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Have you seen this article https://groups.google.com/g/uk.rec.waterways/c/jfqj0MGhXS0 about the Pope family. Gives some details of location of Nursery which may be of some help.

Info from Graces Guide: "W. and C. Wynn and Co formerly William & Cornelius Wynn & Co. founded in 1787 in Caroline Street, maker of steel toys. Moved to Suffolk Street in 1813. This is where I got the 1813 date from but also mindful that they celebrated their centenary in 1887 which confirms...

Wynn, Timmins & Co. Came across these adverts on Ebay as well as over a hundred items made by them for sale; must have been quite a major Birmingham company in its day – so decided to look into it’s history. Wynn, Timmins & Co. was an amalgamation of two well...

Historically Sparkhill was in the ancient parish of Yardley rather than Aston. Not sure about Sparkbrook.

A birth was registered at the appropriate REGISTRATION office. Aston Registration Office covered a very large area covering much of what is now Birmingham including Sparkbrook, Aston, Bordesley etc. but not Sparkhill. There were originally four Registration Districts [=R.D.] covering what is...

Came across this phot on an interesting site called the Tourist Historian. "Dated 1910, iron tram tracks, a cobbled street and a beautiful Victorian era backdrop to the library". Library on left. This was a Carnegie Library officially opened in 1906 and closed in 2017 and boarded up ever since...

Henry Riley & Son: Founded in the Victorian period and continued until the mid 1930s. The building on Constitutional Hill is said to have been built by Rileys and was their headquarters. I can't trace a link between Henry Riley and W.S. Riley but both were operating at the same time. Were...

Here's a brief timeline from Graces Guide until taken over by ICI: Elliotts Metal Co 1853 Established as W. Elliott and Sons 1862 company incorporated as Elliots Patent Sheathing and Metal Co. Ltd. 1866 took over the business of Charles Green, original inventor and patentee of solid-drawn...

KINGS HEATH WOOlWORTHS When I came to Birmingham [after marriage] in the late 1960s we used to shop in Kings Heath and I used Woolworths a lot. It had a very good but not large DIY section which I used a lot. Their paint was cheap but very good. I also bought quite a few hand tools there. Later...

Spital &Clark Another small Birmingham metal working company that only lasted 17 years from 1897 to 1914. Based in Newhall Hill. This advert is from a trade catalogue dated 1912 and on sale on Ebay. This is from Graces Guidefor 1914: Architectural Metal Work Manufacturers, Iron and Bronze...

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 work. Some interesting notes and a couple of good phots of the Sparkhill band at...

BCC consultation on Sarehole Mill at https://www.birminghambeheard.org.uk/bcc/request-for-feedback-sarehole-mill/?utm_source=BVSC&utm_campaign=e1ebc8ea52-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_02_05_01_57_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-e391129afd-616876806 CLOSES 13 March!!

Just found this. Another wonderful picture from Phyllis Nicklin. Bradford Street at the corner with Alcester Street, 1960. Parker Winder Achurch on the lower right. [From Facebook - posted June 2024]. Note: I don't think PWA were in Bradford Street until later. I used the Broad Steet shop...

The Library of Birmingham does have some log books/registers for Birmingham schools and as you say you can only access records more than a 100 years old [but up to 1925/26 now]. That said, the collection is very hit and miss but you may be lucky. The Kings Norton School Board covered a much...

See also on forum under: London Transport oil lamp for further info about Bladons. Biog notes may be of interest? A brief biography of Thomas Edward Bladon, founder of TE Bladon and Son Ltd. Thomas Edward Bladon was the son of Edward Bladon, born in 1821 at Tanworth in Arden and his first...