Category: Birmingham City

Family of 1974 IRA Pub Attack in Birmingham to Sue Police and Alleged Bomber

The family of a woman who was killed in the bombing of a Birmingham pub by the Provisional IRA in 1974 has sued West Midlands Police and a man they claim was one of the bombers. Margaret Smith, whose 18-year-old daughter Maxine Hambleton was killed in the Tavern in the Town pub on Nov. 21,…


Meet the Characters in the Charming Small Town of Homewood, Alabama

The two places could not be farther apart in every regard. One real, the other a television show set. San Francisco is modern, hip, diverse, and unique. Mayberry is old-fashioned and homey, filled with regular folks doing everyday things. Yet there is a city in Alabama that brings those two places close – Homewood. The…