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One may say what was wrong with the engine in the Ford Anglia but it does not stop Ford (and others) producing new engines every few years. New engines have new features and utilize new technology, as does new versions of Windows. Windows XP came out in 2001 (a long time ago in computer...

Just to sum up the Windows 10 situation. The Windows 10 FINISHED product is not available yet. Some of you may have got the little icon on your Windows task bar saying "Get Windows 10" but this is only to register your interest. Windows 10 is not likely to be available until July or August...

Lots of facinating stories on here, a lot of them about drums so here is my "drums" story. I am not a musician, and never have been, but I have always been a fan of all sorts of music. I must admit though I do tend to focus on drummers when I see a live band. Many years ago I was a fan of...

The Len Goodman Big Band Bonanza was on BBC4 the other day (first shown way back in December 2014). Covers the Swing Band era of 40s and 50s with a fair bit on the Ted Heath band, and others of course. Lovely segment near the end of a lot of older big band members (ex Ted Heath etc) meeting up...

This buildings in MORE than a library, it is now a Birmingham tourist attraction. I go up to Birmingham a lot taking photographs, particularly at weekends, and there are always hundreds of people in Centenary Square and nearby, and many of them want to go up to the balconies and gardens on the...

For those interested in how Paradise will change over the next few weeks and months see the update I posted on skyscraper City here: https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=123329140&postcount=2594

Those changes don't actually start until 10th of May so it is more like stay away from Paradise NEXT month. In fact road works and diversions have already started in that area (they started in January) so it is probably a good area to stay away from totally by car. Best to go up by train or...

Sadly a lot of the area around the old library, such as Paradise Forum, is awful. Unattractive concrete, graffiti, rubbish, even homeless people sleeping rough. The council should be ashamed of themselves that an area like this exists in the centre of the city. The sooner the whole thing is...

Was Jackie in a wheelchair, and did she live near Shirley or Solihull? If so I think I may have met her purely by accident about 6 months ago in Currys / PC World in Shirley. I was walking round the computer section of PC World and saw this rather elderly lady in a wheelchair being pushed...

Note Fletchers Walk is not open all the time (this is the strange passage way underneath the Conservatoire that had shops in it) I don't think it is open at all at weekends. But you can still walk under the old library to get from Chamberlain Square to Centenary Square. I should imagine...

There are a number of possible development projects planed for Digbeth area, including Typhoo Wharf. See here: https://bigcityplan.birmingham.gov.uk/digbeth/ My guess is that most of these wont actually happen till the HS2 train line comes into that area. The HS2 station is due to be built...

They are not chopping the trees down JUST to aid the demolition of the old library. The whole area round there is being developed and the site where those trees are will eventually have an office building on it. The road that runs behind those trees in the video is also being totally removed...

Details here https://livebrum.co.uk/genres/jazz

To me what is amazing about her photos is that most historic photos we see (of any city) are of important buildings and important events such as parades, royal visits, etc. But her photos are of "ordinary" things, simple street scenes, that at the time had little historical significance, but...

Lots of Birmingham Jazz listed here on LiveBrum web site https://livebrum.co.uk/genres/jazz

I live fairly near Tudor Grange house and Solihull College do have an open day every so often when the house is open for viewing. I went round it a few years ago and I have never seen so much wood panelling. I believe the Bird family gave much of the land near the house to the council as long...

You can read more about the revised travel plans for the "Paradise" area at the link below. See the map at the bottom of that page for roads that will be closed, traffic reroutes etc...

Sadly the area next to Moor St station STILL looks like a bomb site. Of course there were plans to build on it a couple of years ago, but then they announced HS2. The HS2 station is going to go on the land next to Moor St station (and about half a mile back towards the outer ring road). So...

The development of the "Paradise Circus" area officially started today, 5th January 2015. However the whole project will be done in stages, so part of it will be knocked down, new buildings built, more buildings knocked down, more building built and so on. So for example, before they demolish...

Where is the MORE glass, concrete and tarmac? They are knocking down a large number of buildings; the old library, the Copthorne hotel, Fletchers walk, the Conservitoire etc. and replacing them with new buildings. So it is pretty much "like for like", we are gaining no more glass, concrete or...