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Hi Eric, hope this helps. THIS BRIDGE WAS BUILT TO REPLACE TWO BRICK BRIDGES ONE OF WHICH STOOD 37 YARDS EAST AND THE OTHER 32 YDS WEST OF THIS SPOT IT WAS OPENED ON THE 20th DAY OF JULY 1914 BY ALD. SIR JAMES SMITH J.P. CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Also gives name of Town Clerk and...

Ebay, Heritage & Birmingham’s first Lord Mayor I’ve long been a fan of ebay and how it can be used to support local research and heritage. I’ve saved [copied!] many a local postcard or memorabilia to add to my local history collection. Occasionally I even buy something! Nothing unusual about...

"Today, I keep getting a pop up youtube video of Berlin by Humix. It's on the home page & every other catagory I go into. It is only happening on The Birmingham History Website. Is this just my problem or has anyone else experienced this?" ME TOO! Very annoying.

The local public libraries archive department would be a good solution. Would be preserved and made available to interested library users and researchers. The problem would be - Solihull or Birnmingham? Birds Custard is so associated with Birmingham but Tudor Grange and the family are...

Graces Guide lists the Handsworth Cycle & Motor Manufacturing Co. in Princip Street in 1897 and also the Handsworth Cycle Co. at the same date and location - probably the same company. It also showed this advert but sadly no further information about the factory. It may be a possibilty or...

Taylor,Law co Ltd. was a classic Birmingham manufacturing company. They made all sorts of metal objects including kitchen utensils, metal boxes kitchen cabinets etc and were early provider of home safes including for the Birmingahm Municipal Bank and National Provincial among others. They were...

Here's a taster of the reality for Birmingham. Copied from https://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?/gallery/image/7554-bomb-map-city-of-birmingham/&browse=1 The hugh original map used to be on display in the Birmingham Central Library. Not sure if it is accesible in the Library of...

I remember the Britains figures very well. Only had a few myself as a child [late 40/early50s] - quite pricey. But my two sons had quite a collection between them in the 1980s - they still have them. They also had quite a collection of farm animals, farm equipment etc. and yes they were very...

Just came across Greenmore [College] Association website at https://www.greenmore.co.uk/2016/12/03/history-history-history-231/ There is a photograph of the college which I assume is the same building as used by Farborough House School.

Later became Greenmore College. See also thread on Greenmore College but no phot. Demolished and now houses on site.

Another slightly different view looking towards the city centre just before junction on left with Showell Green Lane. Probably 1930s and note the car parked on the pavement! before it became common practice ....................

Fiftyfive years of home cooking and still healthy at 80. But my favourite is still my wifes stew - onions/potatoes/carrots/chickpeas/mince/tomatoes and sometimes more and of course the best part - dumplings. Well cooked and nearly set solid. Even better heated up the next day [if any left!].

What an interesting thread. The Pershore Road wooden church was originally build as a temporary church for St Agnes, Moseley. It was built in 1879 on glebe land in Oxford Road where St Marys Vicarage now stands. Amazingly close to St Marys Church! It was only in use for just over five years and...

Newton Road, Sparkhill. Fielders Tea & Provision Store. Corner shop? But which corner? Cannot trace on Streetview but so much changed.

I attend St Albans Church in Highgate and have often wondered about this building in Coneybere St near the church and decided to check it out. It turns out the factory is a modern example of Birmingham success - Barkley Plastics. The History of Barkley Plastics started in 1963 when John...

Was in Stirchley this morning and noticed a very interesting old workshop on the corner of Pershore Rd/Ash Tree Rd. and what a gem it was. Checked on the Forum and some very intersting info already posted. I hope some more info/phots from the internet will be of interest..

See also thread on site under Womens Hospital History and development - some very interesting phots and history notes - fascinating. I remember the Showell Green Lane building built in 1905. Lovely Edwardian building with Arts & Crafts influence. I used to go past it on the bus for years in the...

The story of the building of St Agnes Church began on Thursday, 3rd October1876. On that day a meeting had been called at the National School by the vicar of St Marys to ‘consider the best means of providing increased church accommodation in the parish’. Canon Colmore [vicar at St Marys] was...

Hi Morturn - you are right! On a map dated 1903 it was named St Agnes Crescent - on the other side of St Agnes Church from St Agnes Road. By the time the vicarage was built in the 1920s it was Colmore Crescent.