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These are the kind of posts that add the facets that make the Birmingham History Webring a real Gem.

Phil. Sorry I have heard of the Pyramids but not sure what they are.

Yes I would say that the steel framework we could see taking shape on the first Tower Block we could see from the playground in 1953.

Phil, That's a great photograph, I have just got to grips with where things where.

Bernard. Keep us informed on your progress mate.

I always think of the rear guard that the Warwickshire Regiment had to put up, and how they suffered at the hands of the SS. RIP.

Phil. Thank you for posting the photographs, i have only viewed it as I pass on the dual carriageway and wonder if I would find my way around to view it from the other angle. Yes Phil, I would agree about the wall being a little smaller in height.

Dek. Thanks, such a pity but that's progress once more. At least before I am gone there are still a few reminders that it was not all a dream.

Phil. Looking at your 1816 post i wondered if Willis Street had changed after your pic 2 was taken. I may take a look next time I am that way, but even then I may be left undecided.

Mike. Very similar to your map, please forgive me.

Re: Outer Circle Bus Tour Hope everyone enjoyed it, we would have loved to have joined you.

POST 1802 The first photograph is at the top end of Love Lane looking along ( the old Aston Road ) towards Gosta Green. Where my grandmother was born in 1873. The second photograph was at the end of Heneage Street by the canal bridge looking across Holt Street up the hill towards Woodcock...

Loisand. Thank you for sharing those photographs with us. Its certainly something beautiful about this time of year,

I could not say what happened to the graves, I agree with Phil that Nechells Expressway did not touch any part of Saint Matthews church or grounds. The boundary with Willis Street seems to be as it was in the 1940 -50's.

Phil. Three out of four is very good, but I knew some would be easy. Jean, That is a great write up, I loved reading that . Will catch you both later.

This is from 1904 Kelly's listing 87 to 89 The Gaiety Theatre of Varieties P.H. (The Birmingham Gaiety Theatre of Varieties Lim. ited, proprietors) 87 to 89 The Gaiety Theatre of Varieties (Albert Bushell, manager

Mike, I will say " Thanks For That " as well. Terry, Now with your post I cannot ever believe that my Grandfather would have worn a top hat.

Not too good photographs, I will agree. Taken at the wrong time of day. I shall post where they were taken tomorrow or the next day.

Mike. I like to think that my Grandparents may have used it when it was a Music Hall. Such a pity they are not around today, but of coarse cinema put an end to the Music Hall as you say, it is nice to know when the change over came about.

Two more I did not mean to miss.