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On the excellent warwickshirerailways site the photo with "Lord Mayor's Fund" sign is dated as 12 February 1940 .... so WW2.

A later view of the same building .... now trading under the name Allen Duncan.

Another photo of Tyseley Wharf dated 1944 (credit IWM).

I think the postcard picture was taken a little further away from the High Street by the mill pond. Here's a current view ....

An update on this very old thread .... I don't know whether it was a restoration or a rebuild, but it looks as though someone did a great job on Canal Cottage.

Four wonderful photos of the interior of Mason College, dated 1897 .... 1. Anatomical Theatre 2. Botanical Laboratory 3. Staircase 4. Natural History Museum

Malc Toy .... Not in the Highgate area : I went to Greet Primary and Moseley Grammar. Here's a 1950s map showing house numbers in "The Sycamores" (street names appear to be very fluid in this area) : assuming the numbering hadn't changed, you can pick out your great grandparents' house. Also an...

Malc Toy & mikejee .... I believe that the Ryland Street that is mentioned in the 1881 Census sheet in #1 was later renamed Stanhope Street in Highgate i.e. it's not the Ryland Street that still exists in Ladywood. Attached is an 1889 map showing "Sycamore Avenue" that was previously called...

A "target sheet" used by the Luftwaffe in WW2 .... dated 8 June 1939. It specifically mentions the Lucas factory in Formans Road, and also identifies other targets as Singer on Coventry Road, Lucas on Shaftmoor Lane, and the Rover "shadow factory" on Woodcock Lane North. The attached "bomb map"...

Ref Post #28 .... This clearer copy of the photo shows that it's the junction of Smallbrook Street with Tonk Street (later renamed Hill Street) and Hurst Street. Another wonderful photo from Henry Joseph Whitlock dated 1867 .... full of detail and interest.

A photo of the Woolpack when it was still intact.

Mike: the lamp on the left of Dudley Street in Post #17 is in the correct position for the King's Head, but I agree the name is not legible. Note that the second photo in Post #11 is looking the opposite way down Dudley Street i.e. towards Smallbrook Street. Therefore the King's Head is towards...

Here's another copy of Viv's initial photo for this thread .... showing Dudley Street (ahead) at it's junction with Smallbrook Street (left), dated May 1867. The quality of the photo is stunning, and reveals lots of interesting details. The Apple Tree pub is run by John Harbige. There's a sign...

Another great horse bus photo outside the old Swan PH in Yardley .... showing the replacement pub building under construction in the background.

At the Kings Head on the Hagley Road.

I think the Sparkhill "iron church" cutting above refers to St John's on Stratford Road, Sparkhill. The current church was consecrated in 1889, and Louisa Ann Ryland was a sponsor. Here's a grainy view of the old "tin church" dated 1887-1888.

No, I think it's the usual three .... the second dark head is just visible.

A Birmingham-Shirley horse bus outside the Saracen's Head in Shirley.

A bus posing on Ladypool Road, Sparkbrook .... by the Clifton pub.

Re-posted .... 1. Mary Street, Balsall Heath 2. Dale End 3. Five Ways, Edgbaston