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URL:https://bob.guide/events/an-evening-with-carl-chinn-exploring-the-hist
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SUMMARY:An Evening With Carl Chinn - Exploring The History Of Birmingham's 
 Oldest Pub: An Illustrated Talk
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Carl Chinn as he narrates the real 
 history of Birmingham's Oldest Pub\, The Old Crown\, from its Medieval roo
 ts to the present day. This event will take place at The Old Library\, Bir
 mingham\, with drinks beforehand at The Old Crown\, where there will be an
  exhibition celebrating its 655 year history for Birmingham Heritage Week.
 \n\nTicket only event - £15 per person.\n\nProfessor Carl Chinn MBE is a 
 social historian with a national profile\, writer\, teacher\, tour guide\,
  and public speaker. An off-course bookmaker until 1984\, he is the son an
 d grandson of illegal bookmakers in Sparkbrook\, whilst his mother’s fam
 ily were factory workers in Aston. His writings and broadcasting are deepl
 y affected by his family’s working-class background and life in the back
 -to-backs of Birmingham\, and he believes passionately that history must b
 e democratised because each and every person has made their mark upon hist
 ory and has a story to tell\n\nHe was the expert on ITV’s ‘The Way We 
 Were’ series\, presented regular history slots on BBC Midlands Today\, a
 nd has appeared as a historical expert on BBC 1’s ‘Who Do You Think Yo
 u Are’ and ‘The One Show’ as well as on the BBC 2 series ‘The Vict
 orian Slum’. Most recently he has contributed to ‘Britain's Biggest Di
 g’ on BBC 2 and ‘Walking Victorian Britain’ on My5. Professor Chinn 
 has also been interviewed on numerous Radio 4 programmes\; for 19 years he
  had a weekly local history show on BBC WM\; he wrote a weekly local histo
 ry feature for the Express and Star from 2004-2016\; and since 1994 he has
  been writing on .local history for the Birmingham Mail.\n\nHe is the auth
 or of 35 books that include studies of working-class housing\, urban worki
 ng-class life\, poorer working-class women’s lives\, manufacturing\, Bir
 mingham\, the Black Country\, illegal bookmaking and ethnic minorities. Hi
 s latest works are Peaky Blinders: The Real Story. The true history of Bir
 mingham’s most notorious gangs 2019\, a Sunday Times number 1 bestseller
 \; Peaky Blinders: The Legacy. The real story of Britain’s most notoriou
 s 1920s gangs 2020\; and Peaky Blinders: The Aftermath: The real story beh
 ind the next generation of British gangsters 2021. He is also co-editor of
  Birmingham. The Workshop of the World 2016\, the first major history of B
 irmingham since the 1970s.\n\nProfessor Chinn is a noted campaigner and pl
 ayed a prominent role in saving the last back to backs in Birmingham\, now
  a National Trust Museum\; in the fight to ensure the re-opening of Birmin
 gham’s Town Hall\; in the drive for a memorial to the paupers who died i
 n Birmingham Workhouse\; and in the campaign for a fitting memorial for th
 e victims of the Blitz in Birmingham. An ardent supporter of manufacturing
 \, Professor Chinn was a key figure in the battle to keep the Longbridge c
 ar factory open in 2001 and later supported the struggles for jobs at Alst
 om\, HP Sauce\, and Smith and Nephew.\n\nFormerly Professor of Community H
 istory at the University of Birmingham\, a unique role\, and Director of t
 he Birmingham Lives project collecting working-class memories\, he is now 
 Emeritus Professor at the University of Birmingham. As a freelance social 
 historian\, he is an animateur for history tours of Birmingham and collabo
 rates on local history projects in several schools. These include Tudor Gr
 ange Academy Kingshurst\, George Dixon Academy\, Eden Academy\, Ark Victor
 ia Academy\, Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School\, Staffordshire University 
 Academy Cannock\, and Trinity High School Redditch\, whilst at St Paul’s
  School for Girls\, he supports 6th formers with their history coursework.
 \n\nCarl Chinn was awarded the MBE in June 2001 for his services to local 
 history and fund-raising for local charities\, and he has also been involv
 ed in building homes for orphans in Romania and refurbishing a school in t
 he Andes in Ecuador. In 2010\, he was awarded a Gold Medal by the Institut
 e of Sheet Metal Engineering for his ‘commitment\, enthusiasm and suppor
 t for our manufacturing heritage’. Two years later\, he was presented wi
 th a special Local Heroes Award by the Birmingham Mail for championing the
  City and for his work in uncovering its past\; and in June 2014\, he was 
 made a Master of the Open University for his work in community history.
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LOCATION:The Old Crown\, 188 High St\, Deritend  \, Birmingham\, England\, 
 B12 0LD\, West Midlands\, United Kingdom
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