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👀 Keep your eyes and ears open as CBSO in the City returns to various Birmingham spaces from Thursday. 🚊 Whether you’re catching a train or a tram, out shopping or relaxing outside – there’ll be pop-up performances to enjoy from 28 to 31 August. 📆 Also on Friday, watch out for a wandering opera ‘Open for Business’ making its way around nine Digbeth venues. ℹ️ For more details, visit the link in comments below👇 #SummerinBrum

Today marks one year to go until we welcome the Invictus Games to Birmingham. From historic parades and remembrance at the Hall of Memory to modern civic celebrations, Birmingham continues to honour and celebrate our veterans and Armed Forces community. Our city is proud of its military heritage, including the First Southern General Hospital at the University of Birmingham, where wounded servicemen from across the world received treatment during the First World War. Today, that legacy lives on at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, home to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, alongside Fisher House, which provides free accommodation for serving personnel, veterans and their families while loved ones receive life-saving treatment. Swipe to see images of the opening of the First Southern General Hospital, the Hall of Memory's opening and present day, the early years of the QE Images courtesy of Birmingham Archives.