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I was a child when the Rotunda was built, I've always thought it an iconic building. It does need maintenance though as it looks neglected. The apartment rental company ceased operations last August. I've been inside only once a few years ago. The views are spectacular from the upper floors. I...

I wholeheartedly agree!

Kynoch's at Witton is now completely demolished. Only the restored gatehouses remain. I think the company name still exists and ammunition produced at other sites? Thanks for your interesting post, Brian. Lads in Smethwick at school were stupid enough to do this in the 1970s! Derek

Rust in pieces!

BCC said in 2021 that 'Forward Together' was independently commissioned as part of a new television series. But no details of the cost - I do hope that the TV company paid for the work. But Birmingham was in a financially different place in 2021...

Happy Birthday Athena!

I've not seen Aston Hall for a while. The new addition is Luke Perry's 'Forward Together,' I wonder if it really will draw people together or be divisive? Is it intended to be permanent, I wonder? https://www.patrickcomerford.com/2024/08/luke-perrys-sculpture-forward-together.html?m=1

Birmingham Library Archive Catalogue - online shows entries for some James Burgoyne photographs. As well as photographs of his premises. https://calmview.birmingham.gov.uk/CalmView/Overview.aspx

Dear Tom, Thanks for explaining. Perhaps a couple of days looking a books of coaching prints in a library (like Birmingham Library if you are near) might bring the secret? But a great subject for a model. Good luck! Derek

Sorry Lemonella, I knew that pub later. But this thread where Tommy is mentioned might interest you. Derek https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/memories-of-a-birmingham-musician-drummer.44787/page-26

Tomash, is your interest in the coaching literature which is extensive (and unknown to me except for its end in Dickens) or in this painting and print? I think the answer to the J. Hall question, if it is to be found will be found in books rather than on line. But books on coaching or coaching...

Could J. Hall have commissioned the print or a commemoration of his life? In 1829.

Second thoughts on engraver Fredrick Rosenberg painter and aquatinter, worked after Pollard. Born in Bath, the son of the profilist and engraver Charles [Christian] Rosenberg (c.1756-1844) and younger brother of the engraver Charles Rosenberg (1794-1866). Original print published J. Watson 1829...

I've looked in vain for the original painting of this print. I wonder if the prints exist in different states, perhaps one commemorates the life of J. Hall? I can't connect him with coaching. The engraver was probably F Rosenberg 1829? A lot of interest in coaching was historical and nostalgic...

Here's a link to an older thread on coaching: https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/coaching-inns-in-the-19th-century.51370/

Welcome to the forum! That's good news - quality instruments for professional players. Thanks for posting.

Happy Birthday Eric! Hope you have a great day! Derek

Ask your university librarian if they subscribe to British Newspaper Archive.

The Barber Institute is now closed again until 2026. This is for building work. Concerts continue in the Elgar concert hall, Bramall Building.

Interestingly, Baskerville House was planned in 1935, work started in 1938 and completed in 1940s. The building was refurbished in 2007 with two extra upper floors of glass and steel. I'd assumed it was older, but that's just the design and the use of Portland Stone ashlar. Originally it was...