Sat 25 Oct Birmingham's half-term events #Halloween In the Shadows Catacomb Chambers Tour @ 11.40am Underground Tunnel Tour @ 11.45am & 1.45pm eventbrite.co.uk/o/friends-of-k…

Be whisked away to the little village of Middledip, where snow is falling and love's in the air. Paperback release of #AChristmasGift on Nov 6th - except in Tesco, where it will make an early appearance on Thursday Oct 23rd! Or preorder it from Amazon: amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Gift…

My two favourite authors ❤️ Gillian McAllister and TM Logan picked up from the #library today, love my local library..... can't wait to start reading 📚 #thriller #Paperback #readingcommunity #BookTwitter

Last chance to book Sat 25 Oct at 11.40am. Explore the depths of Key Hill Catacombs a unique experience. Meeting Point: inside Warstone Lane Cemetery, Vyse St, B'ham at 11.40am. Revenue 4 Grave Restoration #halfterm #Halloween eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-shado…

#PhotoFriday today is this 1896 photograph of a bustling Colmore Row. The Council House to the left and Christ Church churchyard on the right. Before development in the 18th century, Colmore Row was a country lane called New Hall Lane. Ref: MS 4557 Box 5 LibraryofBirmingham Brumpic

#SundayShowcase this week is Japanned Papier Mache and Tinware, c 1740 – 1940 by Yvonne Jones. A history of the industry which centred on three towns in the West Midlands - Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Bilston Ref - LF 66.71 LibraryofBirmingham

Picked up from my local library 📚 another gripping page turner from Kate Ellis with spooky ghosts of children 👻 a definite read for Halloween 🎃 #JoePlantagenet is on top form again #thriller #detective #library #BookTwitter #readingcommunity

Great series to read at Hallowe'en :-)

#Halloween It’s Aston Hall in 1900 - reputedly the most haunted building in the Midlands. Why not check it out for yourself - birminghammuseums.org.uk/aston-hall/wha… Ref - WK/A8/6 LibraryofBirmingham astonhallmuseum

#Erdington This late 1960s, early 1970s poster created by the Erdington and District Inter - Racial Council promoting cultural and ethnic coexistence. Ref - BCC 18/8/1/2 (2000/129) LibraryofBirmingham

What’s on November! Free events and activities in the Children’s and Music Library 📚🎆

#PhotoFriday #Railway200 A photo of the platforms at New Street Station in 1905. The golden age of rail travel. Ref - MS 4557 Box 5 LibraryofBirmingham Brumpic railway200

Meet #MadameNellie Nellie, the parachutist who would dive 6,000 feet unattended from a hot air balloon. Pictured here in The Birmingham Owl magazine on 6 July 1906 in advance of her leap at Mount Cottage Farm. Ref – LF 06 LibraryofBirmingham Solihull Libraries

#MapOnATuesday today is this 1824 specimen of the proposed map of the town of Birmingham and its environs, being a survey of part of the High Street and Five Ways - John Pigott Smith, Surveyor. Ref - MAP/72845 LibraryofBirmingham

#BonfireNight #Fireworks Here’s a trade catalogue advertising where Brummies of yore may have purchased their fireworks from at C. Adams & Co. on Summer Street in 1887. Reference - Birmingham Trade Catalogue Collection : LS 10/A/6 LibraryofBirmingham

#PhotoFriday this week is this photograph of an ice cream seller, possibly of Italian heritage with hand on furrowed brow at her stall in Smithfield market, c 1901. Ref - MS 4557 Box 5 LibraryofBirmingham Brumpic

#CityOf1000Trades Legg & Company of Bromsgrove Street in this 1900 advertisement of their Ball Room decorating service. They publicised their services as far as Wales and at one time made flags and banners. Ref - L 08.2 Periodicals D/5 / 229383 LibraryofBirmingham

Chill with a #book this #weekend!📖 LIES BETWEEN FRIENDS ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"Gripping #PsychologicalThriller" Readers' Favorite ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"Unexpected twists" #Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"My jaw dropped" #Reader review mybook.to/LiesBetweenFri… #weekendvibes #saturdayvibes #BookReview #books

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