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September 1897. This building on Birchfield Road was once known as the Perry Barr Institute. It became Birchfield Library, a satellite...

Morturn is correct with his reply, but I would add - From left oil tank ? Looks like there might be a boiler in the adjacent room with...

Have you seen this article https://groups.google.com/g/uk.rec.waterways/c/jfqj0MGhXS0 about the Pope family. Gives some details of...

Info from Graces Guide: "W. and C. Wynn and Co formerly William & Cornelius Wynn & Co. founded in 1787 in Caroline Street, maker of...

Wynn, Timmins & Co. Came across these adverts on Ebay as well as over a hundred items made by them for sale; must have been quite a...

Historically Sparkhill was in the ancient parish of Yardley rather than Aston. Not sure about Sparkbrook.

A birth was registered at the appropriate REGISTRATION office. Aston Registration Office covered a very large area covering much of what...

Came across this phot on an interesting site called the Tourist Historian. "Dated 1910, iron tram tracks, a cobbled street and a...

It might be coincidence as this 1909 advert for Henry Riley stresses 'No other address' . Interesting that Henry started c showing his...

Henry Riley & Son: Founded in the Victorian period and continued until the mid 1930s. The building on Constitutional Hill is said to...

Riley's once had premises in Corporation Street too.

This postcard of Riley's Pianos on Constitution Hill suggests there was not only a piano/harmonium shop but also a Hall. I presume...

Here's a brief timeline from Graces Guide until taken over by ICI: Elliotts Metal Co 1853 Established as W. Elliott and Sons 1862...

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