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I forget too much of my early years. I couldn't say for sure but I probably visited the library before I came to Birmingham. Once I came here, the local library would have been Central or Moseley road (Balsall Heath). Considering my mother's attitude to Moseley road (and most of the streets...

All I've found is this 6 year old government survey. The categories are generalised so there's no way of knowing whether "Do own research" includes historical research or what percentage of that figure is historical...

It's true the old dog's home is now a car park but it's not that one. The pictures you're showing are on Deritend High Street just down from the Old Crown. The dog's home was on New Canal Street close to the old Typhoo Building.

I would suppose you have some kind of subscription to a genealogy site if you're still working on a family tree. It might be a good idea to see if that site has its own software or has something that is compatible with the Mac.

Re: Birmingham typhoon tea makers of bordesly street digbeth I was surprised to find out some years back that my dad's first job in Birmingham was at Typhoo there. He would have been a shop steward/union rep in the early to mid 60s. I can't find out any more than that - he died without...

Re: Birmingham typhoon tea makers of bordesly street digbeth It hasn't been empty that long. I worked in that building up until April 2001 when the company I worked for closed down. At the time they were only using about half of the building and the other was either a furniture company or extra...

Since my internet access is restricted by something that blocks the Wayback Machine on archive.org I can't do this but... There is a program called Httrack that will download a website given a base address to a folder on your home pc. You can find copies at...

I get the feeling that the guy who wrote that article doesn't know what he's talking about. From what I remember that part of the city had a problem with toxic chemicals in the ground. If that's true the picture shown isn't going to be the sort of thing that would work. You can't plant anything...

If Malvern St is anything to go by, the usual purpose of such things is education with any real claims to agriculture some way behind. There have been occasions when the hens' eggs are sold/used for food but that is rarely advertised and there's the odd picture of a whole fleece from when they...

If you're just taken with the one song then you're ok with youtube. If you like the voice you might want this https://archive.org/details/EdithPiaf268Songs There are two versions of the whole set for download in either ogg or mp3. ogg is usually better quality but you need a better player.

Any particular reason you're looking for this stuff? I'm working on a massive archive of material for St. Paul's who run the Malvern St. Farm. If this is some formal project or personal research maybe arrangements can be made but they don't let a whole lot out. The pictures and text on...

There are some odd ideas from the guy who's planning to complain. Something about this being outside of the "tall building zone" seems quite bizarre since this is the opposite corner to the Sentinels (previously the tallest buildings in the city) and across the road from that green glass hotel...

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See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arte_Johnson for the origin of the quote - an old Errol Flynn picture.

This might not be what it looks like. I'd guess this is one of those rotating cameras used to take photos of large groups. That means you'd get some distortion away from the centre of the picture. Although the entrance to the building is shown to be closer and the rest of the building angles...

You shouldn't have to go that far but, since that's the largest in the building, it's probably easier. The library has toilets scattered throughout the building and not terribly well signposted. They don't have any on the ground floor for some reason or close to the cafe on the ground...

There are less local groups displaying in the spaces of the Library of Birmingham because the spaces are so large. They also have more formal organisations that will fill those and the smaller galleries within the building. This leaves local groups to mount exhibitions in local libraries. I have...

There's a thought, how many vaguely "central" libraries has Birmingham had? Apart from the ones mentioned so far.The Birmingham Library on Union Street that seems to have been a subscription/membership one dating from the back end of the 18th Century and still around in the 1840s. Another one...

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/new-sparkhill-pool-18-months-10466853 This is why they've been taking so long to knock it down. There's so much asbestos been used in the building that keep having to stop to decontaminate the site. It's a wonder some of the old swimmers...