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I think the arches are what remains of old Snow Hill station which was rebuilt 1906-1912 closed in 1972 and mostly demolished in 1977. You can see arches at the rear of the booking hall photo in this postcard of 1914 [Wikipedia public domain] But many members have a detailed knowledge of this...

Welcome David, Details of the execution are in the first post of this link: https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/public-execution.33901/ Now to the arches - are they the ones in post #11 in the link I've posted?

Happy Birthday Lloyd! Have a good day.

Good luck to you!

Making a public tree will help everyone who might be connected with you. And this will help your own research.

Welcome Scott, How about a month's subscription to https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk Family stories can be a useful pointer, even if they seem improbable. Sports clubs, hobbies. I was given my gf's prize bulldog medals, so I was able to find his records. I knew he had two families and...

I think so called 'craft beer' has muddied the waters. But I did have an Easter pint of Ulay's Pigs Ear at The Fleece Bretforton - recommended especially with a pie!

Thanks Viv, some apparently nominated a newborn child though in a time of high infant mortality this could be risky. Amanda Taylor explains for law students: https://lawsblog.london.ac.uk/2020/10/21/an-old-fashioned-and-now-probably-illegal-way-to-raise-cash/

R. L. Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne's comic novel The Wrong Box (1889) has a plot which hinges on a tontine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrong_Box_(novel)

I think that these records are not in the public domain, but are likely to have been retained by the Archdiocese of Birmingham. You might write politely to Archbishop Bernard Longley to inquire. [Do forgive me if you have tried this already] One issue with personal records is that it is common...

I came across Tontine in murder mystery novels. I have a feeling that that they may be illegal under current British law, though a tontine clause is common in France. Lots of British law firms point out the consequences if you own French property with a partner! Divorce rather than death is the...

Thanks Biniam for clarifying which Methodist church you are interested in. Subscribing to https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk will give you access to The Smethwick Telephone which was published from 1850. A month's subscription costs £14.99 Searching for 'Sandon Road Methodist Church' will...

If you don't mind sub-titles Shaolin 2011 directed by Benny Chan with a cameo by Jackie Chan is worth watching. The cast shaved their heads and a replica Shaolin temple was constructed at vast expense as the real one is too precious to allow fighting there. Jackie wore a hat, but cut his hair so...

I saw Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon at The Grove - would have been about 1973. 'Like a finger pointing at the moon -- Do not look at the finger!' Outside Uplands School a local man gave an exhibition of breaking bricks in half and punching through planks.

The Social History Society has a post on British war graves located in the UK. https://socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange/war-graves-in-the-united-kingdom/ The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has details of graves at Brandwood End...

Hello Biniam, If you are looking for stories about the Methodist church situated at the corner of Sandon Rd and Poplar Ave as pictured by Astoness in her post then the best source is likely to be paper copies of the Smethwick Telephone. These are not digitised yet, but Sandwell Library, High...

Yes, there was a Methodist church at the corner of what is now Barnsley Rd and Sandon Road this is now the Eritrean church, but it isn't the church on the corner of Sandon Road and Poplar Avenue which is set for demolition and redevelopment. The latter was built in 1953 and was First Church of...

A very happy birthday Mike!

Because Sandon Rd Methodist church is so close to Bearwood, you could look at Smethwick Heritage Centre https://www.smethwick.org.uk and https://smethwicklocalhistory.co.uk

Birmingham Archives catalogue shows they had a new organ in 1937. I'm no expert but I think this might be about the date of the building? [I was wrong, it is a modernist building but built in 1953] https://calmview.birmingham.gov.uk/CalmView/Overview.aspx BCC has decided on demolition and...