Recent content by superdad3

Interesting post. Yes, Sarehole Mill was operating in the 16thC and possibly even earlier. Sarehole and Wake Green were both owned by Maxstoke Priory [nr Coleshill], along with Swanshurst and much more in Yardley in the medieval period. They were later owned by John Taylor, of banking fame...

What a cracking photograph. Can identify many of the properties in other posts above starting from St Chads Convent on the extreme left to William Greener on the extreme right. Wm Greener was established as long ago as 1829 and is still in business [I think?] Another Phillis Nicklin of the...

An earlier view about 1904. Same building in centre above? Don't think it has been posted before.

Another great Birmingham company. These may be of interest. Taken over by Samuel Groves in 1995 - another old established Birmingham company.

What a gem of a map! Wake Green & Sarehole are two of my interests and this is a brilliant addition to my notes - also the oldest detailed map I have seen of the area. Many thanks BrummieGeoff for posting it. It shows Wake Green Common stretching at that time down to what is now Wake Green Road...

Visited Sarehole Mill last Friday for the first time in decades. Very disappointed - paths in poor condition and "garden allotment" very overgrown. Cafe closed permanently but building just empty. Shop non existant and a general air of neglect about the whole site. And entrance fee too high -...

Birmingham Community Libraries have been neglected for decades. Staff cuts, resources cuts, buildings not maintained, restructurings [including the Constituency based disaster!]. I could go on. Libraries have long been a soft target for cuts although the politicians would never allow the use of...

Happy Birthday and thank you for all your hard work on the field! Roy

Update: Moseley Village station From Monday 15 September 2025 for up to 3 months, highway works at Moseley Village Rail Station will take place at the junction of St. Mary’s Row and Oxford Road, with temporary signals allowing only a single lane of traffic on St Mary’s Row, Moseley.

Another photo - Bull Street. Labelled about 1900.

Another picture of Northampton Street/B.J. Rowe & Sons - electro depositors. Another brilliant phot from Phyllis Nicklin archive.

I think the use of Southam Priory is just a courtesy title. The standard list of Monastic etc Properies in Glos. doesn't list anything in Southam. But doesn't explain use of "priory" in other properties? Following on from Dinger's post (20) I think Southam Priory/Pigeon House relates to the...

Great photos. My wife's family came from Southam, Warks. If you look at the chapel in the background it definitely doesn't look like any of the churches there so I had a look at Southam, Glos. and there is a medieval chapel there which has a simple belfry & which might be the church in the...

See also forum thread under "Did the Hound of the Baskervilles come from Brum ?" and yes a good idea to have a dedicated thread on Sir Arthur. Perhaps amalgamate threads?

Considering all the incidents over the years, common sense would be to close the ford. Or is that too simple? What do folks think?