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KINGS HEATH WOOlWORTHS When I came to Birmingham [after marriage] in the late 1960s we used to shop in Kings Heath and I used...

This is the citadel building at 496 Stratford Road, Sparkbrook. The building opened in 1909 - the attached B&W photo may be from the...

Spital &Clark Another small Birmingham metal working company that only lasted 17 years from 1897 to 1914. Based in Newhall Hill. This...

I remember the Sparkhill Band very well. Back in the 1960s/1970s they used to play around our area just before Christmas in aid of their...

BCC consultation on Sarehole Mill at...

Just found this. Another wonderful picture from Phyllis Nicklin. Bradford Street at the corner with Alcester Street, 1960. Parker Winder...

The Library of Birmingham does have some log books/registers for Birmingham schools and as you say you can only access records more than...

See also on forum under: London Transport oil lamp for further info about Bladons. Biog notes may be of interest? A brief biography...

See also on site under: Bladon's blowlamps Birmingham interesting article on their blowlamps at https://www.blowlampsociety.com/BN87.pdf...

"Kings Norton School" ie the old grammar school had no connection with the workhouse. By 1906/07 there was no longer a separate...

New Premises for Messrs. Martin & Martins on Granville St., Birmingham, England, UK, 1891, Essex & Nicol, architects. From the American...

Several years are available (CDs) on eBay 67-68, 72-73 plus some earlier ones. £6.99 each.

Finally the penny dropped! Odd way of listing them. Thanks everyone. Time to renew my Ancestry sub. Next question - is there a site...

Thanks for that. I have let my Ancestry sub expire for the time being but I don't think the Warwickshire Directories include Birmingham...

Can anyone point me in the right direction to access Kellys Birmingham Directories on line, free or pay? Ancestry only has pre 1915 &...