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Hi All, Does anyone please know why Princip Street is so named? I doubt if it has anything to do with the man named Princip who murdered Arch Duke Ferdinand therefore triggering off the First World War. Old Boy

Mike, What an interesting post. I would suggest that the times were bloodthirsty with over 30,000 turning up to watch an execution. The bravery of the young prisoner was exceptional and I can only hope that his expectations of forgiveness in an afterlife were met. The...

Thank you Viv. You have got it all sorted now. Chris Beresford (Old Boy)

Hi Maurice, Message received and understood. I have to carry on with Windows 10 as it is the only one I have got. Regards - Chris Beresford (Old Boy)

Hi All, I am confused. Surely it is not being suggested that The Aston Tavern is or was in Colmore Row? Old Boy

Hi All, We are all entitled to our different opinions but, to me, there is something strange about this particular photo. Indeed, if it was just an ordinary lunchtime why was the photographer bothering in any case. One thing is certain we are never likely to ascertain the true facts...

Hi All, My daughter has recently given me her old computer which had been updated to Windows 10. Up to then I was using Vista. I do not understand all the technical jargon in the previous posts but can say that I am getting on better with Windows 10 than I did with Vista...

Hi All, I first discounted Central Hall as it was a religious institution that I thought held church services only. Then yesterday I saw a quiz program which said that the first meeting of the United Nations General assembly was held at the Methodist Central Hall, Westminster in 1946...

Hi All, This photograph has fascinated me. Firstly the absence of traffic in what was and is the busiest street in the city. Allowing for the fact that it is the business end of the street there would still have been passing traffic on the way to and from the city centre. If the...

Hi All, The post at 262 suggests that this was after 1904. I think that there are far too many men of military age in the crowd for it to have been during the war. I suggest that it was just before the war and possibly many of that crowd did not return to watch a match after the war...

Hi Mohawk, Despite my thinking it was a dustbin I now feel that you are absolutely right. Old Boy

Hi Tim, It looks like a dustbin to me. Judging by his dress and general appearance I doubt if he knew what a briefcase was. Apologies to any one who might say "Hey. That was my granddad" Old Boy

Hello Janice, In my 89 years I have never known anyone named Robert called Bertie for short. It is usually, Robert, Rob, Bobby or Bob. Chris Beresford (Old Boy)

Hi All, I am certain that the Arthur J Russell on the BARRA site was not Joans father. I feel that she may have been out and was taking a short cut across the sports field. There may well been other explanations of course. I am reintroducing this as I note that GGJean has returned...

Hi Lyn and Passerby - Yes I had got into a bit of a mess trying to reply to Lyns first post but it is all sorted out now. The Spanish flu hit the world in 1918 and when it had run its course it had killed more people than died in the war. The commonwealth wargraves cemetery on Cannock Chase...

Hi All, I too watched this program and, as a young teenager throughout the war, I was very disappointed in it. It included Coventry to a great extent and that was a seperate issue in that it suffered greatly in one attack whilst Birmingham was attacked many times over a period of months...

Hello Snowball, All I can tell you is that St Pauls Church is in Birmingham City Centre and is not far from Kenyon Street. It is quite likely that Mikegee can give you more information from his old maps when he is on line Old Boy