Theatre Review 13 The Musical by the Lichfield Musical Youth Theatre Hub at St Mary’s on the Market Square, Tuesday 7 June 2022 By Jono Oates 13 is one of the significant years of everyone’s lives…along with the right to vote at 18, the keys to the door at 21, the start of middle age […]
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As our own Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee is upon us lots of people are considering the life and times of the other Queen Elizabeth and, as a specialist historian in the period, I am asked lots of questions about her – some of the answers are extraordinary. Most people don’t know that Elizabeth I not only visited […]
A host of events are taking place across Lichfield District as part of the national celebration to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Street parties, the Lichfield Greenhill Bower, Burntwood Wakes and village events will be held over the special four-day bank holiday weekend from Thursday 2 June to Sunday 5 June. Celebrations will […]
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Dead Lies Lichfield Garrick Theatre Wednesday 25 May 2022 Review – By Jono Oates My second visit to the Garrick in two days, and this time it was a touring production, Dead Lies, performed by a cast from the stage and screen, and written by the award-winning crime novelist Hilary Bonner. The play was staged […]
I Thought I Heard a Rustling By The Lichfield Players Lichfield Garrick Studio Theatre Tuesday 24 May 2022 Review – By Jono Oates When I was young (a long, long time ago!!) I remember the family huddled round the old black and white television in our lounge (we were the last family in the street […]
By Feature Writer Jono Oates Just a few hundred metres from the centre of Lichfield lies nearly 70 acres of recreational grounds, green space and woodlands called Beacon Park. The majority of the land was a gift to the people of Lichfield by one of its greatest benefactors who wanted to ensure that they had […]
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A PUNISHMENT meted out to naughty schoolboys proved a bizarre key to identifying Heinrich Himmler as he tried to flee the ruins of Nazi Germany. The SS leader planned to escape in disguise following Adolf Hitler’s suicide at the end of the Second World War in Europe but he was arrested by suspicious British Intelligence […]
The Cafés on the Corner Lichfield has always had a reputation for high quality cafes, something that continues today, and here Jono Oates looks at some of the cafes from Lichfield’s past. I suspect that not too many of our readers will remember the Lichfield Civic Café which only operated for a few years, during […]
There are many Christmas events taking place in Lichfield this year and these four events take place in and around the Market Square in late November and early December. Lichfield Christmas Fayre – Sunday 21 November in central Lichfield, 10am to 4pm The Lichfield Christmas Fayre is lovingly organised by Lichfield Chamber of Trade and […]
Food Review – Mangia, Mangia of Lichfield By Jono Oates As anyone who knows me will tell you, I do love my Italian food and although I’m a big fan of pizzas I’m equally fond of pasta, so I was really keen to try out some classic Italian cuisine, with a home-delivery service from the […]
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