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HISTORY PAGE 5 OF 13 "25th" NEXT HISTORY PAGE In 1938 the Silver Jubilee was celebrated with a Camp in Denmark and many gifts, notably the Company Colours (the gift of the Old Boys) and a Silver Mace (the gift of the 1st Epsom Company) and a review at Pembroke Fields attended by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham. (Below) As the City expanded the 1st A Boys' Brigade Company started a new branch in one of the new areas in Kingstanding with both parts working in keen rivalry and comradeship. The 14th Girls Life Brigade also started a branch in Kingstanding. Both met at Kingland Road School. A new church 'John Bunyan Hall' was built in Kingstanding and opened on 17th July 1948. In 1961 the Kingstanding Platoon became a separate Company, the 11th Birmingham. Below right a fanfare for the opening of the second building at Kingstanding, the new John Bunyan Baptist Church. |
