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'Niphon' seems to be an earlier English form of Nippon - Japan. Japanning metal. The premises of Robert Stroud and Co who made all kinds of tinware and milk churns. http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/metalware/general/stroud.htm I'm pleased that the splendid frontage has a future life.

Birmingham Gazette 26 Mar 1954

Welcome to BHF Wendy! There is a short thread on this photographer who was based in Handsworth and seems to be well known in the Birmingham area. https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/taylors-photography.51788/

Thanks Mark. I wasn't suggesting that the booking hall arches are the ones that can be seen in St Chad's rail underpass, just that arches are part of the architecture of the old station building - what remains of it. I'm uncertain of what if anything might remain from 1858? 'In Livery Street...

Thanks Mike. Do you think that the arches might have been open originally to ventilate the space behind then later bricked up?

I meant the ones in the booking hall, which are a different design. I'm guessing the 1969 picture in the street shows ventilation at the top. Did steam engines run the other side of the wall? Or ventilation for the concourse under the glass roof? I wonder if most of the arches in the outside...

Another view from 1950s. I'd say some of these are or were originally ticket offices where you could buy tickets.

I think the arches are what remains of old Snow Hill station which was rebuilt 1906-1912 closed in 1972 and mostly demolished in 1977. You can see arches at the rear of the booking hall photo in this postcard of 1914 [Wikipedia public domain] But many members have a detailed knowledge of this...

Welcome David, Details of the execution are in the first post of this link: https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/public-execution.33901/ Now to the arches - are they the ones in post #11 in the link I've posted?

Happy Birthday Lloyd! Have a good day.

Good luck to you!

Making a public tree will help everyone who might be connected with you. And this will help your own research.

Welcome Scott, How about a month's subscription to https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk Family stories can be a useful pointer, even if they seem improbable. Sports clubs, hobbies. I was given my gf's prize bulldog medals, so I was able to find his records. I knew he had two families and...

I think so called 'craft beer' has muddied the waters. But I did have an Easter pint of Ulay's Pigs Ear at The Fleece Bretforton - recommended especially with a pie!

Thanks Viv, some apparently nominated a newborn child though in a time of high infant mortality this could be risky. Amanda Taylor explains for law students: https://lawsblog.london.ac.uk/2020/10/21/an-old-fashioned-and-now-probably-illegal-way-to-raise-cash/

R. L. Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne's comic novel The Wrong Box (1889) has a plot which hinges on a tontine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrong_Box_(novel)

I think that these records are not in the public domain, but are likely to have been retained by the Archdiocese of Birmingham. You might write politely to Archbishop Bernard Longley to inquire. [Do forgive me if you have tried this already] One issue with personal records is that it is common...

I came across Tontine in murder mystery novels. I have a feeling that that they may be illegal under current British law, though a tontine clause is common in France. Lots of British law firms point out the consequences if you own French property with a partner! Divorce rather than death is the...

Thanks Biniam for clarifying which Methodist church you are interested in. Subscribing to https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk will give you access to The Smethwick Telephone which was published from 1850. A month's subscription costs £14.99 Searching for 'Sandon Road Methodist Church' will...

If you don't mind sub-titles Shaolin 2011 directed by Benny Chan with a cameo by Jackie Chan is worth watching. The cast shaved their heads and a replica Shaolin temple was constructed at vast expense as the real one is too precious to allow fighting there. Jackie wore a hat, but cut his hair so...