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I think that part of the reason this escapes most of the preservation orders is that it isn't a "war memorial". It's also odd that a memorial to a particular person should not give his dates. The only date on this one was the month the memorial was commissioned/installed or whatever. We know...

Working from (admittedly very unreliable) copies of the Balsall Heathan. The Earl Grey facelift was complete in July 1981. A new manager was put in by March 85 after suggestions that it was "being used by the prostitution and drugs industries". By December 1996 it seems to have become the centre...

Surprising how many shops actually sold those records despite the warning. I've got lots including one that still has the letter to the DJ with the band's address and another that came complete with press pack (mostly photocopied news clippings).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Bank Read Deterioration & Regeneration at the end of the article. Lee Bank was a part of Ladywood bordering Bristol St and the middleway. In a lot of ways it is symptomatic of the regeneration of the residential area. Because this is usually considered a high...

There is no butcher called Hardwick in the 1896 version of the lists.

This from a quick google search. The obvious place to start would be national records. There's detail with links to relevant forms at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/children-care/ Some organisations that ran care homes may have separate records and...

I had not previously realised but there are listings for Mrs in the Ms of each surname. There were Mrs Harris listed at: - 38 Alexandra Rd 28 Booth St, Handsworth, 405 Coventry Rd 100 Fentham Rd, Aston 31 Fountain Rd Gothic Villa, Shirley Rd, Acocks Green 127 Gravelly La, Erdington 269 Hagley Rd...

Dug out a few old record bags. Swordfish used to be in Needless Alley, Inferno on Dale End. The one I've found on Hurst St was called Rockers. I have an early issue of Brum Beat 1979(?) where they made the cover story along with Inferno after having been raided by the police for selling Crass...

From Wikipedia his father's name was George Beynon Harris. Kelly's have 7 George Harrises in 1912. 2 are listed with a middle name/initial but they are Hy and T so they can be rejected. The addresses of the rest are:- 112 Church Rd Moseley 2 Hampden St Balsall Heath 67 Kendal Rd Sparkbrook 3...

What name were they using and who would have been the head of the family at the time? I have a copy of Kelly's directory from 1912 that has a listing for private residents in surname order. It's not necessarily going to have the listing but it's worth a shot. There are over 2 columns of Harris...

Curious about the Virgin record shop mentioned. The first one I remember was on Corporation St up toward the university. I think they had a downstairs but no escalator. Then they moved to Bull Street - i don't remember that one but I don't think it was big enough for an escalator. Next there was...

https://www.facebook.com/moseley.art.school/ For the ex-pupils, this is probably worth looking at/joining if you haven't already. There was a fair sized group of pupils and a couple of ex-teachers at the Wednesday event while the exhibition was on and it looks like there will be another reunion...

If you've got access to post on the above site, the only access to the basement is via the lift at the front (bordesley st) side of the building. It did tend to flood in heavy rain and all that was down there was a strongroom with a fullsize vault door. What you're likely to be seeing is only...

It used to be 464 Moseley Road. The building is still there but it's a Ladies Gym/Spa called Odara.

You seem to think of this as a new building. They have changed the exterior but I don't remember anyone doing any real demolition to the old building so I suppose it's just a new owner at the Pavilions...

If you can stand to watch through a computer, you might try https://archive.org/details/moviesandfilms?&sort=-downloads&page=3 and https://archive.org/details/feature_films?&sort=-downloads&page=4 (scroll down a bit) generally movies some going back further than those you'd usually see.

Flash was something Adobe came up with for animations. It's a kind of file that you may or may not be able to access on your browser depending on which browser and which version. It isn't any use for non-interactive video. Some sites may use it for graphics or interactive animations but I doubt...

HTML5 shouldn't be a separate download. The browser should have been able to read HTML5 years ago although different browsers would have slightly different ideas as to what it is exactly.

I have one of those names that could have come from a lot of places. Although dad came from Ireland, there are variants in French, Scots, and Hebrew that I know about. Nevertheless, the name comes up on this site in lists and very little else. I think the site was once used to sell a book but it...

I had this notice today. It's for an Exhibition at Emmanuel Church, Wylde Green on the 10th of November. I'm told the memorial this has been about will be part of the exhibition. That's the one we started this thread for not the others mentioned.