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Thank you, Shortie. Yes, Hamstead was listed under Handsworth in the old directories & books. It was Mike Gee's text to the Alan Godfrey Hamstead map that prompted me to "revisit" the pictures I do have of Handsworth. Thank you for the link, Sue.

In 1913 Hamstead had many open fields but was notable for its colliery & brickworks. Mike has written a fascinating text based on sound research which allows us to see the area in a new light. Included in the commentary is industry, infrastructure, houses, landowners & prominent people. Its...

On BHF we all know the quality of Mike Jee's research & many of us use Alan Godfrey maps to underpin our understanding of the places our family lived. Mike has now written texts for two of the Birmingham maps & one just outside Birmingham published by Alan Godfrey. Birmingham East 1888 ref...

Thank you for filling in detail, Shortie. I was hoping the pictures would trigger explanations & discussion. I'll look forward to some current pictures of any places that still stand. The Bull baiting picture came from Dent. I hope he got his facts right.

Handsworth, showing location of past bull baiting. The bridge must be a clue, so does anyone know where it was?

Birchfield Cottage, Endswood Rd, Wood Lane (Bmagic), Hamstead Rd. Sorry that you could not repost your pictures, Charlie. I wondered what they were. The painting you like in post 111 is held by BMagic, Lyn.They have another here, still Handsworth but a different part...

Handsworth Church about 1865.

Handsworth again, this time of Church Lane, Villa Rd & Church Lane.

Wagon & Horses Handsworth, showing exterior & interior.

Based on that picture, Dees Hotel was quite the Tardis. I had no idea that the interior was so large, Viv. I do hope that the chandeliers were made in Birmingham.

Thank you, Phil.

Dancey's Farm Cotterills Lane, Ward End 1923. Thank you to Mike for finding this one & improving the quality. In 1911 Harry Darcey was a market gardener. .

Ye Old Barley Mow. The Swan 1910.

A few pictures of Ward End & Washwood Heath, including Cocksparrows Hall in St Margarets, the Fox & Goose, St Margarets Rd, the Barley Mow & lastly the Fox & Goose 1905:

Love the photos & the way you are organising them, Phil. This is quite the memory lane.

Enjoying the thread, Mike. It seems explosions in Birmingham were less than rare events. Showells Dicyionary includes a list:

Yes, Viv, I agree with your reasoning. I know the picture in post 159 has an odd perspective, but I do love to see those buildings which are shown alomost incidentaly. We can see houses to the left of the Town Hall & that allows us quite a special insight. To the right is the very distinctive...

I think that that picture is of the coach described in post 1 here, Viv: https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=37741

How intriguing, Mike. We will never know what the "dangerous illness" of the Ann St landlord was. However, here is a depiction of the after effects of the Graham St explosion referred to in your post.

Thanks, Lyn. Stoke St was such a short street I never expected to see a photo of it. Here it is again: