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  West Midlands S.a.a.b Specialists - Saab Service and repairs in Birmingham
West Midlands S.a.a.b Specialists is the recommended installer of parts and accessories supplied by Elkparts.
West Midlands S.a.a.b Specialists, Unit AF37, Hastingwood Industrial Park, Wood Lane, Erdington, B24 9QR
Telephone: 0121 270 1095, Telefax: 0121 270 1295
www.wmss.co.uk   (132 words)

  
  Erdington Community
Erdington is situated on the north side of Birmingham City.
Erdington used to have a manor which dated back to the 1600's and which was demolished in 1912 with the making of the Tyburn Road.
Erdington owes its existence to the English (aka Anglo Saxon) settlers who most likely settled here in the late sixth century and who would have been the ancestors of most of the population of the village until it was swallowed by Birmingham.
www.birminghamuk.com /erdington.htm   (490 words)

  
  Erdington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erdington is an area in north Birmingham, England.
Erdington was mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name Hardintone and for much of its history was part of the parish of neighbouring Aston.
Erdington's most famous resident was Josiah Mason, the philanthropist whose bust now stands at the centre of the roundabout at the junction of Chester Road and Orphanage Road, so named for the institution he founded in 1860.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erdington   (312 words)

  
 Erdington
Erdington is one of the largest suburban centres in the City of Birmingham.
Key challenges for Erdington are to increase the participation of partnership members and improve the commitment of board members to key town centre initiatives.
Erdington hopes to access advice and support from the project, through ongoing guidance and networking with other town centre managers.
www.cleanersafergreener.gov.uk /en/1/erdington.html   (301 words)

  
 ERDINGTON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Erdington Ward lies 4 miles to the north-east of Birmingham City Centre and is part of the Erdington Constituency together with Kingsbury, Kingstanding and Stockland Green.
Erdington remained a village until the mid 1800s, growing rapidly between the turn of the century and World War 11, when virtually all of the constituency was developed to meet Birmingham's need for housing and industrial land.
Erdington's history can be traced in such places as Rookery House and Park, once a private house but opened as a public park in 1905, Erdington Abbey, which in 1896 became the first Benedictine Abbey to be founded in England since the Reformation and St Barnabas Church.
www.poptel.org.uk /birmingham-labour/wards/erdin1.htm   (393 words)

  
 Constituency - Siôn Simon - MP for Birmingham, Erdington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The constituency comprises the wards of Erdington, Tyburn, Stockland Green and Kingstanding.
Erdington was mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name Hardintone and for much of its history was part of the parish of neighbouring Aston.
Erdington itself borders the traditionally working class areas of Aston, Perry Barr and Hodge Hill, and the more affluent areas of Sutton Coldfield, Minworth, Castle Bromwich and Water Orton (North Warwickshire).
www.sionsimonmp.org /constituency.aspx   (186 words)

  
 Erdington
ERDINGTON is an ancient hamlet, on the high road from Birmingham to Sutton Coldfield in Aston parish and union, Hemlingford hundred, Birmingham county court district and division, county of Warwick.
The church St. Barnabas was erected in 1819-20 by the Commissioners appointed for building churches, at a cost of £6,000, £1,000 of which was raised by subscriptions of the inhabitants.
Erdington Hall was a mansion of very early date..
www.bmsgh.org /parish/warw/tyaib/erdington.htm   (419 words)

  
 Erdington: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Erdington is an area in north Birmingham Birmingham quick summary:
Domesday book (also known as domesday, or book of winchester), was the record of the great survey of england completed in 1086, executed for william...
Birmingham Erdington is a constituency constituency quick summary:
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/er/erdington.htm   (960 words)

  
 Erdington AFC - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Erdington AFC evolved from a core of local lads competing in various junior tournaments as 'Erdington AFC' from around 1986.
In a memorable season, all-time top goalscorer 'Fred' Parker notched his 100th Erdington goal in what was to be his final season before retiring, while the outstanding Beckley was voted Manager's and Players' player of the season after his 38-goal haul.
The Chairman and Manager are continually seeking to strengthen the squad and every effort is being made to ensure that the next chapter in Erdington's history builds on the progress of a proud history.
www.erdingtonafc.com /pages/history.htm   (353 words)

  
 etyres mobile tyres fitting service in Erdington Birmingham West Midlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Erdington parish is still universally known as ‘the Abbey’, although it has been served by Redemptorists since 1922 and the claustral buildings were sold to a local school in 1994.
Until the 19th century, Erdington was merely a hamlet in the huge medieval parish of Aston, which included all the countryside between Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield, seven miles to the north-east and for several miles to the east as well.
From 1940 onwards, the school of 1910 was used for children from five to nine and the new one for the nine- to fourteen-year-olds, except for those who passed the ‘scholarship’ examination and left at eleven to go elsewhere.
www.etyres.co.uk /town-descriptions/tyres-erdington-birmingham.htm   (882 words)

