Local History

As a contribution towards the national Heritage Open Days, the Society had a special display at the Local History Centre of the 1817 Enclosure Map of Knowle, a large and… Read More »Heritage Weekend – great success

The first in our planned series Local Wartime Heroes, tells of the heroic actions of Thomas Brierley Dodwell DSO DFC and can be viewed in our Local History Centre upstairs… Read More »Dodwell Exhibition

Come and see the story in our latest exhibition in the Knowle Local History Centre! Dorothy Ward, star of pantomime and theatrical comedy was born in Birmingham and once lived… Read More »Knowle Landlord’s notorious daughter

Knowle Lodge on the corner of Warwick Road and Lodge Road was demolished and replaced by a large estate of homes built by the Bowser brothers. This exhibition is a… Read More »New exhibition on show

This annual national free event opens buildings to the public which are not normally open to view. This year in Knowle the church tower will be opening for visits. As… Read More »Heritage Open Day – Saturday 12 September 2009