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Read this news in the Dail Mail early this am. Malala deserves this important recognition. Congratulations to Malala.

My Father was a great believer in slack for the fire in the living room. He often worked an evening shift for the Midlands Electricity Board as a Switching Engineer and before he left the house he would mix up some slack and build up the fire. It was always a good fire if you had slack. We had...

Sad news today that Derrick Carr passed away suddenly at 9:30am this morning. Dek had such a great knowledge of Birmingham and it's history and contributed so much with his impeccable knowledge. He will be missed. R.I.P. Derrick. Condolences to his family at this sad time.

Mike, I think the Public Rooms stood where the Palace cinema was in Erdington High Street. It was at one time called the Public Hall. In 1923 the building was converted to the Palace Cinema. Hopefully, this is the place since I recall there were some meeting rooms in Harrison Road at one time...

Always loved the Kam Ling and went many times. Great food every time.

Re: Tips on creating, sorting and searching threads in this forum Hi Oldbrit: I am sending you a personal message re John Headford.

I found this article very interesting re the first Chinese delegation to the city in 1866 and reading about the companies that they visited. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/chinese-delegation-fascinated-birminghams-industries-7727301

The badge with "Hold Fast" and the symbol may have been given out at Sunday School. In biblical terms "Hold Fast" means if you are a Christian hold on to your faith. Several references in the Bible. I have seen the symbol somewhere but am not sure where. I taught Sunday school for a few years.

My Mother was born in Brantley Road at No.35 and lived there until she married in 1935. This is going back a long way since she was born in 1908. She attended Deykin Avenue School. She used to go to the shops in Tame Road quite often for many years after she left. The street hasn't changed...

Here's a link to an earlier shot of Tillingham Street at the end of WW1 shown on a postcard: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/postcard-tillingham-street-sparkbrook-270173973

Article today from the Birmingham Mail regarding the complete closure of Reddington's Records online store. So many memories of Reddington's for Brummies: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/reddingtons-rare-records-closing-good-7596476

Hi Dave: I can forward the details to John Colin and I am sure he will add your great Uncle to the list. Also, Brenda you can send the info. My Uncle isn't on the list. It was difficult for John to find everyone and I am amazed at how many names he managed to find.

Managed to get this list posted. Not sure why in a couple of sections the names came on in lower case as on the original Excel file they are all in caps. There is no guarantee that every soldier from the areas mentioned made it on to this list. My Uncle William's name isn't on there but that's...

WARD ALFRED 25 1916.30.07 192 NEW JOHN STREET WEST WARDELL WILLIAM ALFRED 39 1915.25.09 2 BK 92 TOWER STREET WARNER LEONARD VINCENT 23...

SNEATH ARTHUR 23 1918.04.11 143 BRACEBRIDGE STREET SPALDING WALTER ERNEST 39 1919.20.03 3 BK 272 SUMMER LANE SPENCER JOHN ARTHUR 25...

roles thomas william 24 1918.04.10 46 rooker ernest james 39 1917.24.02 170 rooney frank 24 1917.13.10 4 court, 14 house rose...

MITCHELL HENRY 44 1921.06.02 3 BK 270 BREARLEY STREET MOGG CHARLES EDWARD 38 1917.27.01 65 CROMWELL STREET MOORE GEORGE 32...

KENNEDY HAROLD WILLIAM 19 1916.08.10 3 LAURESTON PLACE WITTON ROAD KENT BERT 19 1917.13.09 77 PORCHESTER STREET KENT ERNEST ARTHUR 20...

HALLGARTH THOMAS 24 1916.03.09 238 ALBERT ROAD HAMMOND WILLIAM HENRY 32 1916.10.07 4 BK 15 ASYLUM ROAD HANCOCK ALFRED THOMAS 25...