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Yes, looks like the Swan Inn on the left, that lamp was quite iconic. The Abbey steeple in the distance. Looks like just before the wall around the village green was built, but the monument commemorating of the jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887 is there with its lamppost. I did not know it had a...

The garden walls also look like Gravely Hill too

For a moment I thought that looks like Gravely Hill, but I am wondering if its Sutton Road before the Lyndhurst Estate was built.

I don’t recall anything of notable interest being demolished in Erdington, just to odd few small houses etc. Erdington was also where there was a lot of social housing built in the 1920’s, most it seems built on farmland

Wealth inequality was still quite high in those days despite the government beginning to improve the social infrastructure. While I accept it is difficult and complex to measure wealth inequality, we see the country, despite the recent depression was not doing to bad at the time, but it was how...

I have a few more of Frankley Reservoir during its construction Mike.

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There was an open day a couple of weeks ago that I popped along to, to have a look around. The pump house has had some renovation work done which is a nice change. When I first saw it, the roof was off, and the chimney stack had been almost demolished. Now run by a group of volunteers who do...

Interesting photo that Mike, it seems to have a modern LED lamppost

I had been wondering where the entrance used to be, I went there few times. It looks like its where the burger bar is now https://maps.app.goo.gl/3ppTW9eGMy9PKDJh7

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The pig bins were I recall an unofficial operation where local pig famers would collect food waste. There was still a couple of small holding off Short Heath Road and Court Lane when I was young. I know they would leave and collect tin containers for food waste to make pig swill with. It may...

I cannot see it marked as Coffin Lane on the 1873 maps; it is certainly marked as Kings Road by the turn of the century. It may be a local name and thinking out loud am and taking into consideration that its looks quite an old very straight road I am wondering if it could have been a former...

These look like sweet peas but are in fact Blauwschokker peas. The have these lovely pink and purple flowers and develop purple pea pods growing to about 1.5 m heigh.

Love the picture. The drawbridge is still there; it’s gained handrails now too. Welcome to BHF. I have moved your thread to the correct section of the forum

That’s a good quality picture for a night camera

Hello They are in my tree as the children of Samual and Mary Pardoe my 4x great grandparents. In my tree it looks like they had ten children.

With reuse of historic building there are a few factors to consider, for example the life cycle cost. In the UK energy costs have increased by around 98% in the last ten years, making older building less attractive because they are hard to insulate. Often listed buildings in the UK tend to find...

Your absolutely correct, apologies. Unfortunately, it’s not just in Birmingham where listed building are being demolished. There was a theatre in Dudley, a teapoy factory in Stoke-on-Trent and a school in Durham, all listed, and all have fallen fowl of the wrecking ball. Its not so much about...

Yes, I think its looking towards Salford Bridge during the road improvement scheme. The remnants of the Birmingham Corporation Waterworks Department filter beds are on the left as is in the distance ethe old Aston Wells Pumping Station. The filter bed were made redundant by the Elan Valley...