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Yes, superb pictures of Birmingham buildings in the rain. I like those particularly where there is some human interest e.g. people in front of St. Martins Church and Baskerville House. It did make me think that if we looked at photos of the Town Hall or Council House for each decade since say...

One asset that Birmingham will always have (and mentioned in the 103 Colmore Row blurb) is its central location. Birmingham New Street station probably has the highest total number of connections to other parts of England, Wales and southern Scotland than anywhere else in the UK. Dave.

I wasn't around in the 1930s but for cheerful, uplifting music I would have to go for songs (and dances) from the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. Examples include "Cheek to Cheek"; "Let's face the music and dance"; "Isn't it a lovely day"; "Top Hat"; "The way you look tonight"; and...

Probably doesn't affect search results but should it be St. Barnabas and not St. Barnabus?

I first saw Audie Murphy in the film "To Hell and Back" which was an autobiographical description of his time as an American soldier during WW2. He became the most decorated soldier of WW2 in the American armed forces. Surprised you have so much time to watch TV Smudger. I thought that you would...

Many congratulations Viv.

Two photographs, from post cards, of the Dining Rooms at Cadbury's Bournville. The post cards are unused so therefore difficult to date, especially as no people are shown. Dave.

Post card of the Bull Ring. No writing or stamp on this one. The clothes worn by the young man on the right look post-war but the vehicles and other people look pre-war. There is also a tram either entering or leaving the Bull Ring, on the left. I have enlarged this section. The only trams I...

This post card is of Chamberlain Square and the Art Gallery. It was posted on August 23rd 1913 to a person in London. The writer says "this is one of the many fine buildings here". I assume the larger structure in front of the Art Gallery is the Chamberlain Fountain but what was the smaller...

Hi Eddy. Sorry to hear about your brother. If you use the Search box and type in "Rabones rulers" you will find 42 posts in a thread on this subject. Best wishes. Dave.

Yes Bob, there are very few photographs of snow in the city centre or in streets, although I'm sure I have seen some taken in e.g. Sutton Park. Maybe the snow was cleared up quickly from pavements, heavy foot-fall turned the snow to slush, or it was difficult for photographers to carry their...

Thanks Ell. It certainly looks much cleaner than in 1961 and there have been quite a few changes to the roof. Windows at the top-arch level and a large glassed-in area. Dave.

Agree with Maurice that the building used to be known as the Civic Centre. Photo below was taken by me on September 19th 1961 and labelled on the back "Civic Centre". Sorry if it looks as if it is leaning backwards a bit. The flag is seen flying at half-mast (more easily seen using a magnifying...

I took this photograph at the Tulip Festival, Cannon Hill Park on 23rd April 1962 (Easter Monday). Shows a couple of veteran cars being driven around the show ground. Feel I should know the name of the building in the background but I have forgotten. Dave.

A second book on the Peaky Blinders, by Carl Chinn, comes out on September 19th. It is called "Peaky Blinders: the Real Story. Costs (paperback) £8.99 and published by John Blake. There was an extensive interview with Carl Chinn, on the Peaky Blinders, published in The Times T2 supplement today...

Avery platform weighing scales of the 1930s seen at the Irish Museum of Agriculture, county Wexford. Top weight appears to be 3 hundredweight. Dave.

An Atco petrol-engine cylinder lawnmower, made in approximately 1935, seen at the Irish Museum of Agricultural at Johnstown, County Wexford. It was made by the company Charles H. Pugh of Birmingham.

Film was Henry the Fifth made in 1944. (Re. #186).

I don't know whether it was the practice at most secondary schools but at KEGS Camp Hill many of the school masters had a nick-name. Hence Polly Bates, Spud Kober, Flossy Phelps, Pop Epsley, Froggy Fryer. In the case of the scripture master, a Mr. Brown, the surname also changed and hence he was...

"Dan" Matthews was a Maths teacher. He joined the school in September 1959 and was my teacher at "A" level from 1959 to 1961 when I was in 6L and 6U. He got the description "Dan" because there was a TV series at that time called "Highway Patrol". It always started off with the actor Broderick...