events, we recommend you check the details of the event before attending.

We’re always looking for great events in and around Moseley, so if you’re involved in any then we would love to hear from you! editor@moseleyb13.com

SEE SOMETHING YOU LIKE?

Thu

19.15

The Moseley Exchange

Philosophy Discussion Group (0121 440 2274) 10.30

Thu Thu

Moseley Exchange Iyengar Yoga classes for Adults

17.15

Wheelers Lane (KH)

Moseley Road Baths

Calvary Church, Oxford Road

mac

18.30

Kids Karate Classes - 07764 449 874

Postnatal Yoga - 0121 449 9803

Active Birth Pregnancy Yoga - 0121 449 9803

Martial Arts Classes - 0844 251 0595

Mutual Circle Chess Club

Moseley Shoals - Birmingham's Gay Swim Club (0121 622 6589)

Pregnancy Yoga - 0121 532 6067

Chatterboxes pre-school play group (07816 550 019)

Birmingham Is Funny: Jo Enright - Erdington Girl

Location Kitchen Garden Café

Wed

10&12

19.30

Description

Alex Horne: Monsieur Butterfly

My Comedy

Wed

Tue

19.15

18.00

Mon

Tue

9.30

Wkdays

COMMUNITY

Date

SEPTEMBER 2015 / PAGE 3