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I guess as it is not open on Monday's, they would not stay open for just one extra day (albeit Christmas Eve). They will probably be clearing their stalls away on the Sunday or Monday and understandably wouldn't want to be doing that on Christmas Day or Boxing Day. That said, I note that the...

There have been a few: George Tait (born Aston Manor - club - Birmingham Excelsior) & Alfred Harvey (born Aston - club - Wednesbury Strollers) 1881 vs Wales. Albert Allen (b - Aston c - Aston Villa) & Dennis Hodgetts (b - Birmingham c - Aston Villa) 1888 vs Ireland. Dennis Hodgetts (b -...

Some photographs of Ladywood's MP (1945 - 1969) below: 1- National Portrait Gallery (link to this & other NPG photos below), 2 - @ Snow Hill Station in 1966 & 3 - outside the Houses of Parliament (3rd from the right) alongside other newly elected MP on 1/8/45)...

Councillor Sharon Thompson has said, “As someone who visits Perry Barr regularly, I know the area has been transformed in recent years and is now a destination of choice for visitors or for those wishing to relocate." If that is the case Sharon, then why not sell those flats to those people...

I spent a few years working on those Rates books 60 odd years later. I remember all the old books were kept in storage in the basement, including that one I expect, although I only recall having a proper look at some from the 30s & 40s.

We spent our wedding night there Richard, just over a hundred years after it first opened. You could tell that it must have been the place to be back in the Victorian era, as it still was then in our opinion. A friend of mine worked there as a sous chef at the time and he kindly left a bottle of...

It will be interesting to hear just who the "private bidder" is and how this cut-price sale came about. If the council expects their tax payers to make up the balance, then they have a right to know all about this fiasco and whether this was really the best available deal.

I remember The Iron Horse. It was done out like a railway carriage, with windows looking out to Stephenson Street on ground level. ;)

Quite a shocker on the local BBC news last night concerning the long empty flats in Perry Barr that were intended to be used as the athletes village for the Commonwealth Games. They are to be sold at a loss to a "private bidder" and Birmingham Council will be £320m out of pocket, as a result...

I was there with three of my friends a few months ago. I have been there many times over the years (I think it has been there for at least 20 years). It can be a bit busy at times, but is somewhere that you can get a seat, have a conversation and be easily heard. It is much larger than you might...

I guess you have tried the cricket club itself Jeanette? I would think there is a chance they might have one, or may be able to suggest former players that are still members of the club, who might be able to help you with your search. I used to occasionally watch their games back then, hoping to...

Horse? (you missed one) ;)

Lovely pub, both inside and out. Great news!

Bathams of Brierley Hill, do a very nice best bitter and a tasty mild. My friends and myself, will definitely look forward to popping into The Woodman again, to see what it has to offer.

Mike has explained that, much better than I would have been able to, at #9 above. By the way, I did go a few weeks without getting e-mails too, but have now started to get them again over the past week or two. Nice to hear from you again Paul.

I read the following in "The Times" on Saturday and I found the article quite shocking, for more reasons than one: Birmingham will be left with a vast “white elephant” station after Rishi Sunak’s decision to scrap large swathes of the HS2 project. Sunak announced in October that the second...

Was it on this night (4/12/69) that you got Robert wet boilerman? ;)

Some more cracking concerts that were held at the Town Hall back in 1962, 1962, 1968, 1963, 1969, 1964 & 1964:

Yes it is.