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On our behalf, the moderator team would like to say a big thank you to everyone for your very kind comments about Alberta. She was indeed a very special and unique individual and a joy to work with. As both a member and a moderator, she contributed so much in helping people with genealogical...

Mike, it maybe because the inlet sucks the gas from the producer on the intake stroke

There is a nice explanation of Town Gas and Producer (Suction) Gas here: https://www.paxmanhistory.org.uk/gas-engines.htm#fuels

Yes Viv, the new line canal cut a straight path in to Birmingham. Built by Thomas Telford it removed the summit at Smethwick and three locks and it left the Soho loops that used to follow the contours.

Sad news indeed, she will be missed.

You can either accept all and the box should go away or go down the list of venders and switch each one off one at a time and confirm choices. Finaly, the site will want to send you push notifications, again make a choice and confirm. This will happen when you have a browser update

I remember that M&B and Ansell’s had a significant presence in the pub industry in and around Birmingham during the 1970s due to mergers and acquisitions, which allowed them to expand their operations and manage a larger number of pubs. Davenport only had a small handful of pubs in comparison...

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The chap who owned that shop was the brother of the Manager/landlord of the Cross Keys, Sutton New Road

Viv, yes those schools in Birmingham built in the 1930's to accommodate the housing estates were a step up form the Victorian schools. The classrooms had fully opening door down both sides with a porch, the aim being fresh air and light. A lot of the schools did enclose on side to make the...

Yes I recall classroom play equipment like a seesaw and of course the sand table. At the welfare centre on Marsh lane they had a slide too, all wood.

Hi and welcome to BHF. It may be Rednal House that was located on the Lickey Road in Rednal, Birmingham, near the base of the Lickey Hills here is a link to a thread: https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/rednal-house.56010/

It will be interesting to see detail of the proposal. I did wonder what you could do with a department store as an alternative reuse other than a department store.

Green Vegetable Bugs, they have an affinity for beans

Yes I too enjoyed those seaside caravan holidays. Bedtime was a ritual of almost dismantling the caravan and building beds while climbing over each other. The sea was a walk across a field, over a railway bridge where we would stop if a steam train was passing and fill our lungs with that most...