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I see that it is a Site of Special Scientific Interest: 8a. Berry Mound Camp: The site is a SSSI (Berry Mound Pastures) for its flower-rich grassland as well as a Scheduled Monument which provides opportunities for visitor engagement. I assume there is no public access currently?

What was interesting in the programme as well is that C&A thrives in other European countries. The mistake seemingly was to have centralised buying, so one style of clothing was sold in all shops. Britain said to be fashion forward. C&A is unusual as it continues to be a family run private company.

Thanks, the programme is on BBC Sounds if you have the App. I didn't reckon much to the young mens clothes, but a few years later the lighting department was more stylish than Habitat and a fraction of the price.

Rising Star has a long history. In May 1985 Cecil Morris started PCRL Peoples Community Radio Link which was a pirate radio station. In those days legal stations did not play reggae and other music from the Islands. https://www.thepiratearchive.net/pcrl/

View from Temple Row end towards New Street. Many of the paving slabs are broken as there's a lot of unloading of beer barrels. The red bins contain commercial waste. The doors are mostly back entrances these days. After this I relaxed to half an hour of choral evensong at the cathedral.

'Midland Institute (Natural History) Party at the House of Commons' by Benjamin Stone platinum print, 19 May 1908 6 1/8 in. x 8 in. (155 mm x 202 mm) image size Given by House of Commons Library, 1974 Photographs Collection NPG x135553 CC license. I think this was a 'field club' - Benjamin...

Selfridges have a large mural of the young Black Sabbath inside, near menswear. They also have a very large yellow bull, similar to the one in the Bullring, but not made of bronze. Good to see the band and Birmingham celebrated!

Are you near Cody's Italian shop in Bearwood? They close Mondays, but authentic produce.

Royal Photographic Society Electroplating and the Daguerreotype with Jo Gane This is a detailed video of an hour. Feb 2024.

I was the labourer, I confess! Derek

It looks as if being a patent-agent paid well!

Yes, that's him!

Piccalilli and a few jars of mincemeat made today, the mustard pickle will be crunchy. Delicious!

I think that aside from historians of photography like the much missed Pete James few people had heard of him. George Shaw (1818 -1904) was born in Dudley and buried in Key Hill. (I think as I'd never heard of him either.) Derek

An interesting way to display the exhibition outside, I guess it may be seen by passers-by who wouldn't enter a gallery or museum. A technical paper by Jo Gane is here: https://journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/photography-and-electroplate-in-1840s-birmingham/#abstract 'Photography and...