  
 Susanna McCorry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Susanna is councillor for Erdington and joined the council on 2nd May 1996.
Erdington Ward Sub-Committee agreed to spread the money devolved to it from the Local Involvement Local Action initiative of the City Council and the first 4 cameras are to be installed in the Spring of 2000.
Susanna was brought up in Erdington, attended the Abbey and Edmund Campion Schools and has a special relationship with the Abbey, not only because of the weekly advice surgery held in the Parish Hall, but because she got married there.
www.poptel.org.uk /birmingham-labour/people/samcy.htm   (360 words)

  
 The Newgate Calendar - ABRAHAM THORNTON
Mary was well known and highly respected in Erdington, and in the very neighbourhood of the spot where she fell a victim to the brutal lust of a detestable ravisher, and the murderous grasp of a ferocious assassin.
On her way, she called upon her intimate friend Hannah Cox, at Erdington, and arranged that she should be back early in the evening, to go to a dance at Tyburn, which usually took place in a public-house there, at the conclusion of an annual feast, of a friendly society.
He danced with the ill-fated girl, paid her the greatest attention, accompanied her from the dance homewards, and was afterwards seen with her at a stile, on the side of the high road, at three-quarters past two o'clock in the morning.
www.exclassics.com /newgate/ng574.htm   (11110 words)

  
 St Patrick's Day 2006 - festival, parades, events for Saint Patrick, Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
FOLLOWING the award-winning success of last year’s Erdington St. Patrick’s Festival the event is set to return this year even bigger and better.
From 10.30am at Erdington Library there will be ghost stories from Jamaica and Galway Bay with stories of fantasy and phantoms for all the family.
Erdington Town Centre Manager Nigel Godfrey said: “This is a fantastic free event for all the community to enjoy.
www.irishabroad.com /stpatrick/uk/crowdflock.asp   (228 words)

  
 Research and Remembrance - Christopher John - War Memorials in Erdington, Birmingham
The churchyard of St Barnabas, on Erdington's High St, shows a wide range of Great War service burials and a number of fine private family memorials indicating the great pride felt by local families in remembering those who fell and are buried far from home.
Overall the burials and memorials give an idea of the sacrifce made by the citizens of Erdington in what was the first example of total war.
It would be extremely unusual for a town the size of Erdington not to have commissioned a permanent memorial to their war dead.
www.hellfire-corner.demon.co.uk /erdington.htm   (1030 words)

  
 Swan, Erdington, West Midlands, B23 6SA - pub details # beerintheevening.com
Erdington (0.3 miles), Chester Road (0.8 miles), Gravelly Hill (1 mile)
NB: Information about this pub is incomplete as it has not been visited by a member of the beerintheevening.com team and is not currently registered.
Among the pubs in Erdington this is a bit rough, but no where nearer the roughest (try thr Roebuck for that).
www.beerintheevening.com /pubs/s/17/17398/Swan/Erdington   (258 words)

  
 What's On at Erdington Library
If you have any photos of Erdington through the years we would like to borrow them and scan them for future generations.
Join our informal reading group Erdington Bookwormers which meets in the library on the first Thursday of the month at 10 - 11am and read some of the reviews by the group.
Erdington Crime Fiction Reading Group was established in 1995 and is open to anyone interested in reading and discussing crime fiction.
www.birmingham.gov.uk /GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=11364&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=260   (503 words)

  
 [Imcuk public] Oldham Riots and NF march in Erdington, Birmingham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Even after the Home Secretary banned the Nazis from marching on Oldham the police stood by and allowed 40 members of C18 to march into the town centre on Saturday 5th May. The police were well aware that the Nazis were gathering in local pubs but did nothing.
Former KKK organiser Mick Shore is the Nazi candidate in Erdington and he has boasted that the NF will take to the streets this Saturday.
The Anti Nazi League are mobilising to stop the NF and to ensure that Erdington is a No Go area for Nazis.
archives.lists.indymedia.org /imc-uk/2001-May/000325.html   (410 words)

