‘Anchors Aweigh!’Sat 4 Apr | 1pm Meet: 2 Kingston Row, Birmingham B1 2NU‘Anchors Aweigh!’ charts a meandering course round Birmingham-on-Sea, sifting through the flotsam and jetsam of the city’s unexpected nautical heritage. Relics of New StreetThu 9 Apr | 10 30am Meet: outside Waterstones, 24-26 High Street B4 7SLA short but packed survey of the lesser-noticed aspects of the city’s most familiar street. A 'ghost walk' of sorts, being a forensic combing of New Street for the remnants, vestiges and lost streets that show how the city’s shops, cinemas and squares have changed over time. What Was Lost Sat 11 Apr | 1pmMeet: Stone Galleon, 234 Bradford Street B12 0NFA meditation on the surviving slivers of archaeological evidence that tell an intriguing, if invisible, Birmingham story—a city noted for its unfortunate losses. The Game’s AfootSat 18 Apr | 1pmMeet: Outside Children’s Hospital B4 6NHTantalisingly, the literary landscape of Conan Doyle’s stories owes much to his formative experiences of Birmingham. Here we search out the hidden clues that reveal Sherlock Holmes’ presence. Devilish DetailsSat 25 + Sun 26 Apr | 1pm +Meet: Black Sabbath Bridge, Broad Street B1 2HPDevilish Details goes in search of the horned figures, cloven hooves and goatee beards that populate our city buildings, museums and public art works.
