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Places to see in ( Sutton Coldfield - UK )

Places to see in ( Sutton Coldfield - UK )

The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, more colloquially known as Sutton Coldfield or simply Sutton, is a town and civil parish in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. Sutton Coldfield lies about 7 miles (10 km) northeast of Birmingham City Centre and borders Little Aston, North Warwickshire, Lichfield, Erdington and South Staffordshire.

Areas of Sutton Coldfield include:

Boldmere
Falcon Lodge
Four Oaks
Little Aston
Maney
Mere Green
Roughley
Minworth
Walmley
Wylde Green

Sutton Coldfield borders New Oscott, Erdington, Streetly, the district of North Warwickshire and Lichfield and Tamworth in Staffordshire. The area in general is regarded by its own populace as one of the most prestigious locations in the Birmingham area.

The area is home to Sutton Park, one of the largest urban parks in England. It has an area of 2,224.2 acres (9.001 km2) and is used as part of the course for the Great Midlands Fun Run, sponsored by the Sutton Coldfield Observer. The park is a national nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. New Hall Valley, which separates Walmley and Maney, is the location of New Hall Valley Country Park

Sutton Coldfield has been an affluent area in the past leading to the construction of manors and other large houses. Several have been renovated into hotels such as the New Hall Hotel, Moor Hall Hotel, Moxhull Hall Hotel, and Ramada Hotel and Resort Penns Hall. Peddimore Hall, a Scheduled Ancient Monument near Walmley, is a double moated hall used as a private residence. Demolished manor houses include Langley Hall, the former residence of William Wilson and Four Oaks Hall, designed by William Wilson. William Wilson is also known to have designed Moat House and lived in it with his wife, Jane Pudsey.

There are two conservation areas in Sutton Coldfield. The High Street, King Edward's Square, Upper Clifton Road, Mill Street, and the northern end of Coleshill Street are protected by the High Street conservation area, which is part covered by an Article 4 Direction. At the centre of the conservation area is Holy Trinity Church, which is fronted by the Vesey Memorial Gardens, created in memory of Bishop John Vesey. Beyond the railway bridge, which crosses the Sutton Park Line and separates the Lichfield Road and High Street, is the Anchorage Road conservation area which protects buildings such as Moat House by William Wilson.

Linked by regular and fast services from Sutton Coldfield railway station on the Cross-City Line to the centre of Birmingham, Sutton is mostly a commuter dormitory town for people who work in Birmingham. The Roman road Icknield Street cuts through Sutton Park to the west of the town. The town is bypassed to the north by the M6 Toll, the first toll motorway in the UK.

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The Filly Loo, Ashmore 18th June 2010 - Part 3

At over 700 feet above sea level the village of Ashmore is the highest in Dorset.

The village is situated on chalk which is permeable and therefore dry, and the village is built around a clay lined dew pond which provided water before pipes were installed. Occasionally, it is said to dry once in twenty years; and it was custom, for the villagers to hold a feast due to this rare occurance. In the 19th Century it was recorded that cakes were baked, and eaten round the margin and in the bed of the pond ; and the local farmers haul out the hundreds of cart-loads of mud which have accumulated on the bottom, and lay them on their land. By a curious coincidence, the pond happened to dry, and the feast was held, in 1887, the Jubilee Year.

In 1956 this ancient custom was revived by Peter Swann as a folk dance festival called the 'Filly Loo'. With the cooperation of the Ashmore Folk Dance Club and guests from Warminster, Westbury and other villages in Dorset and Wiltshire the festival has bee traditionally held on the Friday evening nearest to the Feast of St. John the Baptist or Midsummer's Day - 24th June.

The festivities begin when popular Folk and Celidh Band 'Hambledon Hopstep Band' begins to play, calling the villagers out to take part in the first dance, led by a Green Man. Dancing continues throughout the evening, with the North Dorset childrens dance group 'The Steps in Time' and the White Horse Morris from Wiltshire

By dusk, the celebrations reach their climax with the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance. This is a torchlit procession with six antlered deer-men and four other costumed characters: a Maid Marion, a bowman, a hobby horse and a fool. The procession and dance is accompanied by a haunting solo melody in a minor key which is very atmospheric. The celebration finishes with the torches in the ground around the pond and every reveller joins hands around the large village pond for a final dance.

Discover more Dorset traditions in the book 'Dark Dorset Calendar Customs', by Robert Newland, now available at Amazon.co.uk. Visit the Dark Dorset website, or blog
and open the door to a world of fascinating folklore and legends.

The night we remembered Cossie.wmv

part of a memorial concert I performed at remembering a great guitarist Michael (Cossie) Costello,at the Horse and Jockey in Basford Nottingham back in 1991,nothing was rehearsed or planned.

Ascot Valentine Morris Dance B&W tour 2015

Cardiff Morris (and friends) dance Valentine at their Ale, 29th November 2013.

Mobile Homes & Prefabs (1970-1979)

Unissued / unused material - dates and locations of events unclear or unknown.



Colour item.



Mobile homes and prefabs.



MS very modern looking prefab house. MS portakabin being lifted by crane. Various shots prefabricated housing estate - looks like it dates from just after World War 2.


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Beorma Morris Stand-off with a Bin Lorry (Followed by a Dance)

Filmed on the day of Jockey Morris plough tour, 2017.

Cherry Blossom Tour 2009 - Kingsessing Morris Men

Other then my dad dropping the baby they did a really nice job on this dance!

Ragged Crow (from below) morris dance.

Hekate's Heathens Morris dancing at the Dudley, 'Lampfest' August 2010

Morris Dancing in Bromyard

Morris Dancing in Bromyard

Dr Turberville's Morris Chippenham Folk Festival 2012.

Morris Dancing at Chippenham Folk Festival Jubilee Weekend 2012.

Ring O Bells

Boughton Morris at Leigh Folk Festival see our website for full details tinyurl/boughtonmorris or

Renegade Rose Morris - Balance The Straw - Fieldtown

Dancing at Festival

Stafford Morris Men

Stafford Morris men at Eccleshall Farmers Market

Black Joak Morris Dancers - Bound For South Australia

Sydney,s Black Joak Morris dancing to the song, South Australia