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II it possible to change my email address? I am unable to access my email account as Microsoft has blocked it. Apparently there has been suspicious activity! I so have another account which I would like to use but cannot find anywhere to change my address.

I haven't seen any posts relating to these houses, possibly as you would know know they were back to back from the front as they just looked like a terrace of houses with the front door coming straight onto the pavement. They were on the left side at the end of Addrerley Road near the Gate. I...

I did post this yesterday but can't find it so maybe I didn't press "post thread"! Anyway I have a a booklet dated about 1940 showing 346 illustrations. Wondered if anyone would like it. Send a PM and I will be happy to mail it to you. I checked Amazon and it is £5.95 for the same one.

I cannot see anywhere that shows me where or how to send a PM. I have tried opening my name in the top right corner of the screen but there is no option for sending a PM. Can someone explain how I start a conversation please?

I am sure that there is a thread somewhere about King Kong but I can't find it. Anyway I remember the original "piece of artwork" when it was in the Bull Ring Centre and then at a car sales yard out on Moseley Road somewhere. I am sure members asked if anyone knew where the original had gone...

I know there is a Catholic School in Institute Road now but does anyone know if it has always been a Catholic School, or was there another school in this road. I have a relative on the 1921 census who was part-time at a school in Institute Road, Kings Heath, so I am trying to find out what...

I know this is not just related to Birmingham but it does have "A look at the operator North Birmingham busways". I have been given this DVD. It is new, in cellophane and not opened. It is a Marks & Spencer DVD which celebrates the best of the British bus scene in recent years. If anyone...

Sure it was called Tea and Sympathy in Hurst Street. Then there was the shop down the steps (or was it up the steps) from Victoria Square that was below the antique shop. Both used to sell odd bits and pieces and also International Times and Oz.

I have been researching my mother's family for a few years now. Her father was Claude York Pagett, born in Birmingham., he had 4 brothers and two sisters. His father was Charles Henry Pagett born about 1860 also in Birmingham. The family (except for Claude) were all involved in the business of...

Does anyone remember the machine when you put a penny in you could get a small metal strip with your name punched out. Also there was a BIG hole, I think it may have been lined with concrete. Never knew what it was, just another good place to pay!

In 1911 I have a person living at 54 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham. His father is a Beer Retailer. On a marriage certificate of 1918, the father is a Publican Can anyone help with the address - was it a pub at this time, if so any ideas of the name?

I have been given a DVD entitled Another Look at Birmingham's Trams and Buses issued by the Birmingham Historical Transport Group. If anyone would like it please let me know by private message and I will mail it out. Sue

Olive was the step-sister of my nan (Laura Pagett). She lived in the first house in Sydenham Road coming from Walford Road. She married John H Parsons and had four children, I have found the births and possible marriages of all of them. However I would like to try and find any children of...

I would like to know if anyone lived or lives in Stretton Grove, in Sydenham Road.

The old Woolworths Building at the Yew Tree is going to be a Wetherspoons. Apparently it was going to be called The Swan but the notice of the name didn't last long before it was changed to William Tyler. Has anyone any idea who William Tyler was and, if such a person existed what his...

My Mother in Law left Bierton School in 1943. She has been told that it is due for demolition and that there is going to be a photo shoot ouside the school sometime in November. Does anyone know anything about it?

I am sure Christine Perfect came from Birmingham. She was the amazing singer with Chicken Shack and Fleetwood Mac. Her father was a Doctor.

I've tried again and just cannot attach a photo to my message. so I give up! I have a photo of my husband's step grand-father in his WW1 uniform. (He was born in Scotland) I would like to know the regiment he was in. The badge on his hat looks like two rifles crossed with a crown on the top...

Not sure this is the correct site to post this: I have been sorting out anhd come across a book called Images of Birmingham. Published 1996 by the Evening Mail which I no longer want. If anyone would like it, please let me know and I will be happy to mail it to you.

Miss Keeling taught me at Adderley infants in the mid - late 1950's. She lived in Hob Moor Road and was a very keen gardener. When she retired the school bought her a stainless spade which they had engraved! This must have been in the early 1960's. She had lost a thumb and finger on one of...