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Well, I wasn't going to put it like that... I wasn't at St. Stephens long, but Dermot was a small lad. I remember when he totally wound up one of the bigger boys until he couldn't take it any more and snapped, then Dermot grassed him up.

'Mrs. Wilkinson disinfects Lamp' Thursday, 23/08/1894, Birmingham Gazette CHURCHWARDENS AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. THE HANDSWORTH DIFFICULTY. After the inquest on the body of Mary Phillipe, at the Lamp Tavern, Handsworth, on Tuesday evening, it was understood that the police would remove...

That's fascinating - thanks!

I have nothing official, but the hat styles suggest late 1920s.

From the pamphlet Marks, J. (2001). Handsworth on old picture postcards. Reflections of a Bygone Age. '35. An unidentified group outside a branch of Birmingham Municipal Bank at 206 Rookery Road, Boards, held by some of the group proclaim "Arbitration. Brotherhood, Co-operation and...

I was delighted when I dropped into Google maps and recognised the shape of the upstairs windows

It's very unusual! The Piers Road address seems to still be in use; while the area had that slightly shoddy makeover around 1981 and the buildings are getting pretty rundown now, the shop is still standing at the corner of Ashwin Road and there's a ’Piers Road' sign on the garden wall next door.

Oh very good! Thanks for that

I've seen a Facebook Image, circa 1900, in the Nhóm lịch sử địa phương / (Handsworth) Local History Group, showing a hardware shop on a corner of Piers Road; the name on the shop window appears to be 'W Duddleston'. The shop is claimed to be on the corner of Soho Rd and Piers Road, but the...

Absolutely. It's not my main area, but I'm going to look into it.

Me too, really. Used to be taken there by a great aunt when I was three or four. She used to tell me to be a racing car on the path while she sat down on one of the benches. I'm pretty sure that was a way to get a few moments of quiet for her! I'd like to see the statue back where it belongs...

Yup, it's on that page – thanks, I was having difficulty with the image hosting

Handsworth Park's bronze statue of a girl with a lamb was removed by (to me) person or persons unknown. in 1988. Us Bensons are distantly connected to John P. Walker, the original sculpter, who was the husband of the sister-in-law of our maternal grandfather – no real connection at all, but we...