At the June meeting David and June Humphries took us on a circular tour of Birmingham following the 27 mile Outer Circle bus route although this is no longer one continuous bus journey but must be done in two halves. The pointed out the many interesting landmarks and points of interest to be found on or near the route. One of which was that the author of Dixon of Dock Green went to George Dixon Academy and named his main character accordingly. This was certainly one of our better Core presentations. Their notes covering all the landmarks can be viewed here

In May Colin Rowe gave us his talk Going For a Spin. This expression originated among early cyclist going out for a ride and was adopted by early motorists setting out to explore the countryside. He went onto give us an interesting explanation of the early days of the motor car, steam, electric and internal combustion as well as explaining the origin of things like the word chauffeur and the formation of Mercedes. The book is an account of an early car journey from London to Liverpool.