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Solihull, The Civic Hall c.1965
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The Civic Hall was opened by the Queen in 1962 and served as a venue for social gatherings, meetings, exhibitions and amateur theatricals. Council offices and a civic suite were built alongside it after Solihull became a county borough in 1964. All were demolished in 1998 to make way for the Touchwood Centre, a shopping and leisure complex which opened in 2001.

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A Selection of Memories from Solihull

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Schooldays 1962 68
The back entrance seemed to be used by most pupils and linked in to malvern park and then solihull high street. The school grounds were extensive and new buildings were added for sports and dining. The outdoor lido next to the school was used for swimming lessons .... Lorraine Sinclair-Evans
Solihull, Entrance to Malvern Hall School c1965
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Building The New Shopping Centre
I was born near COventry in 1948 and we move to Olton in 1952. After I left school in late 1965 I got a job as a labourer with C Bryant & Sons on the new Solihull shopping centre, and a few weeks later head office insisted i work in the office as a site clerk. I worked with John Garratt. I remember the new Sainsburys; I had never seen a supermarket before. I bought Elgar's Enigman variations in W ...see more
Solihull, Mell Square c1966
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I Do Remember This
I did not usually come in this way but the back way, over the park by the lido.
Solihull, Entrance to Malvern Hall School c1965
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1950s/60s
My mum, Kay Walford, was at Solihull Girls' School and Malvern, and I've found some of the magazines from the late 1950s/early 60s. Would anyone be interested in them? Or does anyone know of an ex-pupils group or local history group who would like them? (Happy to post them) felicity.morgan@talktalk.net
Solihull, Malvern Hall School c1965
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