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That's very helpful. The Holdsworths were listed as the shareholders when it went into liquidation. Have attached two more phots. - one of the door into the textile section and one showing a button molding machine. These were from 2015 when much remained in the factory. Lots more pics at...

This building is on the corner of Maypole Lane/Highters Heath Lane B14. The picture shows the front [office block etc] - the factory is to the rear and wasquite substantial. My wife who lived near the Maypole said that it was known locally [1950s] as the Eiderdown Factory. We still have...

Here's a phot of St Marks, Ladywood. Demolished 1947.

Just been to the library and came across this book: Billesley and Surrounds by John Lerwill & Pete Haylor [2018] NOT 1918 as first posted = apols Well worth a read - masses of info on the area and lots of phots. Love these local books written by local people. It contains a phot of Haunch Farm...

I know Birmingham [BCC] is in financial meltdown but have just read the proposals for community libraries. The council plans to turn 11 of the existing 36 venues [ie community libraries] into joint 'library and neighbourhood advice service hubs' - putting the other 25 under threat. That leaves...

My wife's father served in both World Wars. But what I didn't know until just now,was that he served in the medical corp in WWI and was based at Sorrento when it was a military hospital. I've attached a copy of ebay postcard said to be 1908. Not very good quality but on the back it details the...

My wife was born at Sorrento back in 1945 and has just read this thread and found it very interesting. This is from Birmingham Archives Dept. which answers some of the queries about its origins. More phots to follow later. AccessConditions Records containing sensitive information about...

This is quite an old thread but there are some interesting notes and maps about Haunch Heath/Farm giving field names on Andy Underscore's brilliant website at https://andyunderscore.com/2017/10/31/haunch-heath-1838/ Also some interesting notes on Kings Heath farms including Haunch Farm at...

Just been given a booklet called "All Saints Hospital 1847-1997: commemorative brochure 7th Sept 1997. In 1845 an Act was passed to amend the laws for the registration and provision of lunatic asylums. Birmingham Borough Council was the first to set up an asylum under the new act. The booklet...

What a terrible sad situation for parents of a stillborn child to be in. A stillborn child would not have been baptised. That still applies today. Sadly until thirty to forty years ago, many parents were never consulted over funeral arrangements for babies lost through stillbirth or as a...

Yes, you are right, the school is often described as in Harborne but the address quoted by the school is Somerset Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham but as you say right on the historic boundary between Warwickshire [Edgbaston] and Staffordshire [Harborne] which ran down Nursery Road and Metchley Lane...

Forgive me for posting this - it's indoors of course. We bought this cyclamen just before Christmas 2022 and it's been in flower ever since - not just the odd flower but a continuous stream of new buds. Currently has 13 flowers open and new buds continuing to shoot up but fewer leaves. Never...

Interesting history. Founded to afford orphans, and the children of the poor, clothing, maintenance, a good elementary education, and religious instruction according to the principles of the Church of England. Now a fee paying school at £4000+ per term! Gentle reminder. The school is in...

I have read with great interest the thread on the Birmingham Workhouse. The parish was the main administrative body for local services until the nineteenth century. It was responsible for law & order, upkeep of roads and the poor. They were run by people who could read, write and keep accounts...

"Inspector Gently" with Martin in the leading role is one of the best detective series ever made and one of the most believable. We are watching the current repeats and enjoying them as much as when we watched the original showing.

A great description of the Birmingham Workhouse with maps, plans and photographs is given on Peter Higginbotham's website at https://www.workhouses.org.uk/Birmingham/

After the KN Union was formed, the original parish workhouses continued in use for a time so it's not possible to say with certainty when only the Union workhouse on the Green was in use covering all 5 parishes in the Union. That said, I'm sure the example you mention is correct.

Kings Norton Workhouse - a note Prior to 1834, looking after the poor was the responsibility of the Parish partly by providing a Workhouse. KN probably had a workhouse from about 1729 and from 1803 a building on the south side of the green was used. In 1836 the Kings Norton Poor Law Union was...

Reminds me of the posts under Benjamin Zephaniah which mention what was probably his most popular poem called "Talking Turkeys". Here's the first verse again - very appropriate to the cutting: Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas Cos' turkeys just wanna hav fun Turkeys are cool, turkeys are...

City and Borough of Birmingham Birmingham Cardinal Newman Catholic School closed 31. August 2002