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Yes lol around 1908

Soho Hill I think it may have been and around 1908

Hi, do you have any memories of the Beehive in around the 1900s onwards? I would like to know if you or anyone you remembers a gentleman by the name of 'Thomas Wilson Palmer' whom I believe ran the place for a bit.

I'm 36 now and I have been going to the Zoo since I was a baby and I have never once been bored of the place. It holds so many memories for me plus I still find it quite amusing that Dudley has a Zoo but as a Tiptonian born and bred, I'm proud of the significance of the Black Country and...

Hi folks, did anyone live in any of the streets /roads I mentioned in the thread title either before 1934 or between 1934 - 1936 and know/knew of the Collett and/or Palmer family?

Just out of sheer curiosity, do you have any idea what happened after he took the keys to the coppers? Did he manage to get to his holiday?

Apparently, my paternal great grandfather was off the barges, I'm unsure how true that is because my grandmother also said that he was 7ft 2" in his stocking feet and when the horse was tired, he'd put it on the barge and pull it himself lol

Arm whats known as a Yam Yam to yo brummies lol

Looking at the photo, if you imagine turning about 45° to your left, the tunnel I explored is there or the entrance to it at least. Its so cool but sadly don't think it'll be accessible again which pains me knowing the huge underground caverns we're almost within reach but waded through the...

Yes, Castle Mill Basin is where the tunnel is. The 2 of them are used for the boat tours but the one gated off is the one I speak of. I have been trying to find some fellow explorers to go adventuring but not that simple sadly but summers coming so fingers crossed lol

About 20 years ago, me and some mates went over Wren's Nest and entered into the Seven Sisters Caves that used to be visible from a viewing platform but are now filled in with bricks sadly. Anyway, me and my mates climbed the fence and armed with nothing but a really bright torch ventured...

All the photos apart from the last one are of an old, un-navigable underground canal tunnel that I have explored. I didn't get as far as the limestone mines sadly but the tunnel has a plastic raft inside that you pull yourself along the tunnel using a rope tied to the end of the tunnel. I went...

I live in Tipton which isn't very far from the Black Country Living Museum. It's one of the few places left that maintains, promotes and educates people about the history of the local area and its significance during the industrial revolution. There is also a great place just behind it called...

This picture reminds of a job that I once had where I had to dig out huge holes in the ground to extract water from...... it was Well boring! (I'll fetch my coat!)

I really don't know but sounds fair to me! lol I'm from the Black Country and I'm sure there is/was a pub round here called the yard of ale? It's got a few old pubs itself but I can't deny that Birmingham is far more historic and don't want to start discussing Tipton on a Birmingham forum lol

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Arguably a lot to do with a pub my friend lol a yard of ale you don't see much nowadays do you tbh. Slightly before my time but I can recall the vessels they were in. Very similar to a test tube or something out of a science lab which possibly where it derives but have no idea

I stand corrected said the man in the orthopaedic shoes! Lol as each day passes I am not completely sure of anything I say but Thomas Wilson Palmer was the adoptive father of my maternal grandmother and he married a DORA MERCY COLLET who became Palmer. They are listed as living at 15 Piercy...

I see people mentioning 'Kelly's' but I tried looking for it but I'm sure it said that it is no longer working but don't quote me lol

That's him. I believe he was the father of the man who adopted my grandmother in 1936 who was a THOMAS WILSON PALMER. In 1939 Thomas was living in a place called Wednesbury and ran a pub called the 'Three Tuns'