Blog

Phil's blog

La Voz de Don Felipe

Photos

Daily photos

A photo each day posted on Twitter

Family tree

Phil's family tree	Roots in Hampshire, Southwark and Staffordshire
Miriam's family tree	Roots in Staffordshire and Germany

Other pages

Total eclipse 1999	While thousands of Britons huddled under umbrellas on Cornish beaches, we headed east in search of the sun
Road runner	Phil enters the 2010 Birmingham Half-Marathon
Road runner 2	Back on the road: the 2012 Great Birmingham Run
Road runner 3	Yet another half-marathon: the 2013 Great Birmingham Run
Useful links	Frequently visited sites
Email us!	Our address is mail at banting-family dot org dot uk
	Follow @philbanting

Who we are

The photo was taken beside Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, in 2013.

Phil is on the left... I formerly worked as an electronic (software) engineer for an aerospace company, and took early retirement in 2015.

Miriam is also retired, having been a nurse and then working in health-related research projects.

Some things we do

Church

We are active members of Christ Church, Selly Park, Birmingham. We are especially involved in:

• Phil has a role in communications, in particular managing the Christ Church website and social media accounts and also producing the weekly notice sheet
• Phil leads a music group
• Miriam takes part in prayer ministry and leads the Friday morning Coffee Mates

Community

Phil is a volunteer for Stirchley Baths, having given numerous tours of this Edwardian building now beautifully restored as a community hub. The Baths is a great venue for the monthly Stirchley Community Market of which Phil is a steward, and the Baths heritage programme also provided the inspiration for Stirchley History Group.

We are members of the the Liberal Democrats supporting its local campaigns.

Words, music and images

Miriam is a member of Phoenix Singers, a large choir who give concerts several times a year and also go on annual tours which we both enjoy.

Phil is often found at Artefact in Stirchley, the café home of the fortnightly Crunch creative writing group - or he may be leaving English behind at Kings Heath Spanish Club.

And at pretty well all these venues and events, Phil is taking photos!