Online sites: Birmingham site links (some lost, some saved, some new)

[dwilly]

Does anyone know what has happened to this website? Seems to be down and has been for a few days, have search posts on here and someone has rasied the question before but has had no answer. Hopefully someone knows something!

 

[bill.dargue]

I understand that since Peter Gamble's death there have been problems with the site and believe, sadly, that it will not be up again.
Some of it, though not all working properly, has been saved on the Internet Archive
www.archive.org - type in www.virtualbrum.co.uk .
And I do know that Mike Byrne is now in the process of setting up the Acocks Green History Society's excellent site on Jimdo - https://aghs.jimdo.com/ .
Bill

 

[bill.dargue]

I've also taken the liberty of putting the late James Hyland's 'Brief History of Selly Oak', so that it won't be lost, on my own website - 'A History of Birmingham Places & Placenames . . . from A to Y' - https://billdargue.jimdo.com/ . Click the link near the foot of the Selly Oak page - https://billdargue.jimdo.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-s/selly-oak/ . James' untimely death was earlier this year.
Bill

 

[bill.dargue]

Oops! Sorry - it doesn't appear to be working yet - I'll post here when it does.
Bill

 

[bill.dargue]

Getting to bed rather later than intended! - but it should be working now . . .
'A History of Birmingham Places & Placenames . . . from A to Y' - https://billdargue.jimdo.com/ . Click the link near the foot of the Selly Oak page - https://billdargue.jimdo.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-s/selly-oak/ .
Bill

 

[jennyann]

Thanks for the info Bill. Much appreciated.

 

[BazzM]

Thanks from me for that too Bill. Barry.