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Thanks very much for this. There are some other bits of possible evidece: 1) Aris's Birmingham Gazette of Monday 05 August 1816 refers...

James Watt lived in one wing of a Georgian Mansion on Harpers Hill from 1775 to 1790. I've recently come across details of the sale of a...

I think it could well be James Watt's house. This is from Bill Darque's site: Harpur's Hills: first record 1772 Harpers Hill from Samuel...

Very confusing to have info about two distinct colleges that happen to share the same name on the same thread. Here's some notes about...

Taunton Road/Stoney Lane junction area was originally in Worcs. but became part of Birmingham under Greater Birmingham Act in 1911.

Another view of Brighton Road. About 1910. I'm curious about the building on the extreme right. Can't quite read the inscription over...

Would it help if this thread was amalgamated with "Black Sabbath"? Lot of overlap?

quite a gathering now and the bench is filling up with flowers

A shout out for Jez Collins's Birmingham Music Archive which celebrates the popular music of all genres of Birmingham...

Just watched Midlands Today reporting on Ozzie Day in Brum. Just brilliant. Come on guys, stop knocking what he achieved both for heavy...

I agree. Brum has a lot more to offer whether it be social, creative, industrial history etc (after all this site exists because of that...

Ozzy Day set to honour Birmingham's famous son Birmingham icon Ozzy Osbourne is to be celebrated in the city on the anniversary of his...

Rambert Chamerlain Place as a child, boy, youth. Great part of my life in brum.

Most certainly pre war, a fire watch hut was added to the top sometime WWII

Came across this wonderful photo of Chamberlain Square before it was "altered". No date but prewar sometime? It came from this site...