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Think this is the same company? Advert 1929.For sale/Ebay Advert 1872/Graces Guide

I came across this headed notepaper for sale on Ebay which set me off exploring: Henry followed his father John [a silver thimble maker] into the jewellery trade. He started Henry Griffiths & Sons, [as it later became known], in 1850. His premises were at 131 Warstone Lane and the firm...

I came across this for sale on Ebay. Rather odd product for Chemico? Wonder if it worked? 1917 and these on Graces Guide 1908 1946

You may well be right. Doesn't seem likely that a successful entrepreneur was also a music hall entertainer! but then Wiki should always be taken with a pinch of salt!

From an auction catalogue: A View of Lifford Hall, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, the Residence of Mr Dobbs, with a spectacular Captain Cook's Pine in the foreground Other notes: Thomas Dobbs bought Lifford Hall in 1789; he was an engineer who constructed both the Birmingham to Worcester and the...

Well they are back at a cost of 2.5 million pounds based at new stables at Tally Ho. Rather odd when a previous W.M chief constable said there is no place in modern policing for mounted officers and promptly abolished them.

See also Stirchley High Street. Perhaps merge? I worked in Stirchley briefly in the early 1970s and what an interesting place it was. Little changed over the decades. Lots of interesting small shops - fascinating! Two phots from D.J. Norton collection. Church of the Ascension just in view...

Curious about this. Was this the building [corner of Exeter and Hubert Road] or anyone know what it was originally?

Graces Guide for 1918 gives T. Cadby & Sons at 389/397 Farm Street.

Came across an explore of the old building in 2022 on the "28 days later" site - may be of interest? https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/powell-gunsmiths-birmingham-march-2022.132837/

I think it could well be James Watt's house. This is from Bill Darque's site: Harpur's Hills: first record 1772 Harpers Hill from Samuel Smiles 1865 'Lives of Boulton and Watt' a work now out-of-copyright downloaded from Grace's Guide website. Harpers Hill, the rising ground at the top of...

Very confusing to have info about two distinct colleges that happen to share the same name on the same thread. Here's some notes about the Edgbaston Greenmore College: MOSELEY MEMORIES by Susan Smith, nee Bromilow – April 2022 My mother’s parents were married on 6 July 1909 from the family...

Taunton Road/Stoney Lane junction area was originally in Worcs. but became part of Birmingham under Greater Birmingham Act in 1911.

Another view of Brighton Road. About 1910. I'm curious about the building on the extreme right. Can't quite read the inscription over entrance. Any thoughts? Looking towards the railway bridge.

Would it help if this thread was amalgamated with "Black Sabbath"? Lot of overlap?