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Hi Brumgum: I was lucky with my old black and white negatives as my husband, a graphic designer, had the light table, camera and photo shop gear to get some really great prints for me. The custom photo labs can print the negatives as you have posted a link. I think that you can ask them to...

A couple of photos on the Galton site of Duddeston House and Duddeston Hall...https://205004.homepagemodules.de/t806f10-THE-GALTONS-What-a-family.html

So sorry to read of Alan's passing. Sympathy to all Alan's family. R.I.P.

Hi OldMohawk: I can't remember what the score was on that occasion I will have to ask him. A few years ago Duncan was in the Food and Beverage business and went to live and work in Brum for a year at the Hyatt Hotel in Broad Street. He went to several matches at the Villa at that time I know...

The Vancouver Province newspaper published a story today about my son Duncan and his passion for football. His love of Aston Villa and the Vancouver Whitecaps Soccer team. It's a funny article since Duncan has been on many road trips to support the Whitecaps over the past three years and has...

Re: the peaky blinders I liked this reporters aspect of what the newspapers of the day reported about the Peaky Blinders....https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/tv/birminghams-peaky-blinders---fact-5912820 I found out just last week that one of the men in the photograph that has been in...

Hi Lindyloo and Margetts01, Good for you Lindyloo finding Bloxidge Bros. Ltd. Their brand was "Hollywood" and my mother owned a brooch that she bought at Woolworth's eons ago with Hollywood etched on the back of it. Sadly, it was stolen when their house was broken into in the a few decades ago...

Hi Crimble: Thanks for your post about your husband's job at Pearson, Page and Dewsbury. I remember them in the l950's in Witton. My father used to call on them. We had a few things made by them at home. I can remember the brass ship toasting fork, an important implement for toasting bread and...

I liked this article about the new Library particularly how the concept of libraries is changing due to the new technology,etc. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-23796062

Re: woodend road erdington dance studios Hi Paget: Could it have been Stella Maris? I remember seeing a sign many years ago with that name on it in Wood End Road, Erdington.

Hi Big Gee: Lots of info about WW2 in Sutton Coldfield and the Park on this site: https://www.sutton-coldfield.net/ww2.html

I liked these photos from the Birmingham Mail of old Brum and some stories by Dr. Carl Chinn. I especially liked the Lickey Hills piece. The nostalgia photos are some I haven't seen before. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/

I always like this photo. My school was just around the corner on Corporation Street. Abdulla was a cigarette brand as I remember and as Richie says they made cigars as well: https://www.cigarettespedia.com/index.php/ManufacturerAbdulla_%26_Co._Ltd.

Hi Susan:You may have found a Linda Shakespeare already on the BHF Forum. You can send her a private message. Link to post: https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=11135&page=5 post #69

There ia a short old report from 2005 about the proposed relocation of the Watt, Boulton and Murdoch statue. Looks as though there is a railway tunnel under the proposed area and so the statue when eventually refurbished went back to it s original spot in front of the old Registry Offices in...

Hi Brenda: According to this link on the forum La Fiesta was in Summer Row. Some doubts though. Someone else might know the precise location. https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=20865

Great picture Wendy. It is taken at the side door of St. Barnabas Church, Erdington. That's where most of the wedding photos were taken at the church over the years. I am so up in years that I can remember a photographer who regularly used an old fashioned camera kit along with glass slides and...

Hi Yvonne: It looks from these links that Diamond Place was off Stratford Street which is shown on the Google map site.A reference to a Mr. Blood living at 3 Diamond Place, off Stratford Street, Aston is on the Post Office Directory site. Someone else may have an older map of the Diamond Place...

This week's Nostalgia Pictures from the Birmingham Mail. Some I haven't seen before: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/best-nostalgic-pictures-week---5160513

Does anyone remember Will's Whiffs? Little cigars made by the Will's Company. I used to buy them for my Father mostly at Christmastime. I was having a look at an old menu from RAF Hartland Point on Christmas Day back in 1955. The menu was wonderful for three meals and the actual Christmas...