Finally managed to visit the former home of Boulton. Aside from Bham Back to Backs and Stoneleigh Abbey I've not toured a lot of properties. The contrast between the three properties is very telling.
Unfortunately the guide was not very knowedgeable. Still the property itself revealed a lot. Re. Black British History - only a small panel relating to Equiano's Bham visit and the minting of commemorative abolition/emancipation coins. At least the Equiano book was on sale.
The main purpose of my Bham visit was to attend the lanch of the Scawdi 'History Detectives' exhibition. No one at Soho House, including the two black staff, had any knowledge of Scawdi, let alone today's launch.
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