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  1. RobT

    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    This one was also on a postcard dated 1868
  2. RobT

    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    I have this one as Kings Heath 1889
  3. RobT

    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    This one says 1880's
  4. RobT

    Lloyd's Bank Branch Bordesley Green

    According to 1972/73 Kelly's it was then a Barclay's Bank A long time before that I think it may have been Carlton Motors
  5. RobT

    BSA, Triumph and Ariel motorbikes & trikes

    Here is a photo posted earlier to the forum showing Midland Sidecars in Wheeler Street.
  6. RobT

    BSA, Triumph and Ariel motorbikes & trikes

    Photo does say written underneath shown here 1953 in it's final form
  7. RobT

    BSA, Triumph and Ariel motorbikes & trikes

    Here's the 1000cc version
  8. RobT

    Pubs in Erdington

    Is this the 'Red Lion' pub you refer to corner of Station Road?
  9. RobT

    Norton Boys School

    This is a site here about accessing records https://www.formerchildrenshomes.org.uk/accessing_records.html
  10. RobT

    Norton Boys School

    There is a blog about this school here https://birminghamchildrenslives.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/norton-school/
  11. RobT

    Wood? Blind match seller in Birmingham.

    Back in April 2012 on a thread about the 1960s Astoness commented about a blind matchseller in New St https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/birmingham-in-1960s.40466/post-442131 which was followed by 'Gensec's comment about him wearing a greatcoat...
  12. RobT

    Cycle Speedways

    Some mention of the Wythall Whippets here https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/early-days-cycle-speedway-birmingham-8066529
  13. RobT

    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    SteveBhx, It's 355 Monument Road not street, RobT
  14. RobT

    Chamberlain & Hookham New Bartholomew Street

    you have which on the end of link so it doesn't work try https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/chamberlin-chamberlain-hookham.22020/
  15. RobT

    The Boar House: Bull Street

    In this 1889 map surveyed in 1887 there is a Board PH, in the middle of Temple Row?, at that time the Lamp was at 73 Bull Street, but although marked Board PH it is not listed with the Pubs & Inns.
  16. RobT

    The Boar House: Bull Street

    This from 1777 book mentions a Bear yard at the end of Bull St
  17. RobT

    Spring Grove laundry

    This is how their advert looked in the 1966/67 Kelly's
  18. RobT

    Spring Grove laundry

    This is from the 1955 Kelly's
  19. RobT

    City And Midland Arcades

    Information about the Arcades from the 1885 Showell's Dictionary
  20. RobT

    The Cartland Arms

    Here's a photo of the Cartland Arms taken I believe by Geoff Thompson in 1961
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