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I vaguely remember my mum getting me to sign up to the Brunswick in the 80s or 90s so she could go. They didn't allow women as members so she couldn't be a member but, if I was, she could use the place. I don't remember if she was ever in there. she died soon after. Then again I could have got...

With those you might find this is genuine. Does your bank send you regular emails with offers and advice and only a link? Admittedly I don't get such things from the bank but some do. For example, if you were with NatWest, you might get a link to this...

I get the impression this article isn't as up to date as it might be. Moseley road baths closed for refurbishment project about a month ago that is supposed to bring more of the place into use. The BMI is supposed to be undergoing a similar refit and has been for a few months now. Does anyone...

S Rose's Lionel Street place was destroyed by the fire. It was arson. A disgruntled ex-employee had broken in inteding to steal stuff and had lit something to use as a torch for light. As it was a clothing warehouse that's probably an old jacket or something similar. You can guess the rest. S...

The map link https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.0&lat=52.47940&lon=-1.90852&layers=117746211&b=3 should take you to a map that includes the railway lines. You can see the main line going into and out of the tunnel under Broad Street and that tunnel is shourt enough that you can see where...

I should have been the year after you and, as I remember it the Deputy Head was called Saunders.

I worked at the old central sorting office on Blucher St (off Suffolk St) one Christmas. They did have a tunnel that went to New St station but there was no railway in it. As I understand it, it was a low tunnel and you'd never get any kind of engine through there. One day we had to take the...

I've just checked the events page at the Newcomen Society's website and none of these are on it. Has something gone wrong? https://www.newcomen.com/events-calendar/

There's a dfference between an airship and a blimp. The airship is designed as something carrying passengers. The blimp may be able to carry a few passengers but tends to be anchored rather than travelling.It's a vague distinction but still. If you want to see airships, you'll have to go to...

This is what the old depot building is now. https://creationwall.co.uk/ It's in regular use and seems to have quite a few people through there.

The present applications are from the same person that submitted applications in 2021. These were rejected. The new applications are available at...

I suspect most of the Gordon Brown apology came in the wake of the Fairbridge scandal in Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbridge,_Western_Australia although there were more revelations to come...

As far as I can tell this is still the same developer only with a different set of plans. They've been posting new notices at the front of the block every so often for years now. Generally they seem to have failed the test of the Heritage peoples omewhere in the plans. I don't understand why...

The one's I'm concerned about aren't making money on ad-sales (clickbait) they're marketing petitions and political supporters. The process relies on the fact that people react to the headline not the content. You sign up to something that says "Save this fine old building" and, maybe later, you...

This is queationable as to whether or not you'd consider it a scam. Lately I've been seeing a lot of campaigns on FaceBook that want you to vote for something. Most recent are things like "Save Britains Heritage" or "Make voting fairer". You click their button and the campaign gets your email...

From the internet connection. These have websites. https://www.mcqueensdairies.co.uk/ say upfront that they don't deliver to flats or apartments. https://themodernmilkman.co.uk/ deliver more than milk. They use glass bottles. Three deliveries per week. https://www.moofresh.co.uk/ not just milk...

Sometime during the pandemic and financial crisis a lot of vaguely charitable organisations set up free kitchens around here. There is such a thing as a free lunch. I enjoy torturing a lot of those fake message people. I have strung out some of those "we are getting messages from your computer"...

Something I've seen lately on Facebook was a shared link to what seems to be a bitcoin seller disguised as a page from the Mirror. I reported it to Facebook, thinking the faked newspaper page alone would trip their alarms but they say it's OK. I notice that FB doesn't seem to take notice of this...

For years we have known that most computer projects will run massively over time and over budget. The larger they are and the further they drift from the initial specification the worse it will get. With a council system you have several hundred bosses each of whom will probably want it to do...

Some of that is that prices have gone up across the board over the years but some of it is also about new technology. Colour TV broadcasts only really started in 1969. Around the same time there was a switch from VHF to UHF (something else you needed a new TV for). The colour sets would have had...