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Excellent news, Gerry! I look forward to it.

Some Black Patch stories in Travellers Times https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/search/content?keys=Black+Patch

Yes, a little spit in a tube. It also helps to build a wide and deep family tree (ideally a public tree, so people who may be related to you can find relatives and you can find them.) Bear in mind that for some people there are skeletons. The man they were told was their father isn't. In my case...

In recent years there have been many supposedly paranormal events in the baths. There are certainly basements and sub-basements with WW2 posters and notices. The underground corridors were used as an air-raid shelter and it was said there was an entrance to a deep shelter in the flats over the...

Yes, Richard, both newer and different. Sandwell Aquatics Centre is in Londonderry Lane and costs £23 per month membership. It was built for the Commonwealth Games and adapted for public use.https://www.slt-leisure.co.uk/our-centres/sandwell-aquatics-centre/ Free swimming for under 18s and over...

Thimblemill Baths for sale. (Smethwick Baths in later years) A stylish grade 2 building. Happy days swimming there as a child. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnd021xkknro

As many of us know, the Library of Birmingham has important photography collections. There's an article in the Dispatch which might give publicity to the need to catalogue and digitise the collection to make it more widely...

Happy Birthday, Alberta!

A belated Happy Birthday, Richard. Hope you had a good day! Derek

The Gas Hall exhibition runs until the end of October except Mon & Tues. I look forward to seeing it. I have childhood memories going there with Mom. Then with students and my own children. So many paintings are very familiar. For people able to travel, Liverpool and Manchester have good Pre-...

Long term plans for the Jewellery envisage more green space and preserving the historic buildings and cemeteries. Also making 'active travel' routes like Copenhagen! Cyclists and pedestrians don't mix well in my view. 2045 seems long way off, and given the present BCC finances, nothing may come...

Plans for the nearby Smithfield development come into question after the Developer pulls out off UK construction. I couldn't find a thread for the Smithfield Development (probably because nothing new has been built yet?) But do move this post if there's a better place for it...

131 closed cinemas in Birmingham. Some with photos and information. https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-kingdom/england/birmingham?page=2&status=closed Under the map, there are currently 12 open and 58 demolished- click on the tabs for details.

Warley Woods Community Trust posted this on Twitter (now X). Said it was taken when the park was opened to the public. 1906

Viv Cole has a splendid 'Walk round the Abbey' with excellent photos, floor plans and some interior views too. Warley Woods Community Trust shows that excellent work is being done in this public park. https://www.warleywoods.org.uk/blog/a-walk-around-the-abbey

That's sad. The Gaumont at 118 Windmill Lane, I think? https://www.cinematreasures.org/theaters/20722

Sorry, my geography of Waterloo Rd is hazy as it has been about 56 years since I went there regularly. I can recall the smell of the perm solution though! I don't remember the shop, I'm afraid. Some of the older ladies in Worcestershire still wear fur coats, though their grand daughters roll...

No, we have a Digital Audio Broadcasting system (DAB) in our cars and in some parts DAB+ as found in Continental Europe is available. Many radios have FM and AM as well. The problem with DAB is that it often gives inferior reception, despite the radios costing much more. (DAB+ is said to be...

Richard, AM certainly, usually called medium wave here. Satellite radio if you have a dish, usually for TV services. There has been a growth of internet radio streams which we can listen to via a computer, internet radio or with a module in a hi fi system. Derek

Richard, they are well maintained and there are two pairs of masts so one pair can carry the aerial while the other is repaired. We will see what happens to the site. FM in the UK is still high quality and many use digital radio (though reception isn't always brilliant). Domestically we can use...