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Planting for Birds
As temperatures drop and food becomes scarce, common garden plants can provide a valuable food source for birds. Even in a small garden, planting certain plants and using them in a certain way can make a big difference, and keep much-loved garden birds visiting your plot all year around. Winter berries are a good place
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Archie Walker: a hidden LGBT story in the Nettlefold family tree
Archie Walker: a hidden LGBT story in the Nettlefold family tree February is LGBT History Month, so this seems the ideal time to explore the hidden story of a gay man in the Nettlefold family. Archie Walker was the son of John Nettlefold’s sister Lucy. A fragment of his diary for 1915, held at
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Nancy Nettlefold – News From The Archive
“Have you any others like her?” There are some outstanding women represented in our archive collections. Nancy Nettlefold OBE is one of them. Lucy Frances Nettlefold, known as Nancy, was John Sutton Nettlefold’s niece. At 12 she became determined to study Law at Cambridge – an extraordinary ambition for a girl in 1903. In
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Wintry thoughts on the polar regions
The North and South Poles may seem millions of miles away from Edgbaston, but Winterbourne can boast several connections to polar exploration and research. As we’re now in the depths of winter, it seemed an appropriate time to find out more and do some digging in the comfort of the archives! After it came into
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Winterbourne Gift Guide
Every year we share a few of our favourite items from the shop with you in the hope that it makes your Christmas shopping a little easier. With Christmas just around the corner, now is the perfect time to get started thinking about what to get your loved ones this year. We’ve a new range