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I can remember it being like this Lyn, must have parked there at some point with dad I should think, and definitely walked by it, I think taking a neighbour to the old Eye Hospital. Sue

That would make a change though, an old pub re-opening instead of closing, it could be a goldmine with its proximity to Millenium point, if it is run the right way1 Sue

I bet they didn't consult Brummies - are there any of them on these welcoming committees I wonder!!! Sue

That's a great view ,he took some lovely pictures didn't he? Sue

Yes it was another case of tunnel vision I should think, to lose such a great building. I wonder how many of the people who authorised the demolition had any connection with Brum at all? Sue

These are great Mike, I also did what you suggested and saved it to zoom in. Sue

Hi in exile, yes it is the Payne family I am researchimg. We knew there were links with Blockley from my great aunts and I was extremely lucky that when I started my research and googled the family and Blockley made contact with someone called gridiron, who very kindly sent me transcripts of the...

Thats good Lyn, is he still local or did he return to his native Yorkshire? I should think he has a lot of interesting stories to tell. Sue

Lyn, this is another article with apics, but that tells you more about the Vicar https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/in-pictures-former-birmingham-vicar-reveals-189615 Link again courtesy of Birmingham Mail Sue

That's a great story Lyn, really good to hear! Sue

I don't know if you have seen these, intonights Birmingham Mail https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/former-birmingham-vicar-reveals-his-collection-215831 There are some interesting ones of central Birmingham. Sue Link courtesy of Birmingham Mail

I find this quite sad - while I know as a midwife she should have promoted life and care, no-one knows what state the mothers of the babes concerned was in, to not want/be able to bring up her child must have been dreadful for her, so was Ann Pinson trying to help her state of mind by getting...

Dad remembers BG before it was extended up onto the Meadway, he and his mate used to have a den in the trees on Royston Road, he lived in Station Road opposite the police station. Sue

Your library is obviously better stocked than ours Jimbo, or that's what I would be doing too!! As Viv says, resourceful not cheapskate. Sue

Thanks Jim, Nick and Bernie, that means they lived not far fron dads family - small world really. The butchers shop throws another angle though, I am convinced nan said her dad ran a butchers shop and she helped out in there when she was a teenager, that would be 1928 or thereabouts. I wonder if...

Big Gee, the schools in our area run a visit for the Year 9's every year to the Beth Shalom centre in Newark, Notts, link below. Both of the girls went and Owen went in December, he said it was very moving, certainly made an impression on him and for a 13 year old that is saying something...

It is a lovely house, with all the flowers, so many now have gone to block paving - mo is a garden person and in her culde sac there are now only 4 houses with actual flower gardens left - a sign of the times! Sue

Where would 181 Bordesley Green have been please? Hubbys great grandparents lived there in the early 1900's. I think they may have run a shop from there. Sue

Pictures like this fascinate me too Lyn, just looking at the stance of some of the people and the different styles of dress, leads me to wonder like you if any of them would be relatives. Just think of the stories they would have to tell between them. Sue

Thanks Derek, will have to have a look, hoping to be in town next week. Sue