🗓️ Saturday 25th October 2025
🕐 10:00 – 12:00
📍 “The Old Tool Shed”, Winterbourne Gardens, 58 Edgbaston Park Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2RT
“A cake for life” – a fund raiser for cancer research.
On Saturday 25th October, we will be holding a coffee and cake morning from 10am to 12pm, with all proceeds going to Cancer Research UK. If you fancy a cuppa, and a slice of cake, then come along to the Old Tool Shed (down the private path that leads to the greenhouses) at Winterbourne Gardens.
Let’s see if we can beat the total of £126 raised last year for Macmillan Cancer Support.
🗓️ Friday 31st October 2025
🕐 19:30
📍 Dame Elizabeth Hall, Firbank Cl, Bournville. B30 1UA
🎤 TIM VIVIAN-“The Rooftop Beekeeper” part 2
The second and eagerly awaited follow up to Tim Vivian’s talk about his triumphs and tribulations of keeping bees on the roof tops of Birmingham city centre buildings.
In Tim’s previous talk, he left us with a teaser of what was to come in part two… This was a black and white slide of an image of a bees head as shown through an electron microscope.
Tim has an abundance of slides showing various interesting features of the honeybee including several of bees legs! (without going through the name of all the segments!) It’s a fascinating talk as many people have never seen a bee’s body under a microscope(and just as fascinating if you have!) Tim will also include some work he has done trying to replicate what a honey bee sees through her compound eye.
🗓️ Saturday 15th November 2025
🕐 19:30 onwards
📍 Black Country Living Museum, Discovery Way, Dudley Dy1 4AL
🎤 “Peaky Blinders” evening
Following the immensely popular TV series, we will be holding “a Peaky Blinders” evening at the Black Country Living Museum at 7pm on Saturday the 15th November.
Come and explore “Charlie’s Yard” and other historic streets that make up one of the key sets of the global smash hit drama – but watch your step, as you never know who will be lurking around the corner!
Stop and have a bite to eat in Hobb’s fish n chip shop and try some “propa” orange chips followed by a drink in the Bottle n Glass inn.
Walk in the footsteps of Birmingham’s most notorious gangs and dust off your flat caps and your finest frocks and get ready for a party like no other. Keep your wits about you and don’t forget, if you spot something unusual, you didn’t see anything … orright?
If you fancy coming to this very special “bostin” evening out, the cost will be £20. The museum have indicated that theme nights usually sell out, so please be quick in responding. Please contact Richard, our social secretary, to obtain payment details, at the email address: social.birmingham@wbka.org.uk
🗓️ Saturday 29th November 2025 (Please note this is on Saturday)
🕐 10:00 – 11:30
📍 Dame Elizabeth Hall, Firbank Cl, Bournville. B30 1UA
🎤 Rhona Toft “Seeking varroa resistant bees”
Rhona’s talk will look at her experiences since stopping varroacides in 2007, the mechanisms of Varroa resistance and suggestions of how to select for Varroa-resistant traits in your own bees.
🗓️ Saturday 6th December 2025
🕐 17:00
📍 The Garden House, 160 Hagley Road, Edgbaston B16 9NX
🎤 Christmas Festive Meal
Our annual Christmas meal will take place at the Garden House on Saturday the 6th December at 5pm. To secure a place, please contact Richard to arrange payment of a £5 non-refundable deposit by the 26th October, at the email address: social.birmingham@wbka.org.uk
