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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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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. ...

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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