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I was very interested to read about Salford house. The R H Clive mentioned was my gt gt uncle. And Henry Clive was his father. Henry made his fortune by being a gun barrel borer. He left Salford house, leaving Robert Clive to live there, and Henry went to live at Slade house. This house is now...

Ellbrown thanks for the info. Always wondered what it was, pity it can't be taken over by somebody and done up a bit. edd

Hi ellbrown, just a quickly, in the last photo you took, there is a tower of some sort attached to a building. There used to be a business in that building selling tyres and washing cars. My question is, do you know what that building was originally? We used to get our vans washed there all the...

Astoness, I have to work every other weekend. I'm trying to get somebody to swop with me so I can go. Please how much are the badges? Ed

Hi all Thanks for the help. Topsy, biddles was another pawn shop but not the one I'm thinking of. Astonian, the isolation of the shop rings a bell, but I'm not sure. I think mikejee may have it with the entry from Kelly's. Thanks again for all your help Edd

Hi all Does anybody know of a pawn shop on or around Newtown row? I can remember it as a child, it was run by a little old lady named Mrs Carter. Mom used to call her Etty (or Hetty). I went there either with my mom or nan around the early 1960's Any info would be really appreciated. Eddie

Mikejee thanks for the permission to print the photos for my mate, i think he only wants A4 size prints and they have come out very well. I think i can say confidently that he will send you a very big thank you, and if you're ever passing what is now Ratchet and Spanner, pop your head in and...

I havn't a clue, Love to know though. And if its true about getting turned down as a nightclub. Ive come past there some nights, and the outside of the building is lit up from the floor upwards. Gotta get off here now, have to take in laws to the cemetary, i'll look back here later and see if...

Astoness, here's the church, is it the one youre thinking about?

dont think so, its past the iron bridge on the right, just before the traffic island. I have a picture of it on my phone, i'll try to upload it, bear with me i've never done this before.

Astoness, thank you so much for the photos of the pub. My mate is now gonna print the photos, frame them and put them up in the office so customers can see what stood there before the garage. edd

Could you help me with a query of my own? I'm interested in a disused church at the top of Bordesley middleway. Very close to the now derelict Brewer and Baker pub. It looks like something out of a horror film. Its a huge building, and i have been told its owned by somebody who wanted to turn it...

Thanks Phil, I did wonder whether it was, I've never heard of a prison in brum other than winson green. I can't wait to show my mate the photos of the pub. I knew somebody on here would help. Ed

Astoness, thanks for replying so quick. And Phil, thanks for the pic. Should see my mate sometime today, I'll show him. Edd

Hi all, I've heard that the Sander and Kang building on Bradford street was once a jail, and the bricked up arches that I've always assumed were windows, were once open cells where all the dirt and dust from the road was blown into the faces of the prisoners. Does anyone know anything about...