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Howath & Co., Umbrella Makers Howarths had premises at 8,9&11 Bull Street and at 56 High Street. Haven’t been able to trace any information about them. They made and repaired umbrellas. They were also noted for their brilliant and humourous adverts. Looking at them, the costumes etc look...

Have now carried out a bit more research on line and yes Crusader tanks were made at Longbridge although as Godber mentioned the main production site was at Nuffield/Drews Lane. One site suggests that tank parts, specifically over 36,000 suspension units, were made at Longbridge rather than...

Came across this phot for sale on Ebay. Said to be tank assembly at Longbridge Plant about 1941. Never heard of that before [I knew they made aeroplanes for the war effort] . Can anyone vouch for this or identify it as Longbridge from roof structure etc?

May be of interest? New General Hospital Birmingham - China Milk Jug - c1880. An unusual commemorative jug believed to be showing the new additions to the General Hospital in Birmingham around 1880. Can be bought on Ebay for just £5.45...........................!

Perhaps see also River St/fazeley St Corner

Back in 1905 when Moseley was in the Kings Norton R.D. the local office for registering births & deaths was in Woodbridge Road. Perhaps worth repeating a couple of illus from Woodbridge Road thread. Registrar was in the tall building on the right at the far end...

As pointed out in post 6 above, after 1837 Regisitration was based initially on Poor Law Union areas. There were originally four Registration Districts [=R.D.] covering what is now Birmingham. These were Birmingham [the borough] which was quite tiny at the time!, Aston which covered a much...

Never been a car "buff". My present car is a Ford Focus Ghia all of 21 years old! A lovely car - never let me down. Before that for many years I had a Ford Sierra - another great car. Can't remember how long I had it for - but old. In the end cost of body repairs for MOT persuded me to replace...

Many thanks Mike. Just briliant. Wonderful example of Georgian architecture. What a shame that this and so much of the Gun Quarter was demolished. Your phot enabled me to trace another Nicklin phot in 1963 - shows the Armstrong works [shortly?] after demolition.

Armstrong, Stevens & Son Ltd. Came across this on ebay and did a bit of simple research on line. Firm was founded in 1835! with premises for many years at 15 Whittall Street. They later had a factory in Willenhall. It is no longer an independent company. The 1914 Directory lists them as...

Heathfield Road Maternity Hospital site extended through to Finch Road which [partly] ran parellel to Heathfield Road. Have attached map showing this. Was it perhaps the building on the extreme left of the photo on the bend in Finch Street? Photo from Roland Rd. looking looking towards Finch...

View of Farm Road from Stratford Road. About 1900[?] Christ Church in the distance.

Two more phots. Similar view to post 1?

Pollution Monitors: I noticed a small solar panel on lamp post on the other side of the road a week or so ago attached to a metal cylinder [in Moseley]. Neighbour said it was a pollution monitor. Noticed since many more in the area. Perhaps temporary? More important - why is BCC monitoring...

To add to above posts - Some more info about Barron & Mills: from advert dated 1830. Advert c1830s Trade card 1830s This is for sale on Abe Books - have copied their description as it gives quite a bit of info about firm. James Barron first appears in the records in Holden's 'Triennial...