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The late Bill Dargues take on the name/place This self-explanatory name derives from a medieval holy well or spring which emerged from... -
many thanks for the info and photos geoff...love the first photo and i must go and see if i can find todays view...bet its changed a lot...
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Springfield is a small area that overlaps the boundaries of Sparkhill and Moseley where they meet the River Cole. I don't know if it was...
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BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Congreve Street.I think that's right Mike. Here's another photo of the Belle Vue which appears to be from the same day .... the ladder and open windows...
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BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Alldays & Onions.The 1911 Census shows William Allday - "Managing Director of Alldays & Onions, Pneumatic Engineering" - living with his family in this...
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BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Birmingham Fire Stations.The top photo is Little Cannon Street .... here's a clearer copy.
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Awesome photo thanks for putting it up
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What a gem of a map! Wake Green & Sarehole are two of my interests and this is a brilliant addition to my notes - also the oldest...
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BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Sarehole Mill.An interesting old plan of the Sarehole area dated 1807. Sarehole Mill is indicated in red, and Sarehole Farm in green. It shows the...
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BrummieGeoff reacted to Aidan's post in the thread Telephone history: Telephone Service in Birmingham with
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ERRATUM - I erroneously gave a streetview in post-#12 for the original Exchange Chambers. I ass-u-me-d that it was the beautiful... -
Another picture taken 3 years earlier… Property on the corner of Newhall Street and Lionel Street, Birmingham. (JW Steele, 1929)...
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101, Newhall Street. (1932, William Clark) [Birmingham Archives and Collections]
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BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Cannon Hill Park.A hot air balloon preparing to ascend from Cannon Hill Park .... from the side near Russell Road. Credit: Birmingham Library
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BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Newhall Street.Here's an aerial view of Newhall Street dated June 1932 .... with the British Red Cross building indicated, on the corner of Lionel...
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1888, River Cole at Coleshill. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
