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Two points: :) 1) The previous central Post Office prior to the one opened in 1873 on the corner of Hill Street and Paradise Street was located in the building that was once Wilday's New Royal Hotel next door to the Theatre Royal. This was just across the road from the Bennett's Hill junction...

One more snippet of information. Kelly's directory of 1845 for 'Birmingham, Warwickshire and part of Staffordshire' lists, under Heathfield Road, adjacent entries for a 'gent's boarding school' with the name Rev. D.N.Walton and a 'girls boarding school' with the names 'the misses Maria and Mary...

It appears the City and Midlands arcades were built as one scheme of intersecting arcades, but ownership of the arcades was divided between two companies: the 'City Arcades Limited' and the 'Midlands Arcades Company.' (see: newspaper article posted on...

The White Swan, 85-86 Legge Street. Sadly gone by the early 1960s

Villa Cross Inn and neighbouring cab proprietor: information from Kelly's Directories for Birmingham: 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1882 & 1884. 1874 & 1876 Charles Sylvester Young, Commercial Traveller (Aston Villa); next to Villa Cross Inn (no house number) on north side of Lozells road...

The licensee's of the Villa Cross Inn/Tavern in various Kelly's Directories: 1872 & 1874: Thomas Hale 1876, 1878, 1879, 1880 & 1884: Fox & Co. 1888: Archibald Hunter 1892 & 1896: John Ogden 1903: Holt Brewery The 'Entire' photo on post 24 shows both the pub and Graham's across the road at 260...

The licensee's in a various Kelly's Directories: 1872 & 1874: Thomas Hale 1876, 1878, 1879, 1880 & 1884: Fox & Co. 1888: Archibald Hunter 1892 & 1896: John Ogden 1903: Holt Brewery

The licensee's in a various Kelly's Directories: 1872 & 1874: Thomas Hale 1876, 1878, 1879, 1880 & 1884: Fox & Co. 1888: Archibald Hunter 1892 & 1896: John Ogden 1903: Holt Brewery

Here's the Birmingham Library online catalogue entry that covers the A Tarlington pictures held by them.: "75512 [A Collection of water colour drawings, sepia sketches, etc., by A. and W. Tarlington and Warren Blackham, of old buildings and streets in Birmingham, circa 1870-80. (Timmins...

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The two Birchfield Houses in these photos appear to be very different: one has two wings perpendicular to each other and the other has just one wing. Perhaps the two photos were taken at different times, with a significant rebuild in the interim??

Here's a photo of John Inshaw by HJ Whitlock (photo in the public domain) :

Here's an obituary for John Inshaw, dated 1893, from Graces Guide: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_Inshaw_(of_Birmingham)

Does anyone know the year when the small estate that includes Bragg Road and the western end of The Broadway was built? On old (1913) OS maps there seems to be a house called 'Birchfields' off Birchfield Road that appears would have been demolished to make way for Bragg Road / The Broadway. Does...

André's Lounge: the card refers to the nearby 'Picture House.' That cinema was only open for 16 years from October 1910 to June 1926 (info from cinematreasures.org). So the card must have been printed in that time period.

Difficult to say. Trolley buses were taken out of service in 1951, so no later than that. It could be as early as the early 1930s. Also, the more distant bus may have a wartime grey camouflage roof, but the picture is faded so I am not certain of that. If it is in wartime livery, then we are...

André's Lounge, 110 New Street. Opened sometime between 1910/5 and closed sometime between 1933/6. Listed in Kelly's Directory as 'Mark André confectioner.'

This is what I think it says: "Presented to Mr Alfred Rodway. Superintendent of Public Parks Birmingham. On his 44th birthday by the employees at Aston Hall & Park Nov. 18th 1880"

The Birmingham Museum Trust has a drawing of what is described as 'Free Trade Hall, Paradise Street, Birmingham' and dated 1886. The drawing is by Robert F Matthews (It is posted by 'mikejee' in message #6 on this thread below). This is the only evidence I have seen of a Free Trade Hall on...