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As always, I'll look forward to your photos, Lyn.

Are you able to post the petition link, Lyn?

Thank you (& Mike) for the update on the Fox & Grapes. This pub is hugely important as we have so few Georgian pubs left in Birmingham, now. I can think of one that was altered & extended beyond recognition, another that is covered in pebbledash, one that looks to have retained its character &...

Heritage Pubs website has some suprb photos of interesting pub interiors: https://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/pubguide.asp?Country=England&County=West+Midlands&Town=Birmingham&PubName=&TownName=&PubSort=Location&PubSearch=Search+for+all+historic+pub+interiors There must be more Birmingham pubs...

What is the update on the Angel Stratford Rd junction Ladypool? Was the place entirely demolished or was it refurbished or the front retained? Google Earth pictures show work in progress, but Bill Dargue provides a picture of the pub as it used to look. Thank you, Bill. It looks like you arrived...

Thank you, Lyn.

Thanks to Kate & Drew on Flickr for this photo of 30 Lombard St: https://www.flickr.com/photos/drewfield/3746415045/

Thank you, Lyn. That would be so appreciated. I find it difficult to imagine what the house looked like. Shirley.

So far as I can tell 30 Lombard St, despite being a a small house & workshop designed by Thomas Lea & built in 1809, has been demolished. Does anyone have a picture please, so that we know what we are missing?

Well thats something new, I learnt today, Viv. I had no idea that Sarehole was connected with Matthew Boulton. https://www.matthewboulton2009.org/index.php/gallery/28-sarehole-mill- https://bobmiles.bulldoghome.com/pages/bobmiles_bulldoghome_com/moremboulton.htm

John Perrott's will is available online for £3.50. I wonder how his daughter felt about being left a folly? https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?queryType=1&resultcount=1&Edoc_Id=599575

Here is the 1888 map showing Perrotts Folly & also Monument House where the Foley builder, John Perrott, lived. https://www.birminghamuk.com/perrotts.htm

Phil I do admire the way you so often post pictures that I have never seen before and I am delighted that you have started a Perrotts thread. Thank you. There are more photos of internal views here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/image_galleries/perrotts_folly_gallery.shtml I...

Superb, Lyn. Thank you for sharing. Loved the photo of Snow Hill, Ell.

Thank you for sharing, Viv.

How sad. Thank you for sharing, Lyn.

Thank you, Col & Postie.

Thank you, Phil. I'll be following this thread with interest.

Viv would it be possible to repost your last attatchment? I cannot view it. Thanks.

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