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I believe this building is now used by the Birmingham Law Society for Committee meetings.

It would more than likely have been the training classes at the Birmingham Royal Institute for the Blind in Birmingham. They taught many courses to help blind people for a long time: Here is their web site with a History link also: https://www.brib.org.uk/default.htm

This site mentions the famed "Bomb Hole" at Cocks Moor Golf Course along with a map. https://www.teeofftimes.co.uk/cocks-moors-woods-golf-course/

Our phone was installed in the mid 1950's. My Father worked for the Midlands Electricity Board and had to be available for emergencies. The thing is it wasn't very good for me since very few people I knew had a telephone in those days!

You can find threads about Rifle Crescent on this site here: https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=38980&page=13 It's exact location also.

If Walter Timmins was in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment - 8th Army. There is an account of the whereabouts of this group printed on the BBC site via the Royal Warwickshire Museum: https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/69/a2618769.shtml

Nice to see photos of some of the old clocks most of which I remember. I found this web site about City clocks in Britain and there are five pages for Birmingham. Not all of the clocks, of course, but some very good photos of many of them. I remember the ICI entrance at Witton which had a...

Not too keen on this sort of art myself. It's a shame that some of the older Birmingham sculptures are residing in a storage room somewhere and will proably never see the light of day again.

Yes, I well remember Lawrence's College. I attended the school in the early 1950's for a few years. I live in Canada now. Glad to hear that you are having a reunion in 2016. Going to school at Lawrence's College back then was a joy to me since it was right in the middle of town and I loved to...

To give the men their due in regards to popular aftershave lotion. We bought my father Old Spice for Christmas quite often. I remember buying Old Spice Soap on a Rope. This was very adventurous for my Father to use. He would never have bought such items himself.

I think that is great that there have been open days for both the Law Courts on Corporation Street and the Municipal Bank on Broad Street this weekend. It would be great if some of the older churches would have historical open days in a similar vein. There is so much history in the churches of...

As mentioned by Alberta "Evening in Paris" and "California Poppy" were so popular in days gone by. Later on my Mother loved 4711 and I think that you can still buy it. Coty L'Aimant was very popular with my Mother also.

Re: When did you first se the sea? My first memory of the seaside was a trip to Aberyswith (sp). It must have been 1946. Dad carried me down to the sea and we filled a sand bucket with sea water. I had to have a taste. It was so horrible, of course. I also remember on that trip going to...

Hi Lyn, Fascinating to read the old history of Aston Villa and the FA Cup being stolen. It's such a mystery and there are so many stories about it over the years. Today, is a special day for Aston Villa fans. I found out only yesterday that my nephew Justin has flown from Hong Kong to London to...

Thanks for this info Viv. I had often wondered about the use of the word Warren locally but didn't put it down to Rabbit culture from those older times.

Thanks for this info Viv. I had often wondered about the use of the word Warren locally but didn't put it down to Rabbit culture from those older times.

It's a Kiki Dee song; https://www.vmusic.com.au/lyrics/kiki-dee/i-lyrics-22733626.aspx Hope this opens up for you ok Old Mohawk.

Anne Zeigler and Webster Booth singing "We'll Gather Lilacs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvC8gz-cq88 My Mother loved this song and played it on her piano all the time when I was growing up. Richard Tauber was also a favourite of hers. So many familiar tunes from that era can be heard on...

After reading a lot of the Skyscraper City threads about the design of the conversion of the old Fire Station it looks as though a lot of contributors don't think much of what is happening. Time will tell if it works out in the long run.

From today's Birmingham Mail article: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/ten-victoria-cross-heroes-honoured-8623653