Thanks for the photo of the miners digging the air shaft, I have never seen it before.
Lyn, Granddad could be on it but as they all wore caps and they all had a moustashe...
The photo of the mound is so part of living in Hamstead, it's is viewed from the Lane as it was then known, now Hamstead Road. At the foot of the mound there was a Reservoir, or razza to us kids, I was terrified of walking by it and always crossd the road because my naughty cousin would tell me to mind the water rats, and he would pretend he could see them.
I went to the Centenary memorial sevice at St Johns Church at the top of Hamstead Hill, in March 2008. It was very sad and moving and the church was full. The Lord mayor of Birmingham was there and chatting to him I don't think he knew about the disaster until he ws invited to attend.
Sadly I didn't know of the memorial stone dedication, I would have liked to have been there at the ceremony when it was dedicated.