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If James Thomas Williams is listed as a com builder at GEC (General Electric Company) he would have been employed building commutators for electric motors. The commutator is the end part of the rotor or armature that feeds electrical current to the motor windings.

Just to let the BHF members know, the photographic Grid Project was launched in November 2022 and was carried out in Birmingham and Halifax in 2023. The project is now completed and the public exhibition starts on Saturday 26 January and will run until mid-April 2025 in the Level 3 Gallery at...

I like those, all done in the home darkroom too.

Did the mines rescue teams use the proto device?

I do rememebr Barly Wine, hellishly strong beer in small botttles, Gold Label I think?

I loved that building and the light display Pete

Gor me thinking now, who made Manns Brown Ale and Mackeson stout?

At a guess, I think its a Bedford CA panel an

Happy birthday have a super day

Petrol blowlamps, they were great fun

Thanks Mark

I popped out to the Jewellery Quarter today and noticed this damaged fence on the Thomas Fattorini factory on Regent Street. This damage is a legacy of the WWII Blitz shrapnel damage. There are a few other marks on the fence, but this one a sliced straight through a one inch square wrought iron...

I too have been researching the Ward End Pardoes but have not seen an Albert Pardoe son of Arthur. There is an Albert Pardoe son of Herbert Are you related to Author Percy Pardoe born in 1905? The Pardoe’s of Ward End were a big family, around 16 siblings of Herbert. I also understand that his...

Those two phots in #26 are of interest to me too Lyn. My dad worked as a carpenter for Birmingham City Housing Department and was based at James St Depot. He often told me of a small maintenance yard the council workmen would pop into for a cup of tea and to use the workbench to do small joinery...

I poped over Windermere Fields with The Pointer today to be greeted by both mist and frost

There is someone on Face Book saying its Rosehill house Soho road and villa road junction

It looks like you have come to the same conclusion as I did Richard. Dalex’s is a brand of equipment and furniture. I suspect it’s a type of faux leather or natural thermoplastic. If I were restoring an item like this, I would try just water and mild detergent first on a small area. They maybe...

I too thought possibly faux leather, maybe Gutta Percha which can be made into a thermo plastic type material. My doubt is how well it fits to the surrounding wood and if it’s a painted on coloured lacquer. Maybe if the original poster could pop a few more images on?

I did think about what materials synthetic or other were available when it was made, I am assuming 1930’s? Also am curious why it had absorbed water and stained. Am I seeing a tiny white fleck pattern on the surface too? If this were my piece, I would think quite carefully about what you want...

Hi and welcome. That’s a nice table but Dalex is a new one to me. I am wondering if Dalex is a brand name for bar equipment and not a material. It did also cross my mind that it may be a type of Formica composite type material. Is it hard or soft, or like plastic or rubber? If it were me, I...