Recent content by Kings Norton Sue

Yikes…

Thanks, I’ll give it a go.

It looks like they did. These are not parch marks but the other type, from a gully or similar? This is from the flat top green football pitch/space near the building.

Hi, thanks lyn. Can i post screenshots of maps or are they all copyrighted? It’s Ley Hill park and it’s always been a fields or golf course/park as far as i know. I think Chris Dwyer wrote about it’s history.

hi, i have more but almost every photo is 4MB or more and won’t upload except by cropping it. As i said aaaargh..

That was my thought but it was found in a park.

hi Janice, thanks, yes you’re right. I bought an ipad to make life easier but i can’t get the damn thing to do anything! I’m new to this and don’t really know what I’m doing. I can take a smaller photo but only from far away…i would laugh at my incompetence but it’s very frustrating (I have...

Sorry I’ve tried and I’m still trying to limit the photo file size but i can’t. Aaaargh!

Hi everyone, perhaps you could help with me with this query. I found this poking out of the ground in a Northfield park years ago and always wondered what it is. It’s heavy (1.8kg), made of iron as it’s still flaking/rusting away and fits nicely into the palm/hand at 13x9.5cm. I think i might...

Thanks for this. I’m really interested in the old views of hereabouts. Is this looking down Church Rd towards the now Bunbury Rd. do you think?

Hi everyone, this is an oil painting for sale (£3,350!) of Kings Norton but i can’t imagine the location. What do you think? Is it imaginary? Is the Lint Brook, Rea or another? Thanks for looking. Sue http://www.bentonfineart.com/a%2dwinter%92s%2dday%2c%2dkings%2dnorton%7e927

thanks. That makes sense, the hotel opened ‘63.

You’re absolutely right. Thank you so much, I thought it would be much harder. I should have asked for suggestions for the date. Seems like they had money to go abroad before most did.