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Vincent Ladbrooke In the 1950s and 60s, Vincent Ladbrooke was offering to buy pianos in exchange for fitted carpets, TVs, etc. They...

For those out-of-towners who want to follow the Black Sabbath trail ;) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyvk9293d3o

Arthur Black (General Smiths) (posts 1678-1680) was located at 107 Steward Street. Arthur died in January 1957 but his business...

Last one for tonight and again no location although it may be Steward street and may be 1950's and this is a scene we no longer see, the...

Now if I am a correct, from the previous image if we turn 180 degrees we come to this view. Chadwick Engineering three storey brick...

We now move to Lawrence Street and I think Duke Street, a rather poor picture but for a couple of things - firstly the child on the...

They really are in remarkable condition. Perhaps the Transport Museum in Wythall might be interested? John.

I seems to recall this next image but feel for the atmosphere alone it bears repeating- we are on the corner of Well Street , Barclays...

This next image has a bit of personal history attached - firstly location as you know without me telling you is Great Hampton Street...

As you may recall we are used to informative captions which you then fill in for me and I update the caption - this is one of them -...

So it doesn't take much of a leap of faith to work out that this must be the interior of the previous building , very much from the...

It helps if you look through the roll first - next we have this closer view of "Arthur Black " who now has a full name and an updated...

First a few gap fills from Roll 28, most on this Roll are repeat of repeats but this first one is a bit unusual, as is usual there is...

This is dated 1920s showing Bert Compton with a Scammell truck outside the Hare and Hounds. The truck belongs to Southern Roadways Ltd...

Welcome Malcolm. At least now you will have time to catch up on the history of Brum on this wonderful site