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@Astoness, I just found this photo you posted from a pubs calendar of the Royal Mint, with shops to the right of it, which must therefore include the cafe, but the sign isn't visible, nor the bus clock :(

I just found this thread from 2003 where @Astonian extols the virtues of Sydney's cafe, sadly he's not still with us and the OP was a guest.

If anyone from this thread is still on the forum, please see my recent post in this thread about Icknield Street. My grandparents ran the cafe next door to the pub, which is mentioned by Astonian.

Thank you so much. They were married before the war, so maybe just his name on the lease. I didn't know they were there in the late 50s. By the way, they did really well out of grafting in the cafe: by 1962 they had left Oldknow Road and bought a lovely house in Shakespeare Drive, Shirley and...

I've just put my email address in a message in case it's possible to send it as an attachment. I can then try to upload it here from my end. Many thanks :blush:

Astonian meant decent, reliable I think. As opposed to the Rimini which was beset by fights! I formatted his quote above with the red highlighted text which I think is referring to Sydney's cafe. He mentions it being 'by.. the number eight clock in' which sounds exactly right. He is mostly...

Thank you so much but it wasn't the Vulcano / Rimini. @Astonian said (my formatting to distinguish the two): The one in the photo above was the Rimini (Rimi) on the corner of Hingeston St, which then changed name to the Vulcano (appropriate given the fights!), then moved across the road and was...

I was playing netball at school aged 12 and we stopped the game in surprise!

Adding to the cafe chat, I am wondering if anyone remembers my grandad Sydney Tibbatts who ran a cafe with my grandmother Irene in the 1960s, which my mom remembers as being right opposite the Mint. I am told they had a dining room upstairs, and I am hoping it is the 'proper' cafe remembered by...

Thanks so much, I have posted over on that one.

My grandparents ran a cafe opposite Birmingham Mint, and it was where bus drivers had to stamp a time clock. My grandad Sydney Tibbatts did a thriving trade supplying the drivers with tea, which he would do by going out to the drivers, collecting their cans, and taking them into the cafe to fill...

I just found out that their cafe was opposite the Birmingham Mint, and it was where bus drivers had to stamp a time clock. Sydney did a thriving trade supplying the drivers with tea, which he would do by going out to the drivers, collecting their cans, and taking them into the cafe to fill and...

I'm pleased to report on the sale of George's tin and contents.. they've been bought by a lovely collector in Scotland who has a special interest in the Scots Rifles. He likes to keep medals 'real' - he doesn't put on new ribbons or restore anything. I've sent him the bio and other documents...

Could be, she would have been about 43 and died a couple of years later. Probably worn out. The Victorians had a name for sickly children born late to women already worn out by childbirth - 'January Chickens', from a farming term for scrawny chicks from eggs laid just before the hen was...

A bit too close for temptation to the back yard of a pub! I once worked in an office overlooking a pub garden, it was terrible!

Thanks for the correction, I've updated my copy. How is it uncertain if there was another one?

With help from you all and members of angloboerwar.com and greatwarforum.org I have completed a bio for George.. marvel at his adventures! PS I compared the censuses and none of George's siblings died as far as I can see, there was a mistake where one girl was called Sarah in 1891 and Jane in...

Link to some colour photos and a map from @SteveBhx Stevebh and @mikejee mikejee https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/old-birmingham-photos-from-stevebhx.52814/post-780840 It looks like there were wash houses / toilets in the two corner yards at the back, you can see a...

Thankyou, very interesting to see inside and what kinds of flowers were in the garden. I'll also link on my main post about Dowells.

If anyone would be able to restore this photo of Dowell's Retreat almshouses I would be very grateful. It's likely the elderly ladies would be in black clothes as most of them were widows. The girl in white is my great aunt.