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Thanks Brian. We do have some old minute books at the Chapel but the very first one (or possibly two) are lodged with the Library and won't be accessible fo some time. I do have some information on the early members in a spread sheet I researched for the 150th in 1998 so I will post a list of...

Thanks Lyn. Yes that is the old People's Chapel with a good view of the 3 storey school rooms. Thats my (old) home! Labelled with the locations of my first 2 homes, my primary school and People's Chapel. Rob

Yes, thanks Lyn, but this site has grown so large I keep finding new threads I have not seen before! My son is scanning all the 1st A BB pictures and memorabilia and loading them on flickr ready for the centenary next year. Glad your brother found his name on one of the Life Boy roll books...

Yes thanks Lyn, but this site has grown so large that I keep finding threads that I have not read and your many pictures are great. Thanks again Rob

Yes Lyn. It's great to see all the old pics of the area on this Forum. I lived 3/128 Bridge St. West, moved to 66 Well St when I was about 11 and then to Gerrard St. in 1963. Rob

Brian. A few years ago we went to Key Hill cemetery with the Boys' brigade lads and a list of the Founders to see how many we could find. Found John Skirrow Wright and. I think, one other but if you know the locations of some of the others it would be great to repeat the exercise next...

Hi Brian, Yes it was a shame the old People's Chapel had to be demolished in the name of redevelopment, just to make the green space around the Lucas factory that is no more. We were one of the last couples to be married at People's Chapel. There were 3 floors of school rooms - bottom floor...

https://www.peopleschapel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1848.html People's Chapel still going further up Gt King St. See location and details of Christmas Services - https://www.peopleschapel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CHRISTMAS.html

Hi Brian, Glad you liked the butty, Sandra will be pleased. We raised nearly £400 for the Boys' and Girls' Brigades. Hope you can make one of the Christmas services at People's Chapel. https://www.peopleschapel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CHRISTMAS.html I think the Candlelight Service on Thursday...

One of the photographs from flickr that is probably Denmark 1938.

Lots of mentions of the 1st A Birmingham Boys' Brigade on this thread. You may be interested to see over a thousand pictures of 100 years of the 1st A on flickr... https://www.flickr.com/photos/1staboysbrigade/sets ... and see what they are up to now by visiting their Facebook page...

Thanks for your investigations lindyloo. Yes, my cousins, who have researched our family history, came to the same conclusion yesterday. I am sorry I have no links to the postcard, but the visit to the Wellington Quarry museum, walking through the tunnels under Arras and seeing the artifacts...

Brilliant Mike, many thanks. Rob.

On a recent visit to the WW1 Wellington Quarry museum builtinto part of the tunnels under the city of Arras, France I discovered apostcard in a display cabinet in the entrance which may have a connection tome! The card was written from Bert Holloway to A Clarke, No.1 bk 72 Booth StHandsworth...

The Library was on the left going out of town just past Northwood Street where the Texaco garage is now. (See Google maps Streetview). I spent many hours in this Library in the 1950's.

#641 picture 2 I have a vague recollection of a faggot and pea cafe somewhere on the right of this picture! (Or was it further up Snow Hill?)

ellbrown Thanks for the link to your photos on flickr - couldn't get there but your photos are a great and amazing record of what is in store at Dollman St. I remember seeing many of the items on display in the Museums on my many visits as a youngster.

Could it be Air Cadets - Girls Venture Corps?

GLB Parade Gt King St; 14th GLB at camp at Padstow 1951; 14th GLB 1952.

Mabel Finnemore the founding Captain of the 14th Birmingham Girls Life Brigade.