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Does anyone have a photo of 136 Cattell Rd which was close to & on the city centre side of the Marquis of Lorne, please? I understand that the properties were set back a little from the road. I have no idea what the row of houses / shops looked like as I have been searching for a picture for...

Here is Kingston Hill Park, Redken. I know the photo is not new to BHF, but it would be challenging to find the thread it came from so many moons ago.

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/home.jsp?sourceID=13&ut&m_source=aw_uk&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=gen https://lostcousins.com/newsletters/sep11news.htm

Re: Library are from the air - 1963 This is a real treat, Leslam. Thank you for sharing. I'll look forward to future instalments.

How marvelous to have an original set, Leslam! Dent's Old & New Birmingham is available from the ever reliable Midlands Historical Data. https://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/SHPLoader.aspx?x=books.html&sc=1440

It could be Light Hall Dog Kennel Lane, Lulu: https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-218186-light-hall-hockley-heath

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There are about 3 books here which make mention of Tommy Pardoe: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&tbo=1&q=tommy+pardoe&btnG=#q=tommy+pardoe&hl=en&tbo=1&tbm=bks&ei=MIlmTuq0HYTRsgbB09CdCg&start=0&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=1d8f74a1e383fa69&biw=1440&bih=781 Or search for Google Books &...

Some of that ties in, Morturn, with what I have read today on the 1911 & in the Memories of Old Ward End. I am reading it between getting on with other tasks, but if it is stories & photos that you are after I think you will be pleased with the book. Tommy himself has contributed. If you have...

It looks as though the Pardoes were fairly new to Ward End in 1911, judging by the birth locations of the children.

That picture is delightfull, Morturn - it gives such an insight into the Pardoe family lifestyle. Am so pleased that the book may be of interest. Have you tried accessing the electoral rolls on Midlands Historical Data. at £5 its a real bargain, providing you are carefull what you click on...

Morturn the book Memories of Old Ward End by Jose Jukes is peppered with mentions of Pardoes, though quite whether it is what you are looking for I do not know. There is certainly a picture of Tommy Pardoe's mother...

Much appreciated, Astonian. If I have understood correctly Fr McCormack's house is shown between what was then Edgbaston Estate Office & the school on this 1888 map. Some decades previous to Fr McCormack living there it had been the residence of the Edgbaston Estate Manager.

I am really impressed that you have been able to identify the mystery house, Astonian. Thank you. Roughly when would Father McCormac have lived there? Was the house replaced by the modern building on the corner of Hagley Rd & Plough & Harrow Rd?

Thank you for sharing, Eric. Love the colour palette.

With the rise in the role of councils evidently came firms who capitalised on such spending power. Here are 1902 vehicles including a dust cart which looks very small indeed by today's standards. The sweeping machine however is quite wide.

I know the properties that you are thinking of, Leslam, but they lack the distinctive rays above the windows. I am inclined to think that the house in the photo has been demolished.

There is a photo in the book Small Houses of the Georgian Period, but the author does not give the location. Does anyone know where it might have been? (Please note there was originally photo in this post but it has been lost. Viv).

Thank you, Carolina & Mike. The 1889 map shows a curve but the artist makes the road look quite straight, so thats rather odd.

Does anyone recognise this street scene, apparently in Birmingham? Its painted by Paul Braddon & is on Ebay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290598260173&clk_rvr_id=25998 I would have posted a picture of Eyre St by George Bird, but today I cannot get BHF software to...