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MADE IN BIRMINGHAM – THE INGENIOUS SECOND CITY

Birmingham: The City of Enlightenment: MADE IN BIRMINGHAM TIMELINE from the time of The Lunar Men and The Midlands Enlightenment to the year 2000. 18th century 1727: Birmingham is becoming a hot-bed of creative activity and local businessman and bookseller Thomas Warren opens a bookshop in the Birmingham’s High Street. Warren is an influential figure […]MADE IN BIRMINGHAM – THE INGENIOUS SECOND…

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"The Lunar Men" my third & last poem on Birmingham Lunar Society

“The Lunar Men” my third & last poem on Birmingham Lunar Society

THE LUNAR MEN Well – met by moonlight These Lunar Men, these ‘Men of Moment, great men all Gave thought to science Held nothing in their thrall The ‘Natural Philosophers’ Of the widening world Held mostly against the enslavement of Brothers Felt deep the pain of others In Africa, where one of their number by name of Galton  Sold guns as a Quaker, A real ‘Wrong ‘Un’ At Great Barr Hall…