Keith R

Some more details of early Bradford Street. It was home to The Apollo riverside gardens and Ryan's Circus. The Circus became a Baptist...

As you say just a novelty didn't harm anyone . Put a lot of smiles on peoples faces back then.

I'm not saying that though Keith ,each to their own she said as she kissed the cow . Personal taste is what it's all about

Apparently we all have to look in awe at proper art...give me guy and iron man any day...

Always reminds me of a place to have a sit/drink on a Friday as we left work early.....

Two more of Lawley Street. And an old drawing showing the viaduct passing over Lawley Street. Viv.

A drawing made by copying an old print of Temple Street. It shows the Acorn on the right. The street looks more open, possibly having no...

Even by today's standards, the advert for wives seems odd. Why a woman would commit to this I have no idea, especially being as they'd...

Here we have Old Pebble Mill pool. Painting by J. Booth. Sorry no precise date, but around 19th century. Viv.

Here is a photo of Pebble Mill somewhat later than the painting.

This looks very familiar to me. The Ford on Mill Lane with back buildings of Kalamazoo to the right. These are, according to the latest...

2 relative brothers aged 7 and 10 were sent by Middlemores to Canada in 1903 as mother had left home...as it turned out...

You could say that Alex Cropley didn't break his leg, it was in fact broken by an Albion defender who would have found himself in court...

Villa have sadly lost two of our former players recently on 27th March Alex Cropley died aged 75 and two days earlier on 25th March we...

When I was a bit younger, and before the days of health & safety, I loved taking my life in my own hands and running down the embankment...