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  1. jennyann

    Spitfire Test Pilots

    Youtube film of Alex Henshaw test flying a Spitfire at Castle Bromwich in 1941: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCmzYccyBYM It is absolutely mind boggling. In the followup comments on Youtube re the film there is some dispute that this was actually filomed at Castle Bromwich but this comment...
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    Grand Hotel Colmore Row

    Hi El: It looks as though the photos have only been released in the MS Power Point programme so far. Hopefully, they will be available in another programme. I think that you can download a converter programme but I am not sure about that. Someone else may know.
  3. jennyann

    Peace Gardens

    Was happy to receive an e-mail from Councillor Carl Rice (Ladywood) today regarding the renovations(clear up and fence removal) to the Peace Gardens. This e-mail is accompanied y e-mail Coun. Rice sent to other people in BCC who are involved in the project. I am posting these here also. I will...
  4. jennyann

    Fentham Road School

    I have a photo of the outside of the school. Also, if you go to the Friends Reunited site www.friendsreunited.co.uk and find Fentham Girls School page there are many photos of classes, pupils, etc.
  5. jennyann

    Old Birmingham Schools - Changed Or Demolished

    I have a photo of the outside of the school. Also, if you go to the Friends Reunited site www.friendsreunited.co.uk and find Fentham Girls School page there are many photos of classes, pupils, etc. Edit. Link to Fentham Road School thread here...
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    Yardley Wood

    Nico, Sandmere Grove is off Sandmere Road B14 If youy Google -"Sandmere Grove,Birmingham" you can take a walk down the street
  7. jennyann

    Robert Vaughton/ Mary Ann Dymoke

    Quite a bit on the Free Library site about the Vaughton's. Robert Darwin Vaughton was a Magistrate at one point and also was in the Militia. Quite a bit about "Pudding Brook in the River Rea and about the street names. The Vaughton's were a very influential family decades ago. ...
  8. jennyann

    Marroway Street

    Hi Brummy10: There are quite a few photos of Marroway Street on the Old Ladywood site. The photos, etc. can't be copied without permission according to the site: https://www.oldladywood.co.uk/marrowaystreet.htm
  9. jennyann

    Hazel's Funeral Directors Erdington- History background

    An interesting site about the history of Hazel's Funeral Directors. Erdington and Sutton Coldfield. Thanks to Nigel Thorley and Ian Hazel. Some great pictures of their early cars and hearses and contemporary ones also history of the business. Mr. Ian Hazel now operates his business out of...
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    Unveiled story of burial site where the ICC now stands

    I found this article in today's Birmingham Mail fascinating about what was found at the site where the ICC stands now. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/secret-removal-1000-bodies-buried-6734184 Secret kept for years it seems.
  11. jennyann

    Erdington postmen heroes remembered

    The sub post office at Stockland Green is still there. It's just a little shop that sold toys as well as being the local post office with a post box outside. The main sorting office in Erdington might well be where the plaque was originally. Hopefully, Lyn can find out.
  12. jennyann

    Erdington postmen heroes remembered

    Hi Lyn: There is a school teacher who teaches in Ladywood. His name is Norman Bartlam and he belongs to the Ladywood History Group. He has written several books on Ladywood history. Might be an idea to track him down. If you Google his name there are several references to him and his books. He...
  13. jennyann

    Barrows Stores

    Hi Viv: I remember Barrow's Store very well. I remember their window displays and also they had items from their store on sale in a small kiosk at New Street Station. I believe it was on the platform where the London trains left from. This would be around 1957. I like this connection to the...
  14. jennyann

    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    Hi Bangles: Thanks for your message. The 9d covered your entrance fee as well as the coffee at El Toro back in the day. They had to restrict numbers also due to the small size of the place and it's popularity. They had a juke box but there was no room to dance just stand around downstairs or go...
  15. jennyann

    They Were Caught In Our Old Street Pics...

    I was interested in the history of Blue Coat schools and there's a lot of info on Wikipedia about them: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluecoat_school
  16. jennyann

    City Centre Photographs

    Great photo Carolina. I would love to see an old photo of the left hand side of Corporation Street opposite Rackhams before it was developed. Shops would include The Donne, Barrows, Court's Furniture and others. Many of the old photographs are taken from a different position so you never see...
  17. jennyann

    Birmingham Odeon

    Hi Carolina: Here's a photo of the C & A Store in New Street and also the one in Corporation Street as I remember them.
  18. jennyann

    Mother's Club Carlton Club Ballroom Erdington

    A link to an article in Birmingham Mail, January 21,2014 with photographs of many clubs that were in Birmingham from the 1960's. Mother's is mentioned. This message could be moved to the night club thread...
  19. jennyann

    Mother's Club Carlton Club Ballroom Erdington

    A bit more info to add to Frothy's answer re Pink Floyd and "Ummagumma" recording: https://www.birminghammusicarchive.com/carlton-ballroom/
  20. jennyann

    Jim Piig Gravestone Mystery

    In today's Birmingham Mail a story about an unusual memorial stone in Sutton Coldfield: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/can-you-help-solve-sutton-6688733
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