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Cannon hill Park celebrates 150th Birthday BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-66749963

Little bit of history here about Scribbens-kemp Ltd at Capehill https://www.kzwp.com/lyons1/scribbans.htm

There is a Thomas Fattorini still making medals and badges on Frederick Street

Was still standing in 2020 according to google maps...

This may help a little https://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/blogehrhardt.php

My Husband lived at the other end of the Tunnel "The pathway" and remembers playing in this tunnel as a toddler.

Named after Kettlehouse Farm the land it was built on.

Here is a short video to be going on with while we wait for Sean.

This is the plan for the Old Typhoo building area, BBC intend to site their studios there. This will include a small arm of the Digbeth Branch Canal https://www.typhoowharfconsultation.co.uk/the-site/ https://grant-associates.uk.com/news/planning-application-submitted-for-bbcs-new-birmingham-home

To be honest I agree with Mikejee. I am not the least bit surprised, criticism of the Police has been running rife of late. This is primarily a training centre and needs to be reclaimed in order to expand their training of officers and meet there target of reducing their overall costs by a £30m...

Article on The iron room here https://theironroom.wordpress.com/2020/12/21/o-christmas-tree-fund/

Hi Peter is there any other information to go on? do you know Ellen's maiden name. Is Mrs Hubble a sister?

I wonder if the warehouse description comes from the fact they not only supplied ironmongery goods but also used to supply the iron masters with the metal to produce the goods which they then sold. Good article here on iron mongers and and iron masters...

This took me back. Loved this programme as a child. Also loved Thunderbirds, I so wanted to marry Virgil one day. Weird or what?!

According to Janice's site the they only produced 50 K4's. The stamp machine was noisy and interfered with telephone calls. Guess the 1930's one in #871 was very large was replaced by the one in my photo which I think is a K6...I may be totally wrong.

Found this picture of Coleridge passage 1964 from Birmingham Forum cannot see the stamp dispenser though.

Just been looking, I cannot see it as listed. It was originally built as a farm house in 1765 and officially became a public house in 1830, originally being called Siden House( Siden is black country dialect for crooked(out of place)). Think it then became Glynne Arms. Be very sad to see it go.

Is it a listed building? If not it called be levelled and the site developed.

I actually think the fire place is what remains of the lodge to South bank Estate

Just found this old advert for Swift cycles on google search. It refers to Birmingham but does not state if Swifts were manufactured here or just an outlet for sales. Refers to 77 Colmore Row