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Zoom Presentation 22nd January 2022 - 2pm GMT

The Families commemorated in Armorial Windows at

St Mary’s College, Oscott, Warwickshire

SPEAKER

Naomi Johnson BSc, MSc, is the Archivist at the archives of the Archdiocese of Birmingham and Museum Curator at St Mary’s College, Oscott, Sutton Coldfield.

SUMMARY

Naomi has begun researching the families of young men who attended the school at Oscott College from the 1790’s until 1889, and who are commemorated in armorial windows there. To do this she has used various resources including those of the College, The Newspaper Archives, and Military Records. The talk will explain a little of the history of the windows and tell the stories of some of those whose stories have been uncovered.

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If you would be interested in joining us online for this talk, then please contact us through This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You will in due course be sent a link for Zoom. If you do not have Zoom it is free and easy to download it to your device. Simply search for Zoom on your search engine and follow the instructions. We hope you will want to join us for what promises to be an enlightening talk.

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