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Although Bearwood is basically in Smethwick, doesn't it straddle the boundary between Smethwick & Birmingham? Either way, you might want to check in either Birmingham Central Library/Archives or more likely Smethwick Library to see if they have the appropriate planning application for the...

Just been researching shops etc in Moseley Village. Moseley Motor Works was founded on on Alcester Road in 1907 by Herbert Graham. It was bought out the following year by Henry Garner. Here's a time line from Graces Guide: 1907 Moseley Motor Works commenced business. 1909 Name changed to Henry...

Marshall Brothers: dispensing chemists: Moseley Village Henry Marshall lived on the Wake Green Estate [an area I am researching] at 56 St Agnes Road. He opened a chemists shop in Moseley Village [partly financed by his brother - hence Marshall Brothers]. The shop was at 128 Alcester Road. Have...

Let me clarify. The thread is about Buildings at Risk and my [and other posts] were about the tram shed offices in particular. The history of planning applications date back to at least 2005 and they have always been turned down. Over the last eighteen years or so many illegal alterations have...

Moseley Road Tram Shed - Office Block: I'm really pleased to see that the office block may be saved by conversion into apartments. It reminded me that back in 2005 it was bought by a property "developer" who promptly started to rip the inside apart without planning permission and putting the...

As Prof, Carl Chinn said,Prof Chinn said: "The children were taken away from the back streets of Birmingham because they were seen as 'street arabs' or 'gutter children'. In that period lots of middle class people looked down on the poor and there was a lot of poverty. Some of them were...

The Austin village is a brilliant example of benevolent employers - in this case as mentioned Lord Austin. The Austin Village Preservation Society published a brilliant booklet in 2002 with some great photos and history. Have attached a couple. of early ones but no date.

I have been researching Charles Iles and his company of thimble makers. His first premises were in Coneybere Street but just before he died in 1870 he moved to premises in Highgate Street. To begin with this was just a dwelling house, with offices, with a covered gateway leading to a yard and...

Here's another one of Sutton Road, Erdington from my wife's family collection. No date. Early 1900s? Any one know?

Hi mikegee. 1. Always admire your brilliamt large scale maps. I wonder where you get them from? Is it a subscription site? 2. The Star Works [Tonks] is shown on the other side of Moseley Street from Barrel Plating Works [Wilkes & Godwin?] & on the other side of the junction with Birchall...

What an interesting person Tolkien was. Just been reading up again about his childhood in Birmingham. Well I say Birmingham but of course neither Sarehole, Kings Heath or Rednal were in Birmingham at the time. Another few quibbles I have. Lots of sources talk about Sarehole as a village or...

Photo 3: WT&S, W. Tonks & Sons, 3, Hill Street, woodscrew maker (S1770) then 43 Deritend, steel toy maker (PR1780), Cheapside, Birmingham, then 201, Moseley Street, Birmingham making cast and wrought brass products. [from The Old Copper Website] What an interesting photograph. Suspect site...

Just catching up on forum posts. I can't help but see this as bullying & taking advantage of relative positions. Thank goodness this sort of "man management" [actually child management] has no place in modern teaching.

What an interesting thread. My wife was born and bred near the canal/Limekiln Lane and tells me it was spoken as "Limkin" Lane locally when she was a child [1950s]. I guess there must have been lime kilns there for it to be so named. Although lime kilns were very rare in Birmingham, there was...

Limekiln Lane Situated opposite the Horse Shoe pub on Millpool Hill on the south side of the Stratford Canal. The canal was completed in 1816 and provided a vital transport link between Birmingham and mid-Warwickshire for carrying coal and lime. It was also a local beauty spot and popular with...

Hi Viv, I don't remember an England's logo but wonder if they used the shop name in italics as their logo. It appeared on the front of their shops and [I think!] their boxes. Have attached a phot of Soho Road which just shows Englands shop in the 1960s or 1970s. next to Withers. Metal letters...

While researching the Wake Green Estate [area around St Agnes Church, Moseley] I came across a William Priest who lived in Wake Green House on the estate. Further research conformed that he was the proprietor of the Quadrant Cycle Co. in Sheepcote Street. One of Mikejee's brilliant maps...

Out of stock at the brewery or I might have been tempted....................... Not far from us. More info at https://birminghambrewingcompany.co.uk/about/ A new one to me although brewing since 2016. Interesting website.

What an interesting thread. St Marys, Enville may have a link with Birmingham as the original chancel was built by Roger de Birmingham, sometime between 1272-1307. The de Birmingham family were lords of the manor of Birmingham for 400 years and it's very likely that Roger was a member of the...

Glacial erratic boulders were often used as boundary stones. The Gilbertstone that used to be in Sheldon [now in Blakesley Hall Museum] was used as a boundary stone where Sheldon, Bickenhill and Yardley met. Similarly, the Warstone [or Hoarstone] where Aston, Birmingham and Handsworth met used...