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I vaguely recall those card indexing system they were used in doctors’ surgery’s to fine say all of the patents who were due a blood pressure checks etc. A mechanical database not of course supersede by the computer database.

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I, too, have a fascination with gravemarkers and have been recording them for years. I also present a roadshow for historical groups and other organizations—more details here: https://publichistoryblog.wordpress.com/guest-speakers/ In addition to using digital photographic images for recording...

Hi and welcome to Birmingham History Forum My dad said there was a shooting incident at the station, I always assumed it was New Street, but I must bear in mind if this incident was WWI, then it was a couple of years before he was born. However, I know his dad, my grandfather, was also in...

I have a recollection that History West Midlands did a pod cast or online lecture about this site with Malcom Dick as the chair.

I do know that this cinema had its own generating set so its likely

I wonder if they were to illuminate the cinema

How strange, its not advertising for the cinema by any chance?

The building was a cafe and boat house so I imagine it was when they were decommissioned and became a leisure facility. I have seen the lakes drained a couple of times when I was younger

Well Tabernacle is a tent or a temporary hut for worship, so with most of the Tim Tabernacles being temporary I sounds likely

With birds throw a towel over them and wrap them up lightly. The dark settles then down then you can take them into the garden and release. I had a Magpie in the bathroom the other day. How it managed that Im not sure. As I do feed the birds, I do know they will come into the house sometimes so...

Viv untreated oak is exceptionally durable as long as you keep water out of the end grain. Its why timber framed building had wide softs and a stone plinth.

Spot on Mike, the practice of paining timber framed building black and white started in the mid-19th century and was a result of so-called renovation work. It was responsible for a lot of damage causing the timber to rot due to entrapped water. I though it looked naff too. Originally the panels...

I popped out today to take a look at the Golden Lion in Cannon Hill Park. This Grade II listed building was built in the 16th century and has survived attacks from both Royalists in the English Civil Wars and, later, from suffragettes. It was relocated to the city's Cannon Hill Park in 1911...

I too share your views; I liked the guy but there is a lot more to Birmingham thank just one individual. The J.R.R. Tolkien legacy has been flogged to death several times. I feel it idol thinking by the promotors. There are a lot of people who have achieved and done great things and who are...