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The Ladywell was near or in Wrottesley Street, and Ladywell Walk is still there now. I think it was only a public source of water, I don't think it was a bath, although I would not swear to that. No idea when it ceased or if it has been culverted. I have got information from a book which says...

Well it is I who have to hold my hand up and say that I was wrong - made even worse by Pat Mills of Handsworth Historical Society saying the Little Red Shop was next to Darlingtons - Pat claimed that Darlingtons was on the Regal side of Boulton Road, which it clearly was not - even as far back...

OOps Lyn, got it wrong. Never mind, I think I have sorted the whole thing out now, the other ones I posted on another thread were fine.

Re: Cadbury's Bournville What a delightful read Adrian, thank you for that. Lovely memories. My aunt also worked at Carbury's for a short while, so I did know that the staff could eat anything at any time. I don't know if I would have got sick and tired of it, I loved their Turkish Delight...

Ho Ho Bernard - I was talking about the arrows Lyn said were on Photobucket.

Hi Elizabeth You mentioned nearly filling in a form for burial information from Witton. If Brian does not have the answer to your query, don't pay for a search at Witton, because you can get basic information, for one burial only, from Witton themselves via email. This will only give you...

I know of burials at Warstone Lane from Queens Hospital, but there is also Key Hill which is almost next door to Warstone. Lodge Hill did not open until 1895 - but was owned by Kings Norton UDC, so until 1911 was not actually in Birmingham. Failing Warstone and Key Hill, Witton would be my...

Hi Bobbo, well I am so glad I had my own costume - I was extremely tiny anyway so I don't think I would have liked to have suffered the embarrasment of having to have one from the baths - especially if they were large. I think you are right about those times being lovely - but at the same time...

Hi Bobbo, I know who you mean. Her name was actually Lucille unless she was pulling my leg. Blonde hair, loads of make up, my mother did not like me having anything to do with her, not sure why really, possibly the make up which was put on with a trowel. I won't say what my mother told her...

I certainly remember the Riviera Bobbo, and so does my husband. I used to go to the Ninevah too.

Maybe it's not so strange at all. Dr Chris Upton did his Phd at St Andrews, so maybe they are there because he had them himself? I have no idea if this is the way it happened, but it is certainly a possiblity.

Mike, I think I was viewing this wrongly - I was thinking that the road with the bollards on was Bull Street, but now I think I can see where this is - I think it is facing Central Hall, taken from Bull Street. Hard to say with certainty but I am sure that the buildings we can see are not the...

Oh thanks Mike - I did wonder whether it was, but the fact that the street is flat rather than sloping made me wonder - I remember that part of Bull Street to have a significant slope - as it does today, so is this looking towards Steelhouse Lane rather than towards High Street? I had not seen...

That's true, and also if you buy say, one a month, you don't notice it quite as much.

Now this is one of my favourites I have to say. Newhall Street in the 1890's - my own family would have lived somewhere down here, but probably not in anything so large and grand. Pity they did not leave it like this. The building with the steps leading up to the front door was the Dental...

This is another photo of Bull Street. My first thoughts were that it is of the Temple Row junction, but I am not sure. I think the fact that the road is fairly flat is the reason I thought that. The caption mentions that it could be on a Sunday because of the lack of people, and it describes...

Is it important to have all of them at the same time? I think the price these days is outrageous. I am always in a dreadful hurry to know things but slowly I am finding it's not so important, I always get there in the end.

mrsb - something else to consider before purchasing a train ticket - Birmingham library are moving next year and slowly things are being removed from the shelves and also they are not open on all days as they were before. Booking a machine is advisible too. It's also, depending on which...

Too right, hop skip and a jump maybe!

I wondered if it had Lyn. it seems to me that Birmingham was not just divided into two, because Old Square was beautiful and wealthy, but just beyond that was The Gullett, Dalton Street, London Apprentice Street, and they were dire. Again New Street started off well, but off there was The...