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Coopers Beach holiday Park Essex has a type 24 that gets swamped by the sea.

Pillbox in Birmingham: and its history: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1451752?section=official-list-entry

This link tells you about the experiment of Gas buses in London in Wartime. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/londons-ww2-experiment-with-coal-powered-buses-54446/#:~:text=For%20a%20few%20years%2C%20London,time%2C%20and%20that%20was%20coal.

I Know what you mean Lyn, my legs are also not what they were, already had one knee replaced twice, and the other needs doing. However I retire this year and may do this walk in stages next summer.

I remember this old un-used canal bed it was at the back of my Aunt's house. We used to play in that area a lot, back in the day. I can even remember the journey to my Aunt's we used to get off the bus at the Old bus station and cut through Selly Oak Park to get to her house, used to love...

If you have the energy you can follow the old route of the canal using this site. https://walkmidlands.co.uk/2022/03/23/the-lost-lapal-canal/

No I am not from that area, but have lived in many areas in Birmingham over the years, currently live in Great Barr.

I found this the original pub sign, and the replacement pub sign in the second picture. It is permanently closed now and appears to be used as a church. https://www.google.com/maps/@52.4712835,-1.9020991,3a,15y,98.94h,93.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sB9czEw2b1bryUcwBPoNhUg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

It seems John Risdon & co ran the shop from 1871 until his retirement in 1902. This advert was placed in the Warwickshire Herald in 1895. There were other owners prior to him.

Sorry I missed you, I work in The Lewis building (on reception), you could have waved as you passed en route to Steelhouse Lane Lockup!

Hope you enjoy it! let us know

Found this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yardley-Archive-Photographs-Michael-Byrne/dp/0752403397

These were always my favourite cake, they do not seem to make cakes like they used to. They are mainly too sickly nowadays, or maybe my taste-buds have changed.

Do not mention the egg shampoo! When I was about 9 years old in order to save money my mum made me an egg shampoo with washing liquid and obviously an egg. When she washed my hair, the water she used to rinse was a little to warm and the egg set in my hair took us ages to pick it all out!

The Proof House of the Royal Small Arms Factory, Birmingham. An engraving of the Proof House of the RSA Factory, Birmingham.All gun barrels had by law to be tested or 'proved', and were then marked. No small arms could be sold if they did not carry the mark of a Proof House. Dated 19th century...

Some useful information on this site: https://theironroom.wordpress.com/2018/05/21/board-of-ordnance-gun-barrel-proof-house-the-tower-bagot-street-birmingham/

On this aerial image from 1939 Bagot street is top left of the picture parallel to the canal and Staniforth Street runs diagonally from its left down towards the king Edward Inn on the corner of Staniforth street...

Hi Douglas Found this link which has photos of Bagot street housing none of the factory I'm afraid https://kateddowes.wordpress.com/ashton-birmingham/

We spent many a week or weekend at Stourport on Severn in my Aunty Pat's Caravan. Absolutely loved it, this was the first holiday I can remember. Toilets were separate to the caravan's in those days there was a line of small wooden huts, with one toilet in each. I was about 6 years old and...

The new college opened on Westbourne road it opened in 1957: