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These look like sweet peas but are in fact Blauwschokker peas. The have these lovely pink and purple flowers and develop purple pea pods growing to about 1.5 m heigh.

Love the picture. The drawbridge is still there; it’s gained handrails now too. Welcome to BHF. I have moved your thread to the correct section of the forum

That’s a good quality picture for a night camera

Hello They are in my tree as the children of Samual and Mary Pardoe my 4x great grandparents. In my tree it looks like they had ten children.

With reuse of historic building there are a few factors to consider, for example the life cycle cost. In the UK energy costs have increased by around 98% in the last ten years, making older building less attractive because they are hard to insulate. Often listed buildings in the UK tend to find...

Your absolutely correct, apologies. Unfortunately, it’s not just in Birmingham where listed building are being demolished. There was a theatre in Dudley, a teapoy factory in Stoke-on-Trent and a school in Durham, all listed, and all have fallen fowl of the wrecking ball. Its not so much about...

Yes, I think its looking towards Salford Bridge during the road improvement scheme. The remnants of the Birmingham Corporation Waterworks Department filter beds are on the left as is in the distance ethe old Aston Wells Pumping Station. The filter bed were made redundant by the Elan Valley...

Richard Birmingham Council has a democratic structure of 101 elected councillors who represent their constituents. There is a Cabinet made up of 10 councillors, a scrutiny committee of 11, and a myriad of other committees that additional councillors typically sit on. Then there are the senior...

I tend to find the hedgehogs come for a day or so then I dont see them again for weeks

Its not a small racing car, one of those hand built things that were done by apprentices is it Chris?

I did try a reverse images search to locate the site but no such luck.

Pete, I recall that LBSC was a model loco engineer who designed small but working steam locomotives. The blue tank engine looks similar to Rob Roy a Caledonian tank engine also a popular model engineer project.

Its one of those ongoing arguments like scone and scon. Growing up in Birmingham we always called the (the 4” dia ½ inch thick) pikelets. Crumpets seemed to creep in on TV adverts for butter, these were also identical to what I had known as pikelets. I then noticed some supermarkets seeing...

Many thanks for that snippet from the book, it generally fits the family stories that I know about. A couple of Pardoe lads married a couple of the gypsie girls from the caravan site too. Gypsies or travellers and traders seems to fit with a few other bits too. The boxing shed would have been...

Herbert died in 1957, so both the houses stood empty for many years. There was a chap by the name of Joe Dainty who lived at the Pardoe’s property. For many years. The story’s goes he was left at the house as a small boy and the Pardoe’s gave him accommodation. He acted like a caretake for the...

yes I recon so, it did change its name in some records and is also shown as Upper Gaolford too

Not sure about that, but it has always been a fun talking point

I do indeed have a copy of Old Ward End. It has few pictures of Tomy the boxer. I don’t recall the story of death of one of the Pardoe’s attributed to the eating of cress that a Toad had slept beneath but I am aware of a food poisoning events where two children died. Thanks

The embankment is the sandpit my grandad dug with the wall behind being church walk,

Mark, this is Martha and my mom. Note the caravans in the background. The kids are from the caravans