1998

A very young David Beckham @ the Match of the Day exhibition @ the NEC.	Davina McCall at the Motor show @ the NEC.	The queen opening the Birmingham Children's Hospital.
G8 summit, the Blairs & Clintons arrive outside the Council House, security meant this was about as close as you could get.	Melanie Sykes at the Birmingham heat of the Big Breakfast's "Find me a model" competition.	Lisa Maxwell (Now The Bill) with Shane Ritchie before rehearsals for Boogie Nights @ the Hippodrome.
Katrina from the waves previous year's Eurovision winner with our representative Immani @ Mappin & Webb with the winner's trophy and that's the closest we've been since!	Olympic & World 10K champion Haille Gebresalassie @ the NIA just before he broke the World indoor record.	"Eric" from Emmerdale at @ the Match of the Day exhibition @ the NEC.
Dana International winner of the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest, here he/she is in all his/her glory?	Claire Sweeney and then boyfriend, WBA goalkeeper Alan Miller (An early WAG?) @ the BRMB Musice Awards.	Brian May in Concert @ the NIA in Birmingham.
Angela Griffin @ the Match of the Day exhibition @ the NEC.	Popular boy band of the time 911 @HMV in Birmingham.	Heather Small of M People in concert @ the NEC.
Janet Jackson in concert @ the NEC.	"Marlon" from Emmerdale on doubles @ the Match of the Day exhibition @ the NEC.	Anita Dobson & Josie Lawrence outside the new Rep with a well known actor who's name escapes me (E-Mail answer please).
Champion jump jockey Tony McCoy with the "Sisters of Murphy" after winning the Murphy's Gold Cup on Cyfor Malta.	Olympic bronze medallist Katherine Merry @ the AAA Championships @ Alexander stadium.	One Man clears the last on the way to winning the Queen Mother Champion Chase. This was his last race as he sadly suffered a heart attack on his next aoppearance @ Aintree one month later.
Alexander O'Neal @ Brannigans on Broad Street, Birmingham.	Karen Brady & Paul Peschisolido with their daughter @ the NIA Mother's Day Party.	Queen Mother @ Cheltenham ready to present the prize for winning the champion chase named in her honour.
Olympic silver medallist Roger Black.	Actor Ross Kemp @ the Motor Show @ the NEC.	Run DMC in concert in Birmingham.
Spice Girls in concert @ the NEC.	Tony Blair comes to meet some of the crowds @ the G8 summit get together at the Town hall.	Ulrika Johnsson opening a mobile phone shop in the One Stop Shopping Centre in Perry Barr, Birmingham.

1998

What a busy year for Birmingham - G8 with the Blairs & Clintons, Eurovision in the same month, Beckham @ the NEC and the Queen opening the Children's hospital and finally the Spice Girls on tour (Back when they were girls), so somethings don't change!

1998

A very young David Beckham @ the Match of the Day exhibition @ the NEC.

Davina McCall at the Motor show @ the NEC.

The queen opening the Birmingham Children's Hospital.

G8 summit, the Blairs & Clintons arrive outside the Council House, security meant this was about as close as you could get.

Melanie Sykes at the Birmingham heat of the Big Breakfast's "Find me a model" competition.

Lisa Maxwell (Now The Bill) with Shane Ritchie before rehearsals for Boogie Nights @ the Hippodrome.

Katrina from the waves previous year's Eurovision winner with our representative Immani @ Mappin & Webb with the winner's trophy and that's the closest we've been since!

Olympic & World 10K champion Haille Gebresalassie @ the NIA just before he broke the World indoor record.

"Eric" from Emmerdale at @ the Match of the Day exhibition @ the NEC.

Dana International winner of the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest, here he/she is in all his/her glory?

Claire Sweeney and then boyfriend, WBA goalkeeper Alan Miller (An early WAG?) @ the BRMB Musice Awards.

Brian May in Concert @ the NIA in Birmingham.

Angela Griffin @ the Match of the Day exhibition @ the NEC.

Popular boy band of the time 911 @HMV in Birmingham.

Heather Small of M People in concert @ the NEC.

Janet Jackson in concert @ the NEC.

"Marlon" from Emmerdale on doubles @ the Match of the Day exhibition @ the NEC.

Anita Dobson & Josie Lawrence outside the new Rep with a well known actor who's name escapes me (E-Mail answer please).

Champion jump jockey Tony McCoy with the "Sisters of Murphy" after winning the Murphy's Gold Cup on Cyfor Malta.

Olympic bronze medallist Katherine Merry @ the AAA Championships @ Alexander stadium.

One Man clears the last on the way to winning the Queen Mother Champion Chase. This was his last race as he sadly suffered a heart attack on his next aoppearance @ Aintree one month later.

Alexander O'Neal @ Brannigans on Broad Street, Birmingham.

Karen Brady & Paul Peschisolido with their daughter @ the NIA Mother's Day Party.

Queen Mother @ Cheltenham ready to present the prize for winning the champion chase named in her honour.

Olympic silver medallist Roger Black.

Actor Ross Kemp @ the Motor Show @ the NEC.

Run DMC in concert in Birmingham.

Spice Girls in concert @ the NEC.

Tony Blair comes to meet some of the crowds @ the G8 summit get together at the Town hall.

Ulrika Johnsson opening a mobile phone shop in the One Stop Shopping Centre in Perry Barr, Birmingham.

1998