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Thanks for filling in some information on this pub Mike. I know that the powers that be decided to reduce the numbers of public houses in Birmingham at some point but I'm not actually sure how the consolidation scheme affected them. Or am I getting confused with the time they closed pubs and...

Thanks for moving my post - didn't think it came under Birmingham Breweries.

Thank you both. The Kings Arms then - pretty obvious when you think about it. Which I didn't!

The attached image is a 'find' from a Leicestershire field. I don't seem to have taken a photo of the other side for some reason but will ask for one. There's no pub name on it but it does say 'Inn' and High Street. It also gives the name Henry Oliver and West Bromwich. I tried 'The Lion and...

The finding of gold coins on an other thread prompted me to post these pictures. My cousin is a deterctorist and found this token in a field in Leicestershire. Unfortunately its not gold!

Hi Emo, there is a long photo from 1961 earlier on this thread as you probably know. I'm attaching a section of this and I'm on the back but one row, third from the left. I had very blond (natural) hair and look bald! I expect you're on the long photo too as you were still there in summer1961.

A very interesting photo - all those supervisors checking that the operators were doing their jobs properly. I was wondering what the men were doing and the ladies in the middle of the room seated at the desks. Telegrams? Message services? Perhaps we'll never know.

Sorry meant to include the following: A boot and shoe clicker is the person who cuts the uppers for boots or shoes from a skin of leather or piece of man-made material (usually from a bulk roll). This includes all components of the upper, including linings, facings, stiffeners, reinforcements...

Very interesting report Viv. My Gt Aunt Augusta was a boot 'clicker' in Birmingham around the turn of the 20th century.

Thank you so much Janice - that photo is just what I've been looking for. I didn't think it was on the photo of the corner posted earlier as I thought that was the area that my ancestor had a house. However, I've been wrong before! Well done! Penny

Hi Viv, I've been looking for a picture of the warehouse for years so thank you! I know it was on a corner, possibly of Water Street, as they would have used the canals I would think for transporting goods. If I remember correctly it was there until the 1940's so should appear on fairly recent...

This is for all people of a certain age - Meet The Huggetts is on BBC Sounds 4x at the moment. Haven't had time to listen to it as I've been listening to Paul Temple. I'm pretty sure it was Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison in the main parts.

Crumbs Viv! I didn't realise that oat milk was going then - if only for horses. I thought it was something fairly modern. Just goes to show that there's nothing new ( I find it a bit thick in tea but OK on cereals - a bit like sterra). Wonder what the horses made of it? Where was No. 25 do you...

Thanks Janice, that really puts a date on the move and photo. Wonderful. RRJ. That's absolutely fine by me but I don't know who it belongs to. Suspect it's the council but as I've fallen out with them at the moment I really don't care!

Thank you RRJ. I thought the 'cottage' in the background looked remarkably like Wilmot House and you have confirmed it. I have been researching the family who I think built it, the Edials.

Hi Janice, Thanks for your input. I believe these photos were taken in the early 60's or even late 50's. I've got an idea that they were to do with the redevelopment of the area and were photocopies (possibly under-the-counter) from some council office. Penny

Some years ago I was given several photostats of photographs taken in Birmingham and I've been able to identify most of them. However, this one is still a mystery - can anyone say where it is please?

Viv, I was too taken up with the balconies to notice the horse although, a you say, it was centre stage! I wonder what regiment the men were from? There was a lot of recruitment in Birmingham for the marines around this time. I'm sure someone can tell us.

Really unusual picture Viv, I like the balconies!

We had a lovely box tree on the patio, trimmed (intermittently and inexpertly) into a cone shape. It looked very elegant but we returned from holiday to find that it had been decimated by the box tree moth. It was covered in caterpillars and despite the fact that my neighbour picked them all off...