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I really miss those 1950s maps that have been taken off the Old Maps site.

Reading his text, Pevsner does come across as a bit of a grump, even cantankerous. Of course, I don't know what he was like in real life but I have often come across a building that I enjoyed looking at only to find him lambasting it for one reason or another.

Hard to say, the dinner lasted longer but she was a bit grumpy about the food. George was in one of his jovial moments but I only had the one drink with him.

We have taken a Pevsner guide in a bag when out-and-about cycling. It can get you into trouble when trying to look at some of the country houses.

Well, it is hard to top trump beans on toast with Sean Connery but I have had dinner with Joan Collins and a drink with George Best.

Did he read out the number or do a quick mime for the winner to guess?

I cannot enlarge it any more as it would pixelate and make it even harder to read. You can see why I thought it was a 25 or 26 but I can now see your 29 and the bottom line of Kingstanding. Quite a long route and a surprise to a non-bus person like myself as I imagined most routes to start and...

Ta very much - I knew you would come up trumps with the bus info. Gold star in the post.

This is No.162

This is where threads go adrift, or get confusing ... Lyn posted her Old Guy pic question on this thread but the pub was in Digbeth. I replied saying that the closest pic I have is No.62 because I was trying to answer her question/query. However, I was referring to No.62 Digbeth which was a very...

Ding Ding .... a previously unpublished bus photo. Any info gratefully received .... https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/enlargements/high-street-deritend-bus.htm

Anyone fancy some dodgy second-hand tyres ..... https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/enlargements/high-street-deritend-tyre-shop.htm

Cheers Viv, though I must mention I didn't provide information on every pub in the book, only the houses which Andy was stuck on and asked for some help.

At long last, the follow-up to the 2005 tome is due out on March 22nd. Poor Andy, he has had to keep updating the text as bulldozers removed buildings he had discussed. On several occasions I had to e-mail him to let him know that a building had vanished. Er, you may find me in the credits as I...

Without going into the environmental or political arguments, can I just stick my head above the parapet to discuss some practical issues. Back in the day we used to be able to travel from the Black Country straight into New Street. This was changed years ago and now we have to use Snow Hill or...

The nearest I have got Lyn is No.62 ... close, but not close enough. One day maybe .....

Pubs in a small section of High Street Deritend. Map extract is dated 1900 but the Nelson had gone by then, soon to be followed by others ....

Shopping in the 1880s .... https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/enlargements/high-street-deritend-shops.htm

Over a decade since this post but better late than never. I have posted an illustration of this home at : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/high-street-deritend/index.html#Birmingham-Working-Boys-Home has anybody seen a photograph of the building?

Crayon envy ... I haven't crayoned for decades!