  
 Dark Coincidence - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
On 27 May 1817, the body of a murder victim - 20-year-old Mary Ashford was found in a flooded sandpit at Erdington, a village lying five miles outside of Birmingham in England.
Exactly 158 years afterwards to the very day and hour of the Ashford murder, history repeated itself in a most brutal and chilling way when 20-year-old Barbara Forrest was strangled and left in the long grass near to the children's home in Erdington where she was employed as a nurse.
She had been strangled and raped, and her body, which was partly clothed, had lain undetected for over a week.
www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=43189   (2090 words)

  
 etyres mobile tyres fitting service in Erdington Birmingham
Erdington is an area in north Birmingham, England.
The formal district comprises the wards of Erdington, Tyburn, Stockland Green and Kingstanding, although most of Kingstanding ward lies outside the historical boundaries of Erdington.
Erdington itself borders the traditionally working class areas of Aston, Perry Barr and Hodge Hill, and the afluent and spacious districts of Sutton Coldfield, Minworth, Castle Bromwich and Water Orton (North Warwickshire).
www.etyres.co.uk /town-descriptions/tyres-erdington-birmingham-2.htm   (506 words)

  
 Erdington — Birmingham Community Safety Partnership
Erdington Local Delivery Group (ELDG) is the Constituency's key mechanism for working towards crime reduction and promoting community safety.
Deprivation within the Erdington district is mixed as we have areas in the worst 1% of England.
The Erdington Local Delivery Group made the decision to have theme groups who would be responsible to the ELDG not only as the delivery mechanism for certain activities but would also identify the gaps within the District these are:
www.birmingham-csp.org.uk /localdeliverygroups/erdington_folder   (919 words)

  
 Traditional Erdington
In partnership with the B23 Erdington magazine, we hope you will find these pages a useful guide to what's going on in the town, as well as being a celebration of Erdington's progress.
There are approximately 25,000 residents in Erdington from a diverse ethnic mix.
Erdington has urbanised into a vibrant town centre where people choose to live, work and visit as well as being one of the largest surburban centres in the City.
www.birmingham.gov.uk /erdingtontowncentre.bcc   (260 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Erdington
We Like Britain - but We Will Not Stay; Martin Slezak, Aged 24, is From Slovakia and Has Been Living in Erdington for the Past 13 Months.
Calendar of past times; ERDINGTON Trip down memory lane in old postcards.(News)
See all results from premium newspaper and magazine articles, images, maps and more at HighBeam Research.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Erdington&StartAt=1   (662 words)

  
 Home - Erdington Community Network
Erdington Community Network for community groups, voluntary organisation and active citizens of Kingstanding, Tyburn, Erdington and Stockland Green wards.
By becoming a member of the network you will be able to access information resources, a copy of the district wide Networker, a copy of the city-wide b:cennected magazine, use of the b:cen computer suite, support and experience from other network members as well as the opportunity to apply for a small grant.
Erdington constituency is home to two Guide Neigbourhood projects - Perry Common Guide Neighbourhood and Castle Vale Community Housing Association.
www.bcen.net /erdington   (540 words)

  
 Ofsted – Reports Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Erdington Hall Primary School is a primary and nursery school for boys and girls.
Erdington Hall Primary School was inspected on 12 Jan 2004.
Erdington Hall Primary School with the publication date(s).
www.ofsted.gov.uk /reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=103251   (244 words)

  
 New Homes In Erdington
With the increasing demand for housing, builders and property developers are building new homes as fast as they can throughout the country, we've displayed a list of new homes currently available in Erdington.
A development of sixty three, one and two bedroom apartments and three bedroom houses, situated in Erdington on the outskirts of Birmingham city centre.
Situated in Erdington on the outskirts of Birmingham City centre, this stunning new development will consist of between thirty-three and forty-five apartments (subject to planning), of which the majority will be two bedroom apartments.
www.new-homes-in.com /new/homes/Erdington?place=Erdington   (1226 words)

  
 Crime in Goosemoor Lane, Erdington UK
A 19-year-old woman was grabbed as she walked in the park between 0015-0030hrs Monday by two offenders, who pulled her to the ground and sexually assaulted her.
Sgt Sharon Revitt, from Erdington police station, urged residents to be extra vigilant and to take basic steps to prevent them from becoming a victim.
Elderly people living in the Erdington area will be able to stay ahead of the bogus callers when officers deliver memo minders to 40 homes.
www.geocities.com /goosemoorlane/crime.htm   (14161 words)

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