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No, not even Birmingham's secret underground nuclear communication bunkers. So secret that practically everyone seems to know the whereabouts of some of the concealed entrances. So much money spent on such follies, and those that authorised the enormous expenditure are probably the ones with the...

Today I looked out of my bedroom window and witnessed a glorious sunrise, the sort that makes you grateful for being alive. Today is also the anniversary of the end of one of the potentially most catastrophic events in modern human history. It is deeply engraved on my memory. I was 10 years old...

What sweet memories.... Late 1960s, date nights at Gino’s Holloway Head (window table of course!), carafe of red wine and visit to the Odeon Queensway opposite. Should have been studying for “A Levels” but what the hell, we were only young once!

Yep in the mid sixties used to ride one of these on a Friday night on the main Pershore Rd in rush hour traffic, and many times on Saturdays up and down Cartland Rd Hill (push it up the hill, race the cars down). You don’t see many photos of obese teenagers from those times! Knackered bikes yes...

An old thread but able to add a little..... Pooler Brothers were one of the last remaining highly skilled expert brass sand casting companies in Birmingham, and their early 19th century brass foundry with a 200-year history was Grade A listed by Birmingham City Council for preservation as a...

Recently came across this old ad from 1907. To manufacture this type of installation it must have been a fairly large concern. Does anyone know of any photographs of the site?