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Shirley developed as an isolated farming community along an ancient road, known by 1332 as Shirley Street. In the 18th century traffic had increased along Shirley Street and inns sprang up to cater for the needs of travellers. This led to ‘sportsmen’ coming in large numbers to indulge in banned pursuits such as bull-baiting, prize fighting and cock-fighting and the inevitable drinking and gambling. By 1831 this changed when the Rev. Archer Clive built a chapel-of-ease. It was created a separate parish and the independent history of Shirley had begun.
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Founded as a new town in the 12th century, Solihull, in the Forest of Arden, flourished in the early Middle Ages but then declined into a quiet village in north-west Warwickshire. The turnpikes brought some custom to its coaching inns in the 18th century but it was not until the railway came, in 1850, that its suburbanisation began. "Many of you will already be familiar with Sue's excellent books ... Solihull Past is no exception." Solihull News
One Monday morning, Lily, a successful thirty year old career woman, sees a leopard hiding in the long grass in her suburban back garden. "What to do next?" she asks herself. Lily's surprising answer takes her and her dog, Archie, on a journey of unusual and often comical incidents. Sleeping under hedges; raiding supermarket bins; selling a stolen Gauguin, to a dodgy character from the criminal underworld - all in the cause of fulfilling Lily's dream. Lily finds love but the fulfilment of her dream is always in the balance - and along the way an old woman predicts, 'it'll all end badly'. As for Archie - if there's a friend nearby and a biscuit to be eaten, he's happy. And the leopard?
A history of Greater Solihull