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Hi Vic: Hopefully, some forum members will post any info that they have on Primrose Farm and answer the questions you are asking. Mr. Bill Darque has posted some great photos of Primrose Farm on his site...

Hi Viv:It was always amazing to see all the different types of fish laid out on those slabs in the Mac Fisheries shops. If you went by late in the day when they were preparing to close you could witness the assistants cleaning up using hose pipes and scrubbing brushes. The water ran out into...

Hi Viv: I missed this thread in April last year since I was away on holiday but in catching up I was doing some research on MacFisheries shops that sold Wet Fish. I imagined that there was a shop in Dale End but not so it was as you note in Bull Street. Here is a close up photo of MacFisheries...

Thanks for posting this fascinating look at old and new Birmingham,AstonB6. It really is an amazing collection of Then and Now photos.

Hi Carolina: I have the booklet "The Story of Erdington" by D.V. Jones with this picture in it. There was, quite a while ago, a discussion online about where these lanes actually were. You can read it here: https://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GENBRIT/2008-04/1207046449. Terry...

Great photo Oldmohawk. I received a calendar a few years ago with this picture in it. Sailor suits were popular for children to wear in early 1900's. My father wore one I know. He was born in 1905. My brother Bill lived in the flat on the left where the window is open when he first got...

Re: Old Street pics Two more photos posted by Mark Millard on BHF Facebook page today:

These photos were posted today on BHF Facebook site by Mark Millard.

Thanks for posting this Terry. I am in touch with Stephen McNickle's great great grandson Michael. Michael's mother Margaret McNickle was my best friend many years ago. I am not sure how much of this information Michael has but I will let him know that this post is on here.

I emailed Councillor Kath Hartley, Councillor for Ladywood re St. Thomas Peace Gardens and the regeneration of same. Here is my e-mail and Ms. Hartley's response today. Ms. Hartley has sent an e-mail containing my message to Councillor Carl Rice also a Councillor for Ladywood who must be...

The newsagents was Patterson's. My brother had a paper route for them in the l950's. We bought all our papers from Patterson's and I often wsent in to "pay the papers". Patterson's totally rebuilt the front of the building before they opened the shop. They bought two houses and converted them...

Another article from the Birmingham Mail a few days ago.. The photo gallery is so worth a look. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/100-years-of-the-brownies-6466681

This is Carl's latest article from the Birmingham Mail regarding some history of well known Birmingham streets. I loved the The Lord Mayor Had a Coachman" saga. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/stories-behind-birminghams-street-names-6472213

Thanks for this Les. Fingers crossed on this one after so much disappointment about the renovations. https://brumcitycentre.wordpress.com/category/local-problems/peace-gardens/

A lot of the Brummie sayings have been covered in this and other threads on the Forum. I liked this article about Brummie sayings from today's Birmingham Mail: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/lifestyle/50-top-birmingham-black-country-6477059

Hi Suze: The Roebuck shown in the photo is the second one in that spot at that time. It was rebuilt later on, an awful faceless building really. Finally, it was renamed The Hairy Lemon which was shut down last year.

Hi Suze: I have always found it rather strange that there were no photos around of the National School in Erdington High Street. The school was part of the High Street for so long. Years ago I contacted the Erdington Library and they kindly sent me the two photos that they had. We weren't sure...

Hi Suze: Sent the photos to you as asked for just now.

I went to the Rainbow Casino back in the early 1960's. I have a photo I took four years ago when I was around that way. Harry, must have been Harry Morrall cited in this Birmingham Mail story. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/city-nightclub-legend-morrall-dies-41238

Hi Owen: The first post on the Spirit Burner forum is as close as I could see regarding the merging of these companies. These stoves and heaters seem to turn up on EBay sites from time to...