Don Maclean mb-artist Livinus_de_Vogelaare Two views of Wick Hall

Two views of Wick Hall Collegiate School

cucumber and tomato

Watling Street and the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the background

The hospital was moved to this site c1815

Don Maclean mb-artist Livinus_de_Vogelaare Two views of Wick HallPhoto call to launch the Across Charity, Ambulance Mark V, the West Midlands 80,000 new jumbo ambulance. Midland comedians Don Maclean and Lenny Henry (who helped raise cash) put on a traffic stopping act to give the world's biggest ambulance the go ahead. Outside the Grand Hotel Birmingham, Don helped bearded driver John Hudgell to transport a roaring Lenny across the street on a stretcher, watched by another driver, Colin Hann. 30th March 1979.