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Richard, 'The Conversation' enables British academics to bring research to a journalistic audience. James Brackley of Sheffield University argues that the trouble lies with BCC's implementation of Oracle rather than the equal pay...

A crucial BCC vote is this evening https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-budget-cuts-vote-live-28757305 This is a live blog.

Fingers crossed Lyn. We don't know the developer's plans, so the fate of the Old Rep, the Crown and the Electric are not known. The Electric petition is gathering a lot of interest. So perhaps public attention will draw media concern. Derek

Birmingham Dispatch is reporting that Mayor Andy Street is for saving the building. https://www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/p/the-uks-oldest-cinema-could-be-facing?utm_campaign=email-post&r=t2yqb&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email BBC also covered the story. Sign that petition folks...

This is a series of archives, but open to the public provided you book at least a week in advance. Located at the base of Muirhead Tower) https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/cadbury/visiting https://www.flickr.com/photos/cadburyresearchlibrary/albums/ (Which has photographs of many items...

In Oct 2022 it looked like this:

Happy Birthday Steve! Derek

I like the mock tower and battlements! Do you know the name of this house? I'm assuming it no longer looks like this. No wonder Eardley was eccentric! Derek

Have signed naturally.

The Birmingham Dispatch which continues to be an excellent read says that the 88 year lease of the Electric has expired. Much of Station Street is planned for demolition to be replaced by a 50 storey block of flats. :(

Sad news. They used to show a wide range of films.

How wonderful that Graham Winteringham lived for a century and designed a beautiful and functional theatre for Birmingham. I last saw Siobhán McSweeney in Samuel Beckett's 'Happy Days' there last year. Let's work to ensure that the arts in Birmingham enjoy happy days again in the future.

Interesting thread Viv, lots of these terrace names in Bearwood too. Derek

Bewdley Museum has a display and brasscasting office, but had to stop demonstrations of casting due to health and safety. Remember watching the men work there with hot metal many years ago.

Hello bombed out brummie, I don't know if this site would help you? https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/search-people/researching-your-family If you are on Ancestry, there's an Australian version and you can indicate your interests. I don't know about living people though. Good luck, Derek

Thanks, this is a very common scam. Never click on any link in an email. I check with my TV account and like you I pay with direct debit. Derek

Rosie, it's good that the pool and the memory of the Grey Lady persist. We have certainly had some wet weather lately. Derek

The 'new' aviary was indeed only built in the 1990s, but I remember talking mynah birds, parrots, cockatoos and finches in cages facing the terrace. I seem to remember a pair of young foxes by the rose garden? But compared to specialist sites for breeding and conservation, such as Slimbridge and...

Latest news from the Botanics is that the bird collection is to be rehoused in specialist bird collections. The Botanical Gardens will focus upon horticulture. The move brings to an end a long history of exhibiting animals and birds there, but I can understand that times have changed. There...

The landscape with its encircling trees remains emotionally charged for me. The hill sloping down to a valley in which there used to be a stream running into a pool near the Abbey Road entrance in very wet winters. This pool was drained long ago and I suspect the stream has disappeared entirely...