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Monkspath Hall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkspath_Hall

Mike the same happend with Monkspath Hall. The developer buldozed it and was made to rebuild it brick by brick.

Happy birthday Brian, have a super day

I most certainly remember that shonky plank bridge across the stop lock. In face when I fist saw it, it was just a plank. It then became all posh and technical with a block of week and a big bolt for it to swivel on. I was sad to see it go in all honesty

The education department did, I recall go out of its way to encourage young school children to learn to swim. Free passes were one of the measures as was school swimming lessons.

Just thinking about it, Aston Brook and Hockely Brook (are they one and the same?) have had a couple of drowning incidents in that deep culvert. We used to play in the culvert of the River Rea too.

Its looking like it was a fishpond for years, maybe associated with Oscott College. Then was remodelled into a paddling pool when the adjacent social housing was built in between the wars. It was fed by a natural spring which I recall Pedrocut may know a bit more about. I too did my share of...

There most certainly was a pool in Finchley Park, I recall it was a paddling pool lined with concrete 2 or 3 feet deep, so enough to drown someone. Of course, in 1941 it may have not been concreted, a wild pond. Ill have a look at the maps later.

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You were lucky, it’s a wonder you did not fry in your own fat falling in the Rivar Tame, it was so polluted then like a river of toxic waste.

Well just PM me and ill let you have his contact details or ill even introduce you. He’s a dam good guys whose always supportive of people who are interested. One book I will say is absolutely essential if studying the Severn is Brian Waters Severn Stream. Its out of print now but there are...

I do know Chris Witts, a very nice chap. He has authored several books and is a font of knowledge on the Severn. He was a boat skipper on the Severn Working boats, well worth having a chat to him.

Both Witton Lakes and Brookvale Park had their fairs share of drowning incidents, quite few I am told at Brookvale Park. If your researching country wide that the River Severn will be a source too. This river was navigable right up to Welshpool, a lot of activity took place from large boats to...

Its got me thinking. I did try a reverse image search, but to no avail. The house and outbuilding seem to be cut into sloping ground so maybe Salsbury Road by the hall or near to Park hill?

A changing Skyline in the View from Highbury Park I was out doing some photogrammetry drone work for the Friends of Highbury Historic Park a community group. I could not resist a quick snap of the city centre and its evolving skyline. As a kid the skyline if you could see it through the...

Keith, we are here to help, what are you wanting to do? I find it a big fiddley at times, but more than happy to help

I popped out to Highbury Park today to do some 3D photogrammetry mapping of some of the historic field marking for a very switched on and welcoming Friends of Highbury Park Group. What I am trying to do is to help and encourage them to take responsibility for supporting the landscape and places...

Yes, some were, the ones with a pitch roof like the Avoncroft prefab. There were some along Slade Road Erdington that had flat roofs with felt, but the council did convert them to pitch roofs in about 1970.

Interesting thought that. They were of course cladded with cement based asbestos sheeting externally. I don’t know how much was used inside, most likely the bath and a few other panels. I have a feeling there was some insulation around pipes and tanks too. The external cladding was sealed quite...