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This is such a good description of Moseley life I hope mods don't mind me copying in full: [https://www.francisfrith.com/moseley/moseley-college-for-girls_628257376]. Unfortunately no dates. Heather Benton - at 10/11 years' old I attended Moseley College and remained there for the rest of my...

Alcester Road South This is a view on Alcester Road South/Kings Heath looking towards Addison Road on March 9 1953 with a close up dated Oct 1957. It is from the collection taken by D.J. Norton and I don’t think it has appeared on the Forum previously. Brilliant photo. Some notes on the...

Salisbury road in 1906. No traffic, original garden walls etc etc. Houses/gardens now much altered and the traffic!!!

H.B. Sale Ltd. Henry Sales was established in 1862 by Henry Bailey Sale who was a letter cutter and engraver. By 1882 the company was further listed as a “contractor for of steel, and brass letter punches, brands, dies, seals, endorsing machines, etc.” By 1901 the company was trading as H.B...

Agree. Listed on line in a couple of places as Brushing Department, The Chromographic Enamel Company Ltd., Dudley Road, Wolverhampton, 1890s Great photo though.

Closed at present: Balsall Heath library Balsall Heath library is closed for major building and remodelling works, including the addition of a mezzanine floor.

Yes please. Love to see some on the Forum. Monty - the best general we ever had!

Edwin Showell & Sons, Came across this on Ebay, made by Edwin Showell - a snip at £338! On checking I found that Edwin Showell & Sons was an old Birmingham firm founded about the turn of the 18thC in Lower Loveday Street. In 1903 they moved to a new factory in Charlotte Street, Stirchley...

I find it fascinating to read about the origins of Birmingham factories, especially the smaller ones. There must have been thousands and thousand of them. Some developed into major industrial concerns such as the Austin, BSA, and so on. I enjoy researching them on line, particularly using...

Didn't mention a phone co. Suspicious in itself with hindsight! In the end I put the phone down when he started asking details that my phone co. would have had.

Latest phone scam - will be writing to me to offer 30% reduction on phone contract -then started asking for my details. I was a bit slow today to catch on before the penny dropped. Just goes to show how careful we all need to be...........

Managed to borrow a copy today from our local library. Very interesting indeed - just a few snippets showing succesive locations in Birmingham: Original premises on New Street. First "factory" on Castle Street. Were about to extend but built new factory on site in Digbeth instead which was...

Just been looking at plans for Typhoo Site. Well worth a look at https://www.typhoowharf.co.uk/ and https://www.howells.uk/projects/tea-factory Like the use of Typhoo Wharf for project name and Typhoo Square for open space in the centre.

Richard Evered started the business in 1809 in Charles Street, near Drury Lane in London. In 1860 the firm moved to the Barnet Works, Bartholomew Street in Birmingham to be in the centre of the brassmaking industry and in 1866 the Surrey Works was opened in Smethwick. Manufacturers of...

The story of Ty-phoo and the Birmingham tea industry Williams, Ken1990 Why not visit your local Birmingham library and borrow a copy. 18 lending copies available........................