Recent content by BrummieGeoff

I believe this is an 1840's architect's drawing of Queen's College in Paradise Street. The original construction may have varied from this plan, and certainly the front skyline in later photos has an additional "extension". It gives an aerial view of what was planned behind the frontage on...

A photo of the first King Edwards Camp Hill Girls' School building that was used from 1881 until 1891. It was on the Stratford Road next to the Boys' School, and had previously been called Camp Hill House. The building was replaced by a purpose built school in 1893.

A wonderful sketch map of Sparkhill dated c1805 that I haven't seen posted before. I've annotated it with present-day road names, and pointed out a few of the old buildings. Credit: Birmingham Library Archive.

Viv: your newspaper cutting in Post #149 does show the same ruined site in November 1940. Here is a clearer copy of the photo. The far right of the photo shows the remains of the building next to the Malt Shovel. In the middle of the photo is the Severn Street junction, with the ruins of the...

Pre-war and post-war photos of the Malt Shovel site at the junction of Hill Street and John Bright Street.

1982 advert on Flickr.

I notice that Toney Cox also had a garage/dealership at 723-725 Stratford Road, Sparkhill .... on the corner of Greswolde Road. I thought the name was familiar.

Here's a photo of the garage at 581 Warwick Road, Tyseley dated 1952 .... next to the Working Men's Club. It may be earlier than David is looking for?

.... and Bentley's Directory of Worcestershire 1842 lists William Hemus of Robin Hood as a Victualler. So I guess he was probably a farmer who supplied drink on the side ??

The available information about the Robin Hood farm/inn is confusing. The 1843-47 tithe map and apportionment data describe the site as "Crown Inn, garden and rickyard" .... Landowner Robert Vaughton, Tenant William Hemus. Credit Acocks Green Historical Society. But the 1841 Census lists William...

Looking at old maps of the Robin Hood (aka Six Ways) area, it appears that the Robin Hood Farm site was previously identified as the Crown Inn. The shape of the buildings at the farm and the inn also look identical. Maybe it was the same set of buildings that had a change of use ?? Map 1 : 1843...

As identified by pjmburns .... the building in Post #19 is Robin Hood Farm, on the Stratford Road by the Baldwins Lane junction. Here's another photo dated c1910.

The building is Cateswell House ..... shown near the bottom left corner of this aerial view dated 16 June 1952.

I believe this photo shows the cottages on Alcester Road South .... just past the Horse Shoe Inn and canal, as you travel away from Birmingham.

Photos of Stoney Lane at its junction with Taunton Road and Durham Road .... 1st looking north, 2nd looking south.