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Jones & Willis are mentioned several times in The Builder in connection with Church furniture. 1885…Aston Parish Chuch, eagle lecturn...

yes its a sad fact that back in the day some children really had a tough time with the teachers etc..thank goodness this sort of...

Happened to pass Wilnecote Station on way back from Tamworth on Sunday. Now a shadow of its former self it is very modern, rebuilt, and...

Doesn't show much, but for Vere Street

St. Mary’s Garden 1882. (The Builder) 1887 1902

Probably the closest I will ever get to an image of No. 7, the original was put through a sewing machine, (you can see the tramlines on...

Thanks for that, brilliant. I think it's perfectly ok to use on family photos (blurred ones from the 1960s particularly), if I use it...

I think we have seen in discussions on the Forum that you have to be careful with AI restorations ?

Yes, go to your App Store on your phone and download ChatGPT. I use this and another app called Canva for restoring all of my old...

That's a fantastic improvement to the image I posted, do you subscribe to AI software? I have loads of family photos I would like to...

Hi all, I’ve improved this image. If you zoom right in you can probably make out the frontage a bit better of the Lord Nelson pub, I...

In 1866 there is a suicide at Court 15, 40 house, Thorp Street. See Mike’s Post 78 for map. It looks like the Court behind the Nelson...

Birmingham Improvement Scheme. It was one of the earliest and largest examples of municipal slum clearance in Britain. The driving...

Two aerial views, the one dated 1935 has the pub on it but you'd be hard pressed to glean any details of the facade. Perhaps a BIG...

Interesting that many have searched but not found pictures, and so this picture could be useful in the thread mentioned below. Many may...