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Unfortunately, he was not the best conversationalist with kids, we were here to be seen and not heard, so I never really had much in the way of meaningful conversations with him. A lot of what I know about him is anecdotal from my own father. There were photos of him in an RAC uniform, but when...

My grandfather who by coincidence lived just off Gravelly Hill was a WWI flight engineer and pilot. He also said that there were a lot of flying accidents then; said he witnessed a fatality a week. He had a couple of close calls and did a couple of forced landing where he had to hedgehop while...

Well, that sounds like one of those story’s that could endure. I have this memory of seeing a photo of an event near Gravelly hill, but it’s quite vague. In 1916 flying was still in its infancy and there were a lot of mishaps. I recently was able to help a history group in Netherseal who had a...

I thought he same too, absolutely underwhelming. Its has the look of a place that’s got no identity or theme, so a committee chucked a whole load of ideas in the melting pot and tried to incorporate all of them, badly. Its still a museum that wants to tell you what they think you should know.

I have been in this on a hard hat tour a couple of years ago while still under reconstruction. It is a very interesting building and one worth saving as there are good alternative uses for it. I thought they were stretching the father of the skyscraper story a bit far in all honesty. If I...

Mike Looks like the site has been hacked or cloned.

No problem, enjoy

I love all of the sooty back building, the signature of an industrial era

There is a bronze stature of Vesta Tilley in Worcester.

Ok here you go for a link to the Warstone Cemetery thread and the right page https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/warstone-lane-cemetery.5395/page-7

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My dad used silver paper off a fag packet to fix fuses

My thoughts are that if an individual died of malnutrition or starvation then it is a possibility they died on a pavement, maybe in a doorway or similar.

Thanks Viv. I know there blocks quite well; I was the site QS when they were refurbished back in 1992. If I’m honest the refurbishment was not really well thought through. A lot of thee work we undertook was well cringeworthy when we looked at the overall design, usefulness, impact and cost...

I love how the developers act like they are doing everyone a big favour when applying for planning permission. Was there a campaign set up to reject this on the grounds that they want to demolish some historic Canalside building?

Super photos Mark. It’s a nice park that, I cycle through it, coming off the Fazley Canal and cutting across to Pype Hays park, then Penns Hall Hotel and on to Sutton Park. There is a nice route back into Birmingham via Kingstanding and the lakes. I much prefer these rewilded parks

Are they looking for people then Lyn?

The building was used last by Phillip Harris the scientific instrument makers and supplyers, it was thier despatch depot. Phillip Harris are still trading and are aware of their past involvement with this building so a call the them may help. It is a Grade II listed building here is the list...

I have made a fair bit of progress with the card index filing cabinet over the last couple of days. Replaced a couple draw runners, so the draws all line up. I have also made a start on replacing the damage top now. Another couple of days and ill be finished...

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