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Came across this on the bbc news website; banksy art in the Jewellery Quarter: sadly quickly vandalised.

Just a small point - The building now occupied by Sparkhill Library was build as Yardley Rural District Council offices; hence the name "council house" which name seems to have been passed down the generations. Sparkhill was historically part of Yardley Parish & later Yardley R.D.C.

Beechcroft was the home of Alderman Henry J Sayer. He was a tinplate & metal merchant & a former Lord Mayor of Birmingham [1906 - 1907]. Henry was very involved in civic life & lived at Beechroft from about 1900 until possibly 1946 but not sure of that date. It was listed as a Mother & Baby...

My memories of the Colmore Depot were of the one in Hall Green. Bought my first car there - an Austin 1100. What a job driving home as I hadn't driven since I passed my test six months earlier.............

Hi Astonian, Just re-reading the Ames, Stokes & Stevens thread. I think we may be distantly related. My third great, great grandfather was John Wilden born in 1776. he had 5 children. Daughter Jane (1820-1893) married Joseph Stevens (1819-1887) from whom I am descended. Another daughter...

Hi Dan, Really interested to read your post about A,S & S. Joseph Stevens was a direct ancestor of mine [see various posts above under superdad3]. Do you know the full name of "Joe" in the portrait? It would be wonderful if it was of Joseph Stevens & I would love to see a copy. Do you know...

Always used to reckon we were nearly home when I could smell the HP sauce factory. Gone but not forgotten............. Another bit of Brum lost!

Application for double "garage" submitted on 13 March 2019. This is the fourth planning application for side extension/garage............ Previous applications turned down or withdrawn. The current planning application doesn't say anything about drive/gates/pavement crossing etc. These were also...

Library and police station are two separate buldings. Library from clock tower to the left, police station to the right & up Court Road. The "library" was completed in 1902 as Yardley Council House. Sparkhill was in Yardley R.D.C. at the time & this was part of Yardley's new civic centre...

This is Poplar Road just off the High Street in Kings Heath. Not sure of date . Many of the buildings still remain having escaped the Kings Heath Bypass blight!

Another photograph of the High Street. Don't think it's on the Forum already. My apols if it is. Hare & Hounds on the LHS.

I think it's all a bit of a farce! How do you define "pollution". All diesel cars give out particulates which are extremely unpleasant and potentially dangerous to chronic asthmatics etc. Just as bad in Kings Heath & Moseley on the main roads both of which fail to meet EU standards but the...

Sladepool Farm Road, in 1945.

Should have checked with my wife first - a real brummie who was born just around the corner from the Maypole - she agrees with you - Aldi is a bit further down the road from the island - she thinks the hotel is a travel lodge........

"The Maypole", which stood at the Maypole Island on Alcester Road, had a gentlemens smoke room until about the early 1970s. It was converted into a restaurant [ladies admitted of course]. My father-in-law, Tom Budd, gave up using it in disgust & transferred his drinking to the British Legion...

Better known to many of us in Moseley for decades as the notorious Palm Court Hotel. Full of sad people with learning difficulties, mental health problems and often physical disabilities as well. Yes, it fulfilled a need that no one else did but at a price - Moseley Village full of very...

I suggest that before anyone else comments along these lines they go and look at the site first! Eric, most of your comments are not relevant. The house is situated in a Conservation Area. The house is ocupied by a large family. The front garden is now a car park. A planning application to...

Once a lovely house. Now ruined over many years by present owner. Long history of alterations without planning permission etc. Battles with planning people who seem unable to enforce anything on him. Neighbours have been waiting for this to happen with drive etc. Hideous gate. Cement splattered...

Hi Andy, Weoley Castle library has a briliant local heritage section including info on the manors. Well worth a visit.

As everyone said - part 1 was an interesting programme BUT not your typical council school! More in common with the many private schools of the era. Missed opportunity as far as I am concerned.