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Sutton Park no good?
Did you go to Lichfield? Maybe you've been there already.
Mysterious.
Lorenzo | 04.05.18 - 7:08 a.m. | #
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Not even a tasty pie? (although its probably not north enough), what about a Balti?
Still Anon | 04.05.18 - 7:18 a.m. | #
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The television transmitter at Sutton Coldfield was the first in the UK, after London, starting broadcasting in 1949.
John | 04.05.18 - 7:30 a.m. | #
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After having written so many gadabout articles, maybe DG is looking to see if we'll fill in the pieces. Maybe the longer term view is that we'll write the blog for him?
Jon Jones | 04.05.18 - 8:12 a.m. | #
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Much of my adolescence, now fifty-sixty years ago, was spent in the Royal Borough of Sutton Coldfield, and I am not surprised that you found nothing of interest in that benighted self-satisfied place. Plus it gave me a good laugh first thing. Many thanks for that.
But you do seem to have missed Sutton Park, which (unless they have done something terrible to it, which is all too believable) is a huge, ancient and delightful forest (in the old sense of the word) whose survival owes much to the (also interesting) Bishop Vesey. Should you have the misfortune to fetch up in Sutton Coldfield again, the Park is behind you as you come out of the station.
Lilyami | 04.05.18 - 8:15 a.m. | #
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Really? Nothing? Surely there has to be a story behind the name of the place if nothing else!
Marc | 04.05.18 - 9:33 a.m. | #
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I don't believe it
Caz | 04.05.18 - 9:47 a.m. | #
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As hinted at by others, I find it hard to believe can't find anything interesting to say even if the place itself isn't very interesting.
Andrew S | 04.05.18 - 10:14 a.m. | #
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John Darwin the canoe man was from Sutton Coldfield!
PDQ | 04.05.18 - 10:34 a.m. | #
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Ooops sorry that was Seaton Carew. Somewhere up North anyway.
PDQ's factchecker | 04.05.18 - 10:35 a.m. | #
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I used to live in Tamworth, and when we were about 14, my best friend and I decided to spend a day in Sutton Coldfield, which is just a quick hop on the bus away.
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... To cut a long story short, about an hour after arriving in Sutton, we left for Birmingham
Andrew Marsden | Homepage | 04.05.18 - 10:51 a.m. | #
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I'll have you know i was born in Sutton Coldfield. Left there soon after i turned one and have never been back. Looks like i made a wise decision....
Milo | 04.05.18 - 10:55 a.m. | #
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So the competition is on. Which can be less interesting? Sutton Coldfield, or the London Borough of Sutton?
Chz | 04.05.18 - 6:55 p.m. | #
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If we are now looking for the least interesting Sutton, Sutton Benger in Wiltshire will be hard to beat!
James Webber | 04.05.18 - 7:23 p.m. | #
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For a short time I lived in Wylde Green....also on the train line with Four Oaks. I think you covered everything I remembered about the place first thing this morning. Just coming back now to check the LBTH's result...I knew you'd do it without hiding it in twaddle. Ta.
B | 04.05.18 - 7:36 p.m. | #
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Thanks DG. I won't go there then.
kev | 04.05.18 - 8:05 p.m. | #
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Well, it's mentioned in the Reginald Perrin books.
Also, how did it become Royal? (Apparently it's officially a Royal Town rather than a Royal Borough, but that is presumably an adjustment to local government reforms.)
Andrew M | 04.05.18 - 8:43 p.m. | #
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I grew up there and can confirm it's very, very dull. Pleasantly leafy, but still dull.
Probably the only good reason to go there is Sutton Park NNR. It's easy to miss as it's a tiny patch of greenery, only a little over 2.5 times the size of Hampstead Heath.
Andrew M: it was created as a Royal Town in 1528, thanks to Bishop John Vesey being a friend of Henry VIII.
Rob | 05.05.18 - 7:03 a.m. | #
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Hm - I'd expect there to be more Royal Towns than there actually are, if just having a patron who is a friend of the King is enough to get you one.
Andrew M | 05.05.18 - 4:20 p.m. | #
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