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    Warley Woods

    Lyn, in 1957 Warley Abbey (and the Woods) together with Lightwoods House and Park belonged to BCC (despite being outside the city bounds.) It was thought that Warley Abbey was too expensive to restore. The Gothic Revival was no longer fashionable then I suspect. Derek
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    Warley Woods

    Lyn, in the book linked by Pedro #24 above there is a photo of an interior room with a fire screen and pictures hung closely on the wall and another photo of an empty corridor with plastered ceiling, this last one taken before demolition. The house was completed in 1819, so Victorian Gothic...
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    Warley Woods

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    Warley Woods

    Thanks Pedro. I've not seen this before. Oliver Lodge and Alexander Chance together with the other subscribers were public spirited in saving the woods for the benefit of generations of local people. Derek
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    It's Curly's birthday

    Happy Birthday!
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    D.N.A. TESTING

    The people who don't link their DNA to a tree are irritating. Also those who ask you for information, yet they don't want to reveal anything themselves! I appreciate there can be people who simply want to establish who their parents or grandparents were. They are not interested in family history...
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    Black Patch

    Excellent news, Gerry! I look forward to it.
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    Black Patch

    Some Black Patch stories in Travellers Times https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/search/content?keys=Black+Patch
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    D.N.A. TESTING

    Yes, a little spit in a tube. It also helps to build a wide and deep family tree (ideally a public tree, so people who may be related to you can find relatives and you can find them.) Bear in mind that for some people there are skeletons. The man they were told was their father isn't. In my case...
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    Smethwick

    In recent years there have been many supposedly paranormal events in the baths. There are certainly basements and sub-basements with WW2 posters and notices. The underground corridors were used as an air-raid shelter and it was said there was an entrance to a deep shelter in the flats over the...
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    Smethwick

    Yes, Richard, both newer and different. Sandwell Aquatics Centre is in Londonderry Lane and costs £23 per month membership. It was built for the Commonwealth Games and adapted for public use.https://www.slt-leisure.co.uk/our-centres/sandwell-aquatics-centre/ Free swimming for under 18s and over...
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    Smethwick

    Thimblemill Baths for sale. (Smethwick Baths in later years) A stylish grade 2 building. Happy days swimming there as a child. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnd021xkknro
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    Birmingham Archives, Heritage and Photography consultation

    As many of us know, the Library of Birmingham has important photography collections. There's an article in the Dispatch which might give publicity to the need to catalogue and digitise the collection to make it more widely...
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    HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALBERTA

    Happy Birthday, Alberta!
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    Its Richard Dye's birthday

    A belated Happy Birthday, Richard. Hope you had a good day! Derek
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    Birmingham museum and art gallery.

    The Gas Hall exhibition runs until the end of October except Mon & Tues. I look forward to seeing it. I have childhood memories going there with Mom. Then with students and my own children. So many paintings are very familiar. For people able to travel, Liverpool and Manchester have good Pre-...
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    Jewellery Quarter (St Paul’s Quarter) development 2020

    Long term plans for the Jewellery envisage more green space and preserving the historic buildings and cemeteries. Also making 'active travel' routes like Copenhagen! Cyclists and pedestrians don't mix well in my view. 2045 seems long way off, and given the present BCC finances, nothing may come...
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    Plans for Digbeth/Highgate area

    Plans for the nearby Smithfield development come into question after the Developer pulls out off UK construction. I couldn't find a thread for the Smithfield Development (probably because nothing new has been built yet?) But do move this post if there's a better place for it...
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    Birmingham Cinemas

    131 closed cinemas in Birmingham. Some with photos and information. https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-kingdom/england/birmingham?page=2&status=closed Under the map, there are currently 12 open and 58 demolished- click on the tabs for details.
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