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A good example of history repeating itself, post war Birmingham had a committee named the Birmingham Gas and Electric Economy Committee to encourage residents to manage both gas and electricity consumption. One of the committees initiatives was to paint clock face’s to highlight the periods of...

Suffolk St Birmingham 1942 showing a tram and a gas (town) fuelled cars. The passengers on the tram are looking at the gasbag on the vehicle's roof

Lovely picture, brings back memories of the library and the swimming baths spent many happy hours there , not that I was ever a great swimmer . I like the car parking right outside the library doors, and the old type bus stops with the circular signage (15,16, and 17 routes) from town via...

This flats were called the ‘Dutch Flats’ as the resemble windmills in their design

A quick quiz to name Birmingham landmarks / local names https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/can-you-pass-brummie-citizenship-25651057

Attached, some promotional advertising re Churchill’s source Graces Guide, date range 1940 to 1957.

I remember Churchill’s a large imposing building it was on the Coventry Road adjacent Forest Road and opposite the tennis courts in Oakland’s rec, there used to be a big green cast iron gents toilets in a recessed area with a drinking fountain, and a council nursery on the corner of Holder Rd...

Picture reposted as in June of 2023 , the Lord Street / Windsor Street site as an operational gas site will be no more . The site will be developed as a potential car park to support the BCC CAZ , or commercial units . It will be an end of an era for this site, from coal (town gas ) production...

Hello, The forum thread is titled WW1 1914 to 1918 , and the attached link was a reference WW1 and the local industries of Birmingham contribution to that conflict to allow all following the thread to review the link .

A quiz , I posted earlier on Quiz thread, as this thread was under review...

I have posted this before, but it’s worth reading the article

Gas Holder painting Nechells WW1

An online Quiz , tried to post on ‘in the garden’ https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/rspb-news/rspb-news-stories/wise-owl-or-fledgling-learner-how-will-you-do-in-our-fun-quiz/?utm_source=notes_on_nature_20221203&utm_medium=email&utm_term=notes_on_nature&utm_content=16&utm_campaign=notes_on_nature

I found this link , I posted on Hay Mills thread today, posted it again here as it is WW1 related re munition and essential war industry https://www.whgroup.org/our-story/2020/03/war-and-the-home-front-at-hay-mills/

The house were your mates lived were built on land were house were bombed during WW2 air raids on the BSA ( I was told by locals) , they were numbered 860 a and 858 b screenshot attached shows them now, I have somewhere (and it is nagging me now) pictures of Rootes , Holy Family church and...

On the Hay Mills theme, found this site , it well worth looking at re Hay Mills in WW1 some lovely pictures https://www.whgroup.org/our-story/2020/03/war-and-the-home-front-at-hay-mills/

The old army navy stores was on the corner of Shipway Road and Coventry Road they had stalls set out on the footpath , you could buy old gas masks, army coats, ammo belts, they even had the mirror type periscope sights for tanks. The house you visited was a police house and next to it was our GP...

We use to play football and cricket in Redhill School during the summer holidays , had climb over the fence and keep an eye out for the caretaker.

A report on the demolition of the Lurgi chimney at Coleshill In the mid 80’s , prior to the introduction of natural gas (North Sea) Coleshill Lurgi produced ‘town gas’ fo the majority of the West Midlands .

Hay Mills Bridge ,