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I have been researching Charles Iles and his company of thimble makers. His first premises were in Coneybere Street but just before he died in 1870 he moved to premises in Highgate Street. To begin with this was just a dwelling house, with offices, with a covered gateway leading to a yard and...

Here's another one of Sutton Road, Erdington from my wife's family collection. No date. Early 1900s? Any one know?

Hi mikegee. 1. Always admire your brilliamt large scale maps. I wonder where you get them from? Is it a subscription site? 2. The Star Works [Tonks] is shown on the other side of Moseley Street from Barrel Plating Works [Wilkes & Godwin?] & on the other side of the junction with Birchall...

What an interesting person Tolkien was. Just been reading up again about his childhood in Birmingham. Well I say Birmingham but of course neither Sarehole, Kings Heath or Rednal were in Birmingham at the time. Another few quibbles I have. Lots of sources talk about Sarehole as a village or...

Photo 3: WT&S, W. Tonks & Sons, 3, Hill Street, woodscrew maker (S1770) then 43 Deritend, steel toy maker (PR1780), Cheapside, Birmingham, then 201, Moseley Street, Birmingham making cast and wrought brass products. [from The Old Copper Website] What an interesting photograph. Suspect site...

Just catching up on forum posts. I can't help but see this as bullying & taking advantage of relative positions. Thank goodness this sort of "man management" [actually child management] has no place in modern teaching.

What an interesting thread. My wife was born and bred near the canal/Limekiln Lane and tells me it was spoken as "Limkin" Lane locally when she was a child [1950s]. I guess there must have been lime kilns there for it to be so named. Although lime kilns were very rare in Birmingham, there was...

Limekiln Lane Situated opposite the Horse Shoe pub on Millpool Hill on the south side of the Stratford Canal. The canal was completed in 1816 and provided a vital transport link between Birmingham and mid-Warwickshire for carrying coal and lime. It was also a local beauty spot and popular with...

Hi Viv, I don't remember an England's logo but wonder if they used the shop name in italics as their logo. It appeared on the front of their shops and [I think!] their boxes. Have attached a phot of Soho Road which just shows Englands shop in the 1960s or 1970s. next to Withers. Metal letters...

While researching the Wake Green Estate [area around St Agnes Church, Moseley] I came across a William Priest who lived in Wake Green House on the estate. Further research conformed that he was the proprietor of the Quadrant Cycle Co. in Sheepcote Street. One of Mikejee's brilliant maps...

Out of stock at the brewery or I might have been tempted....................... Not far from us. More info at https://birminghambrewingcompany.co.uk/about/ A new one to me although brewing since 2016. Interesting website.

What an interesting thread. St Marys, Enville may have a link with Birmingham as the original chancel was built by Roger de Birmingham, sometime between 1272-1307. The de Birmingham family were lords of the manor of Birmingham for 400 years and it's very likely that Roger was a member of the...

Glacial erratic boulders were often used as boundary stones. The Gilbertstone that used to be in Sheldon [now in Blakesley Hall Museum] was used as a boundary stone where Sheldon, Bickenhill and Yardley met. Similarly, the Warstone [or Hoarstone] where Aston, Birmingham and Handsworth met used...

Boundaries; random thoughts The changes to city boundaries has been touched on in many posts over the years. I got interested in this topic when researching the Wake Green estate which is the area around St Agnes Church, Moseley. The map below sums up the growth of Birmingham [apols. if it has...

Rubery Hill Hospital had its own operating theatre which towards the end was not operating at full capacity. Surgeons at Selly Oak Hospital took advantage of this spare capacity for minor ops. I remember being given a choice of waiting months for a minor procedure or if I was willing to go to...

In 2002, English Heritage and Royal Mail, with the approval of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, agreed a joint policy for the retention and conservation of Royal Mail post boxes. Royal Mail discussed replacement with Residents Association and they managed to source an identical...

Demolished in 1947. Too late for John Spilsbury but perhaps worth mentioning that first port of call for [Birmingham] parish records should be the Library of Birmingham [in Birmingham Diocesan Record Office] and yes they do have the records for St Johns. Recent/current records will probably...

There is already one plaque in Edgbaston - is this the campaign mentioned? https://www.spacehive.com/chamberlain. Very interesting!

Wholeheartedly agree that Neville Chamberlain should be recognised for what he achieved by means of blue plaques. He achieved a lot nationally and in Birmingham. When he returned from Munich he was welcomed as a hero by the nation - included many politicians who later turned on him. See also...

The Wake Green Estate in Moseley [centred around St Agnes Church] was owned in the early 1800s by one Joseph Dyott [hence Dyott Road] a brush manufacturer with premises in Bradford Street. The estate was bounded by Billesley Lane, Wake Green Road, Stoney Lane [now Yardley Wood Rd.] and what is...