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Henry Riley & Son: Founded in the Victorian period and continued until the mid 1930s. The building on Constitutional Hill is said to...

Riley's once had premises in Corporation Street too.

This postcard of Riley's Pianos on Constitution Hill suggests there was not only a piano/harmonium shop but also a Hall. I presume...

Here's a brief timeline from Graces Guide until taken over by ICI: Elliotts Metal Co 1853 Established as W. Elliott and Sons 1862...

KINGS HEATH WOOlWORTHS When I came to Birmingham [after marriage] in the late 1960s we used to shop in Kings Heath and I used...

This is the citadel building at 496 Stratford Road, Sparkbrook. The building opened in 1909 - the attached B&W photo may be from the...

Spital &Clark Another small Birmingham metal working company that only lasted 17 years from 1897 to 1914. Based in Newhall Hill. This...

I remember the Sparkhill Band very well. Back in the 1960s/1970s they used to play around our area just before Christmas in aid of their...

BCC consultation on Sarehole Mill at...

Just found this. Another wonderful picture from Phyllis Nicklin. Bradford Street at the corner with Alcester Street, 1960. Parker Winder...

The Library of Birmingham does have some log books/registers for Birmingham schools and as you say you can only access records more than...

See also on forum under: London Transport oil lamp for further info about Bladons. Biog notes may be of interest? A brief biography...

See also on site under: Bladon's blowlamps Birmingham interesting article on their blowlamps at https://www.blowlampsociety.com/BN87.pdf...

"Kings Norton School" ie the old grammar school had no connection with the workhouse. By 1906/07 there was no longer a separate...

New Premises for Messrs. Martin & Martins on Granville St., Birmingham, England, UK, 1891, Essex & Nicol, architects. From the American...