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Frothy it is a lovely church..seen the church a few times on me travels and had to drag a few hurray henry's cars out of ditches nearby :rolleyes: the pub is here if you want to rough it ;) https://www.cockinnwishaw.co.uk/contact.htm

this link may help https://www.bromford-bridge.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.html ..you can also type in bromford etc in search box at top of page for more links on forum

nice to see.. made me laugh ..sometimes we take life too serious Mossy.. he must have a great sense of humor

nice piece of history... what other treasures are in yer loft Ray?;)

Wendy why? it couldn't get there under its own Steam:D :rolleyes: nice :D

I saw an earlier reference to Leyland Tigers and have waded through some great posts on this thread did see a link? and this Originally Posted by mw0njm what happend to the single decker leyland tigers?.i remember them...

forgot to sign the guest book :rolleyes:and may I say what great pictures will sign next time cheers :D

just saying hello to a new member megrandadwelcome to the forum :)

a useful link ..not streets but a bit of digbeth history:) https://billdargue.jimdo.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-d/digbeth/ :)

Author of the Long, Long Trail website - chosen by the BBC's "Who do you think you are?" magazine as best overall website for tracing WW1 family military history is this site lots of info there as posted earlier our thanks To Chris Baker:) https://www.1914-1918.net/ :D could also try this link...

I went past Corngreaves the otherday and had a quick look and you are right ... it is getting worse ! ....how sad is that .I know that the Battery park will be here for a few years but how many will be glad to see all these parks go ..as and when they do ..and will people remember what was...

" I can remember vividly these dark dingy places with white hot metal and sparks flying. I often thought how awful it must have been to work in these places."......Wendy some of them were ..I worked at round oak steel works and it was dismal in some places.. and could be hazardous at times...

what a great link Ragga some of the photos in the links are great especially some of the Tunnels :D click on the various headings like the ones from crocodile works longbridge .. River Rea ..etc:)

have a look at Lencops posted link rescued websites :)

interesting link cheers Len:)

there are some photos on this link of the old gatehouse as it is now on this link https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=22514&referrerid=5994

have a look at these links https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=19798&referrerid=5994 https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=14233&referrerid=5994

It must be nice to have souvenirs of your fathers past :) the only thing my Father would ever say about the war ..:( was he spent most of it digging latrines and in the glasshouse other than that he wouldn't say a thing but I do know in later years seeing badges etc he was in Malta. Gibraltar...

here is a link to the 16th lancers history Jenny Anne mentioned https://www.qrl.uk.com/h_16.html

here is a link to a D Day memorial site https://www.ddaycasualties.com/casualties.htm people like them and us dont forget