Castle Bromwich Man Edward Seabourne Fined For Fly-tipping
“There is nothing new except what has been forgotten” – Marie Antoinette There...
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Month: November 2019
Castle Bromwich Heritage Walk – Audio Slide-show.
A few years ago Castle Bromwich Youth & Community Partnership produced an audio heritage tour of Castle Bromwich. Bill Dargue and the North Arden Local History Society have kindly included some of the audio stops in a...
Read MoreSuffragettes Burn Down the Grandstand At Castle Bromwich Race Course – May 1914
As the country gears up to vote in what has been termed the “Brexit Election”, we’ve been given some thought to the universal suffrage movement and the right to vote. For many groups of people the right to vote...
Read MoreFelons Beware – Castle Bromwich Association for the Prosecution of Felons formed in 1834
During the 1700s, there was no police force and it was victims and private individuals who had to initiate prosecutions. In the second half of the eighteenth century potential prosecutors banded together to form Societies for the Prosecution of Felons. This happened in Castle Bromwich. In 1834 fed up with their property and crops being stolen and their turnips "injured", wealthy land owners formed the Castle Bromwich Association for the Prosecution of Felons and started handing out rewards to people helping in the detection or apprehension of the culprits.
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Murderous Outrage on a Farm Labourer at Castle Bromwich – 1872
25 year old farm labourer brutally attacked and stabbed after returning intoxicated from Castle Inn, Castle Bromwich in September 1872. Suffered punctured lung and left in critical condition.
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