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I met Benjamin many years ago at an event at our local library. He was incredible both as a poet and as a human being. The verse pjmburns quotes is part of a long and compassionate poem about the treatment of turkeys. Benjamin was a strong supporter and activist for animal welfafe and a long...

The church is St Bartholomew's Church popularly known as Edgbaston Old Church. Beautiful ancient church in a lovely setting.

This might be of interest. Copied from Ebay. Said to be 1930s

Hi Chris, You may know of these books, or even have copies, but just in case.................. Harvey [David] A nostalgic look at Birmingham trams 1933-1953: vol 1: The northern routes vol 2: The southern routes vol 3: The eastern and western routes Can be obtained on loan from Birmingham...

Not sure where I copied this photograph from but it shows some shops in Moseley village about 1915 [?] looking towards the city centre. Also attached is a similar view from Street View to identify location. On the original you can just read the white sign to the left of the shops - "Perth Dye...

The Ring is in Yardley near Hob Moor Road, B25. Don't know of another one. If you go on the Register and move a few pages either way it should pin location down for certain.

Have just checked on tubs - the original Flora Original was based on sunflower/rapeseed/palm & linseed oil. The new so called original has dropped palm oil and substituted coconut oil but this has increased saturated fat content by nearly 50%. Apparently this applies to all Flora products...

And another bites the dust.................... We have long enjoyed the taste of Flora Original on Bun Loaf [aka fruit loaf] and similar. Just like butter. Can't remember how long it has been around but a long time. Anyone remember? Bought some last week. Still labelled original but it isn't...

Came across this on the internet. Labelled as also showing the back of Heathfield Rd Maternity Hospital. May be of interest.

There is vehicle access to the station - for setting down etc - and trying to get out again. A mini island is the worst possible solution to control traffic at an incredibly busy junction. Traffic is regularly backed far up Wake Green Road from village traffic lights and ditto in the other...

Not sure what the latest forecast date is for the line to open. Just read this summary of the line - very interesting. https://wmre.org.uk/camp-hill-line-stations/ Attached is the plan of proposed layout for the junction of Oxford Rd/St Marys Row & Wake Green Road [station approach to the...

Is it really 10 years since the Library of Birmingham opened? Perhaps a good time for users to appraise it rather than by the establishment? My recollection [as a bit of an insider] was that the council wanted to get their hands on the old library site for other reasons not because it needed...

Just for interest, wagon side of Spencer,Abbot & Co.

Although Bearwood is basically in Smethwick, doesn't it straddle the boundary between Smethwick & Birmingham? Either way, you might want to check in either Birmingham Central Library/Archives or more likely Smethwick Library to see if they have the appropriate planning application for the...

Just been researching shops etc in Moseley Village. Moseley Motor Works was founded on on Alcester Road in 1907 by Herbert Graham. It was bought out the following year by Henry Garner. Here's a time line from Graces Guide: 1907 Moseley Motor Works commenced business. 1909 Name changed to Henry...

Marshall Brothers: dispensing chemists: Moseley Village Henry Marshall lived on the Wake Green Estate [an area I am researching] at 56 St Agnes Road. He opened a chemists shop in Moseley Village [partly financed by his brother - hence Marshall Brothers]. The shop was at 128 Alcester Road. Have...

Let me clarify. The thread is about Buildings at Risk and my [and other posts] were about the tram shed offices in particular. The history of planning applications date back to at least 2005 and they have always been turned down. Over the last eighteen years or so many illegal alterations have...

Moseley Road Tram Shed - Office Block: I'm really pleased to see that the office block may be saved by conversion into apartments. It reminded me that back in 2005 it was bought by a property "developer" who promptly started to rip the inside apart without planning permission and putting the...

As Prof, Carl Chinn said,Prof Chinn said: "The children were taken away from the back streets of Birmingham because they were seen as 'street arabs' or 'gutter children'. In that period lots of middle class people looked down on the poor and there was a lot of poverty. Some of them were...

The Austin village is a brilliant example of benevolent employers - in this case as mentioned Lord Austin. The Austin Village Preservation Society published a brilliant booklet in 2002 with some great photos and history. Have attached a couple. of early ones but no date.