Churchill in Birmingham

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Date:1945

Description:Pictures from The Birmingham Gazette of Winston Churchill's tour of Birmingham. He stopped to speak in the city centre to the crowds.


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1880s
Colmore Row during Queen Victoria's visit
Colmore Row during Queen Victoria's visit

Queen Victoria visited the day before her birthday to lay the foundation stone of ...

1910s
Zeppelins!!
Zeppelins!!

The threat and actuality of bombing raids by Zeppelins on Britain during the First ...

1940s
Winston Churchill in Birmingham City Centre
Winston Churchill in Birmingham City Centre

Churchill made an open-top car tour of Birmingham following the end of hostilities ...

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Source: Birmingham Libraries ,  Woodview Primary School

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