Weoley Castle Ruins
It’s been a great pleasure to get involved with the history of my local community. Weoley Castle Ruins in Birmingham are the historic remains of a medieval fortified manor house mentioned in the Domesday book. With the help of some Cultural Olympiad funding I undertook some detailed research into what life at the manor house would have been like. On one gloriously sunny Saturday in September 08 I took on the role of Lady Botetourt, one of the former owners of the manor, and I took one hundred people on a virtual tour of the site.
Here is a picture of some children helping me to make Lammas bread to celebrate the first crop of harvest.
