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edgbaston Dinner

10/12/2021

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The Chairman, Chris Marshall, wanted to have a dinner to celebrate the fact that we had survived the pandemic, and to thank the members for staying with us during the dark times. Despite the rapid onset of the Omicron variant, 58 people attended to what turned out to be a tremendous success, with excellent food. The photograph shows our retiring Secretary shaking hands with Declan Westwood, our Deputy Chairman, and John Smiths’ leaving was marked by the committee giving him a generous voucher and flowers for his wife Estelle. The Chairman thanked him for all his hard work on the committee since the inception of TASBE, and for the advice and support he had given.

Professor Bill Littler gave a fascinating talk about William Withering, whose house is now the Edgbaston Golf Club. It was interesting to note that during his professional life in the 1700s, he had worked at the General Hospital, plus travelling up to 6000 miles per year in his horse and cart visiting patients in the area, and treating symptoms of “Dropsy” with his new wonder drug Digitalis, which he had developed with his pharmacist sister. Foxgloves, the active ingredient of Digitalis remain around the golf tees. The 2nd photograph is of Professor Littler, plus one of William Withering. The success of the evening was marked by some who would like to repeat the event next year.

Written by: Christine Marshall
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Events sold out!

9/12/2021

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Both our BiteSize visit to the Serbian Orthodox Church and our members' dinner at Edgbaston golf club have sold out! A big thank you to all who reserved their places in both events respectively. To those at the dinner tonight, we hope you have a wonderful time and a lovely meal. 

Regarding the BiteSize visit, due to the demand for this event, we shall investigate the possibility of a repeat visit. Those who have already made their booking will be confirmed in due course. We are sorry to disappoint those of you who have been unable to make a booking this time. We look forward to seeing you on the next trip!

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Reviewing lectures online

5/12/2021

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You can find the link on the left of the Home page or at the top of the Lectures page.
Using our website, you can review the past lectures online. This is now faster than ever, and takes just 30 seconds to fill in. The form is then emailed straight to our
Membership Secretary, meaning we no longer have to rely on a 3rd party website.

I'll leave a link button here too, but encourage you to locate it in the places mentioned.

All feedback is very important! Just click the button below to fill out the form.

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BiteSize Visit

30/11/2021

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The Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Prince Lazar
Wednesday 19th January 2022

24 people maximum may participate, so this event is on a strictly first-paid first-served basis. This is the first purpose built Serbian Orthodox Church in the UK.

It was built in 1968 and is an example of the 14th Century Byzantine- Moravian artistic style. The al-secco paintings on the walls and ceiling were painted by Dusan Mihajlovic.

The church is renowned for its richly decorated frescos and holy relics. It is visited by worshippers from around the UK.

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New Bitesize event!

22/10/2021

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Visit to St Mary’s Convent and Heritage Centre, Handsworth.
On Thursday 18 November 2021

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24 people maximum may participate, so this event is on
a strictly first-paid, first-served basis
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St Mary’s Convent is run as a Charity by the Union of the Sisters of Mercy, an apostolic order working in the community. They embrace people of all faiths and cultures, and of no faith at all. They put a great emphasis on hospitality and are looking forward to welcoming us to their Convent. It was founded in 1840 and designed by Augustus Pugin at the same time as he was designing Birmingham’s St Chad’s Cathedral. In 1952 the Convent was designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. Come and visit this beautiful building and learn more about the work of the Sisters in the community.

Please note that, as a Charity, donations on the day to the invaluable work of the Sisters will always be very
gratefully received by them.
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TASBE FirstĀ  Night at our new venue

21/10/2021

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TASBE First  Night at our new venue, The Ruddock Centre for Performing Arts.
We experienced drama on the day hearing that our lecturer Simon Seligman was ill and could not attend.
Nevertheless he was able to download a recording of his talk , Debo Mitford, Derbyshire’s Duchess.  Our grateful thanks to the background team at the Ruddock who set up the recording for our audience.

It was a shame Simon could not be with us. The recording was splendid including his commentary. The illustrated photographs of Debo’s life and contribution to Chatsworth was fascinating.
The talk was preceded by a tribute to the late John Pogmore, from Mike Emens and Joe Jordan.  They  gave us anecdotes about John’s life as a doctor and his work as a surgeon at Birmingham Women's Hospital.
John would welcome everyone as they entered  the Barber Institute for our lecture evenings.  He was also instrumental in arranging visits for TASBE to places of specific interest.

About 70 people came along for the evening.
It was a great pleasure to meet up with colleagues and friends once more, with the sound of conversations echoing through our splendid new venue.

We look forward to being at the Ruddock for the next talk on 25th November.

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WE ARE MOVING!

18/6/2021

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We are moving to a new location! 

The Sir Paul and Lady Ruddock Performing Arts Centre.
The Ruddock Performing Arts Centre is a collaborative project between King Edward’s School and King Edward VI High School for Girls and was officially opened on Friday 27th April 2012 by Sir Paul Ruddock, a major benefactor of the project and the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education.

Designed to support high quality performing arts provisions. The centre is one of the most significant new buildings on the Edgbaston site since the two schools moved here in 1936. It boasts two main spaces in the Performing Arts Centre. The Ruddock Hall which accommodates an orchestra of 90 and an audience of over 400 plus a drama studio with a flexible design that accommodates an audience of 120. The centre also houses a studio designed specifically for dance which benefits from panoramic open views across Winterbourne Gardens offering performers a unique, open rehearsal and performance space with plenty of natural light.

We are looking forward to seeing you at our future events, stay tuned to our website to find out more about upcoming events and how to reserve a place.  


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