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Thanks for the info charlie - shame it's not set in Birmingham but at least they have filmed it here. Soon there will be lots of people walking round London looking for all these Birmingham buildings! Fancy the voice over getting street/road mixed up when it was on screen :stupid:

That sounds interesting Brian - what do you have to achieve to get a Green Flag award? Lovely to see you are back from your break and posting on the forum :adoration: the cemetery threads haven't been the same without you.

By Any Means is another programme filmed in Birmingham. It starts on BBC1 on Sunday, 22nd September at 9pm. Not sure if the programme is actually set in Birmingham or if like Hustle it uses Birmingham as London but it will surely provide us forum members with some location spotting! :adoration:

I enjoyed last nights episode although I did watch the fight scene from behind my hands :cower: can't stand razor blades or knives. Also couldn't watch when he was going to shoot the horse :cower::sorrow:. I was surprised to see how they had portrayed the interior of the 'Lickey tea rooms'...

Re: the peaky blinders I had forgotten about the flames Mike - I thought there were a few too many as well :adoration:

Re: the peaky blinders I watched it last night. I thought it was quite good and am looking forward to next weeks episode. I usually find the second episode of any series more enjoyable as you have already 'met' the characters. The accents didn't bother me at all and I thought the acting was...

Hello John welcome to the forum. I enjoyed reading your post and look forward to hearing more of your memories of the area :adoration:

Thank you for the picture Phil - I thought there was one in Cannon Hill park - hopefully it is still there. brumgum posted links about the bandstands in Summerfield park. I found this snippet about the original bandstand in the Birmingham daily Post 31 May 1889 - it is from a report from...

I think there is one in Cannon Hill Park - perhaps someone has a picture?

Re: the peaky blinders Lyn, thanks for your reply - how great to hear about the Peaky's from someone in the know. I found this mention of them in the Birmingham Daily Post, October, 1895

Re: the peaky blinders I am looking forward to it too Wendy. One thing that puzzles me is that everything I have read about the Peaky Blinders refers to them being around in the 19th century. So was there a gang still using that name after the war or have the writers just decided to set it in...

Re: Thomas Wild There is a christening on Family search for Thomas Enoch Wilde, 18th March 1880, Birmingham Warwick, parents Alexander Job Wilde and Mary

You may have seen these - from the 60's but do not show much of the sheds. https://www.flickr.com/photos/16749798@N08/4115048372/in/photostream/

Just a thought but if Sarah was born c1789 the first census she would appear on with place of birth recorded is the 1851 - she would have been about 62 by then - have you considered that she may have put her place of birth as the first place she remembers living as a child and not where she was...

That is a puzzle - Can I ask how you are sure Sarah came from Branston if you don't know her surname?

I think the records for St Thomas are at the Birmingham Library. This is closed at the moment but opens in a new building in September. I think to look at the records you need a CARN card (County Archives Research network - a type of library card that allows you to view records,archives at many...

Brock have you seen this - maybe it is the glass hearse your grandfather used to clean? Also may be they could help you with pictures/information https://www.cbastock.co.uk/history.htm

What year was the census and what town/location was it from? My guess (and it is a guess) would be that this person was a secretary to the medical officer who was head of the board that dealt with health and sanitation in that town/area.

Have finally managed to watch both episodes - really enjoyed watching Una Stubbs, she seems such a lovely person. Such a shame she didn't know her paternal grandparents - and what a coincidence that she was in the adverts for the chocolates made in the factory her grandfather used to work in...