Robert Booth

Email

rjbooth@btinternet.com

Phone

0121 475 6814 or 07808 518397

Fees

£40.00 donation, negotiable for smaller groups, plus travel at 30ppm

Equipment required

Speaker gives a fully illustrated PowerPoint presentation and brings a computer, projector and leads but does require a screen.

Size of audience

Any (10 – 100+)

Availability

Day or evening

Subjects covered

1. The Sweet Life in Bournville – the Cadbury and Bournville story from 1878. Bob Booth, chairman of The Bournville Society and author of 'Bournville Through Time' and 'The Sweet Life in Bournville'. Pictures from many personal collections will be used in this presentation and aspects of the Cadbury legacy, the village architecture, the community and some of the lesser-known facts about Bournville will be revealed.
2. Hidden Bournville – in writing 'Bournville Through Time', archive photographs were found.This presentation will reveal unpublished photographs and the stories behind them. Suitable for those with some knowledge of Bournville.
3. Bournville in postcards and paintings 1900-1950 – including recent views of those locations to show the changes made over time.
4. Bournville Architecture including Churches of Bournville - Bob shares his own architectural favourites as well as showing pictures of Bournville’s Arts and Crafts ‘cottage’ style houses, architects and their work as well as architecturally significant aspects of Bournville’s Quaker influence, the early Friends Meeting places, a Dutch-gabled Presbyterian Church, a Serbian Orthodox Church and other buildings located in Bournville.
5. Weoley Hill Ltd, The story of one of Bournville’s housing initiatives - suitable for those with some knowledge of Bournville.
6. Silver to Digital Magic – how designing and making has been transformed by the computer. This presentation tells a story about designing and making, from hand production to computer driven imaging, from the largest of buildings to the smallest electronic component. Bob will show some of his own work in silver and other products and introduce you to some of the people who have influenced his work. He reflects on how these products used to be created by hand and how the processes have changed over the last forty years. This is a fully illustrated, non-technical presentation with some models to look at.

Additional information

All presentations tailored to suit group interests. Bob is a former principal lecturer at Wolverhampton University, involved with computers and designing and manufacturing things since the early days of ‘bits and bytes’ in the early 1980s.

His main interest is in 3D design, computer-driven modelling and he has taught in the USA and Hong Kong. Bob has travelled the world but lives, with his wife, half a mile from where he was born.

He is chairman of The Bournville Society and archivist to St Francis Church in Bournville. He has spoken and presented to many groups and is the author of two books including 'Bournville Through Time' (2014) published by Amberley Publishing.

Page last updated

24 November 2023