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A very familiar scene from our younger days for many of us. All that was needed was a trickle of water. This was in Kings Norton Park. Viv.

A charming image of the Green dated 1909. Viv.

General view from railway station of Kings Norton, Birmingham. E.H. Sergeant. 1938. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)

Here is a photograph of the Old Bell pub , at 5, The Green Kings Norton, also shown in the postcard on post 64. The landlord, James...

From 1987, a video of the 37 bus route from Birmingham to Solihull.

hi godber what a wonderful snap shot of the fruit and veg wholesale market..sights and sounds i can certainly relate to...back in the...

I’m glad you enjoyed it. I find the opening shots of empty city streets on a hazy summer morning absolutely mesmerising, I can almost...

Because it’s the equivalent of fitting diamond encrusted alloy wheels to a rusty car that’s just failed its MoT on a dozen serious...

Filmed at Forshaw Heath, Earlswood, ELO’s lovely “Can’t Get It Out Of My Head” from 1974. Apparently, Jeff wrote it in the living room...

From 1980, Mirror in the Bathroom by Birmingham band, The Beat. Filmed inside The Rum Runner nightclub and at 0:41 there’s a shot...

A wonderfully atmospheric snapshot of the times. My, how things have changed

Something being new doesn’t automatically qualify it as being “progress” and someone who sees fault and objects to it (particularly if...

lots of people cant wait for HS2 to be up and running but maybe if they could spare a thought or two for the people who are impacted...

What you say, Lloyd, is true in theory, but that is not what has happened. As originally planned would have at least partially helped...

There’s a thread on here concerning doctors where I’ve asked about Dr Hird (as I knew him), to keep everything tidy it’s best to share...