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My mom was a customer of the wool shop in Formans Road in the 1950s and 1960s. She knitted all the time when she wasn't working .... producing jumpers etc for herself, my brother and me. I often went into the shop with her, and was sent to pick up extra rolls when she ran out of wool. I knew all...

An earlier occupant of the Board Inn site at 101 High Street.

In Tom Golding's book "96 Years A Brummie" he mentions the Wilders fireworks factory by the River Cole on the south side of Formans Road. His mother and aunt worked there. Apparently two women workers were burned to death in a "powder room" at that time.

I don't think this fine old view of Camp Hill has been posted on this thread previously. It's a Samuel Lines sketch dated October 1823, just after Holy Trinity Church was built. I believe it shows the old Ship Inn on the right.

That sounds credible Mike .... possibly linked to the Wilders fireworks factory in Greet. FYI the map I posted is also an OS map (from the NLS site).

Interesting to see on the attached c1887 map that an area adjacent to Formans Road is annotated "Magazines". I assume this means storage for explosives/ammunition .... maybe used in extracting materials for the nearby Burbury Brickworks ?

Karen I assume 104 Dale End is the shop on the left next to No 105 which I believe was the old Scout Shop. This photo is tagged with a date of 1961.

Nadeem .... Here are a couple of aerial photos of the top of Formans Road (Credit: britainfromabove.org.uk). I assume you've also seen the other thread on this site "Formans Rd Sparkhill" that has discussion about different parts of the road ? 1920: 1950:

Here's another photo taken from the same spot .... tagged March 1964

Viv: here's a photo of The Rectory in St Philip's Place .... tagged with a date of 1887.

The attached photos (from the excellent Historic England site) are captioned as being from the Music Hall at 8 Temple Street .... so I assume they show the interior of the Temperance Hall. Clearly one is a duplicate of the left-hand photo in Post 26.

Another newspaper article relating to the Graf Zeppelin flight over Birmingham in July 1932 .... and the passenger who claims to have requested the flight path over Birmingham.

Here's another great picture of Grove Farm that I've never seen before.

Viv The restaurant in Union Street has appeared in a previous post flagged as Kunzle's .... close-up attached is dated as 1953. But it may have been Barrow's previously?

The attached 1887 map shows a pub on the corner of Steelhouse Lane and Lancaster Street .... the site of the Castle PH in the previous map. However, I initially thought that the lamp attached to the building in the foreground of the Steelhouse Lane photo was the type often seen on pubs of that...

I think the Steelhouse Lane photo shows a pub in the foreground .... on the corner of Lancaster Street. Does anyone know the name of that pub ?

As MWS suggests, the building was probably demolished as part of the Corporation Street development .... I believe the photo I posted was taken by James Burgoyne as part of a series to record views that would be lost when Corporation Street was cut through town.

The attached photo containing the same building is tagged as Steelhouse Lane .... supporting the location as being the pink dot on the above map.

Interesting cutting Viv. Here are photos of the Berrill and Wilson shops mentioned ....

Dennis : I think the "hotel" building you're referring to is in fact the New Street branch of the Joint Stock Bank .... picture attached.