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Samuel Mason Ltd. Samuel Mason used to live in St Agnes Road, Moseley. Samuel Mason Ltd. was founded in Birmingham as Mason and Lawley...

What a brilliant photograph - looking at the windows & doors, the Prince of Wales is still in the same building. Best phot. I have seen...

Before Garners, the Prince of Wales

Garners and the associated buildings were demolished in the early 1960s and replaced by "Moneywise" fronting Alcester Road with offices...

Following on from all the chat about history of the Fields. Today a small group of us attended a history walk/talk round the fields...

Aerial picture of the Garner works. The Prince of Wales pub has the red mark on its roof.

Maps of the area can be fond here https://andyunderscore.com/2018/02/11/moseley-bog-through-time/ The first map has a windmill marked...

Although no longer in Birmingham, always sad to see the end of a local icon. Famous tea firm Typhoo on brink of collapse as drinkers...

Here is the entry for branch no 4 of Tascos. From Linda & Anthony Chew's publication on Tascos

The Black Sabbath Bridge: I came across this extraordinary website called the "Black Sabbath Bench" at https://blacksabbathbench.co.uk/...

Many thanks for information. To sum up[I think]: The large attractive building at 23 etc was built about 1910 for Ten Acres and...

This may be of interest to bench enthusiasts. See article at...

1915 Kelly's lists 23 as Ten Acres and Stirchley Co-op grocers

I was walking up Heathfield Road, Kingsheath yesterday and noticed this building. [Screenshot from Google Maps in 2017]. It looks...

Conybere Street 1960: Not sure if this has been posted before. But David F. Wiseman & Sons was based at 145 Conybere Street from at...