We are sorry to have to tell you but we have now been informed that the pool will not be re-opening on July 15th as had been hoped. Following enquiries made by our Secretary, Rachel Gillies on Tuesday (later followed up with a ‘phone call to Councillor Martin Mullaney, BCC Cabinet member for Leisure, Sport and Culture), we understand that it will be a minimum of seven weeks (possibly longer), before the Baths re-opens.
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Just as an update to the previous post where we published letters from two of the five candidates standing in today’s election… I spoke with Cllr. Ishtiaq (the retiring Cllr, standing for re-election today) and Cllr Shokat Ali, (both Respect Party) this morning. They inform me that a response was sent out to our letter [...]
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35 pupils in four schools have now been part of creating a total of eight films about the history of Moseley Road Baths in Balsall Heath, all of which will eventually be added to our online archive of the building at www.poolofmemories.co.uk. The Heritage Lottery Fund supported project, run by the Friends of Moseley Road [...]
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Slowly, slowly we’re taking time to reflect on our Pool of Memories project in amidst the business of interviewing, cataloguing, book-writing and filming! Jen, our Volunteer Co-ordinator has written an update on our work over the past year since we received our funding on the ‘Pool of Memories’ website. This site will be the main [...]
Many of you will be aware that Moseley Road Baths is currently closed as work was due to begin on the lintel area around the Fire Exit on Pool 2 this month. Councillor Mullaney last week posted up a report on the latest developments which I would recommend people read to have a grasp of [...]
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We’ve had a great time on our oral history film project this week – it’s amazing how much we’ve managed to cram into just 15 hours! We’ve now got two short films, edited down from almost an hour of interviews, which we showed to all of Year 6 today. The reaction we got was great, [...]
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Today the seven pupils involved in our Pool of Memories Project set to work filming people with memories of Moseley Road Baths. As soon as the session started they showed that they were completely on the ball by getting all of the camera equipment out and getting ready for the first ‘mock’ interview. Our first [...]
Posted in Media, Oral History, Pool of Memories, Schools | Tagged B12, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, FoMRB, Friends of Moseley Road Baths, Heritage, Heritage Lottery Fund, Moseley Road, Oral History, Pool of Memories, Slipper Baths, Swimming |
Day two of our Pool of Memories project in schools and pupils spent the day learning how to use all the film and audio equipment and had chance to film and interview each other. The group set up all of the camera equipment and learnt about different shots and camera angles, how to use the [...]
Posted in Birmingham, Pool of Memories, Schools | Tagged B12, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Film, FoMRB, Friends of Moseley Road Baths, Heritage, Heritage Lottery Fund, Moseley Road, Oral History, Pool of Memories, Rachel Gillies, Schools, Swimming |
We’re absolutely thrilled that after months of planning our oral history film work in schools is underway! The series of nine school projects involves local film maker and member of the Friends of Moseley Road Baths, Rachel Gillies, going into local schools and helping pupils to create short films, based on their research and filmed [...]
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Moseley Road Baths is closed until further notice due to essential maintenance work on the end of Pool 2 (the pool currently in operation). Funding has been found by Birmingham City Council to do structural work on the far wall around the Fire Exit. It is our understanding that other bits of maintenance and cleaning [...]
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