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What a fascinating piece of family history! Would you think he rented the piece of land from someone, rather than actually owning it? Great story about the Onion Fair too!

The restoration of Highbury Hall has been put on hold as Birmingham Council have withdrew the £3.5m grant due to their financial position. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6248z45neno

It could have been, it's not technically Perry Barr as we know it today but maybe it was classed as the general area in the early 1900s?

I was wondering where that might have been in Perry Barr but I don't think the Alexander Stadium existed in 1903, it dates from the 30s I think. It could have been the ground that was there before or maybe the ground on the other side, the Walsall Road, before the original greyhound track was...

Some good news for the canal system... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2nj4lpp5zo

Interesting about Millionaire, I didn't know that either but I had an idea that Jasper Carrott was connected to that programme - just checked and I was right about that... Carrott was part-owner of the production company Celador, makers of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? In 2006, he and wife...

A bit more news from the BBC website... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1epn5ezx9go

The source of the spill has been identified.... The Environment Agency (EA) said the sodium cyanide that spilled into the Walsall waterway on Tuesday came from Anochrome Ltd, a firm which deals in surface coatings and sealing. Marc Lidderth, the EA's West Midlands area director, said the...

Great photos! Sad about the state of the building though.

Happy Birthday!

It rings a bell with me.....sure someone will know!

I think my mother went to the opening of Nortons in the Perry Barr precinct, I seem to remember her telling us about seeing the Coronation Street character Minnie Caldwell!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy552g38d3o

This year the heritage week is from 6th to 15th September, events etc here... https://birminghamheritageweek.co.uk/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEfP41leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTF5zDuwiFAvtyIPBYcjHcUg5X6ahc8GkMiwVFos1NmkXKBBRAlogN06OQ_aem_K2_g2jKL20KvVjK53KIJUg

Yes, there were public toilets underneath the ramp.

The Ramp....as we used to call it!

My parents always bought sterilised milk so I was brought up on it. I changed to pasteurised milk in my late 20s when I was working in Bournemouth and have used it ever since. Possibly said this earlier on in the thread but I remember when we used to go on holiday to Cornwall it was very...

Nice property - it looks a bit Gothic. ....of course the sender may have been joking and it was just their wishful thinking!

Article on the BBC website... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2gx690v5go

Yes it is, I just had a look! It was number 338, by a bus stop now. My Nan moved out to a cottage in a village in South Worcestershire not very long afterwards, my grandad had died a few years before and Nan couldn't afford to pay a mortgage, no Widows pensions in those days if you were under a...