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I have been in this on a hard hat tour a couple of years ago while still under reconstruction. It is a very interesting building and one worth saving as there are good alternative uses for it. I thought they were stretching the father of the skyscraper story a bit far in all honesty. If I...

Mike Looks like the site has been hacked or cloned.

No problem, enjoy

I love all of the sooty back building, the signature of an industrial era

There is a bronze stature of Vesta Tilley in Worcester.

Ok here you go for a link to the Warstone Cemetery thread and the right page https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/warstone-lane-cemetery.5395/page-7

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My dad used silver paper off a fag packet to fix fuses

My thoughts are that if an individual died of malnutrition or starvation then it is a possibility they died on a pavement, maybe in a doorway or similar.

Thanks Viv. I know there blocks quite well; I was the site QS when they were refurbished back in 1992. If I’m honest the refurbishment was not really well thought through. A lot of thee work we undertook was well cringeworthy when we looked at the overall design, usefulness, impact and cost...

I love how the developers act like they are doing everyone a big favour when applying for planning permission. Was there a campaign set up to reject this on the grounds that they want to demolish some historic Canalside building?

Super photos Mark. It’s a nice park that, I cycle through it, coming off the Fazley Canal and cutting across to Pype Hays park, then Penns Hall Hotel and on to Sutton Park. There is a nice route back into Birmingham via Kingstanding and the lakes. I much prefer these rewilded parks

Are they looking for people then Lyn?

The building was used last by Phillip Harris the scientific instrument makers and supplyers, it was thier despatch depot. Phillip Harris are still trading and are aware of their past involvement with this building so a call the them may help. It is a Grade II listed building here is the list...

I have made a fair bit of progress with the card index filing cabinet over the last couple of days. Replaced a couple draw runners, so the draws all line up. I have also made a start on replacing the damage top now. Another couple of days and ill be finished...

The joys of consumerism and marketing

Happy birthday chocks, have a super day

There is a fake CAPTCHA websites hijack doing the rounds at the moment. I came across one today but as soon as I saw that verification steps popup, I could see this is not right. Do beware and also check you download folder for any newly downloaded zip files too. read more about it here:

The Black Country Radio Extra are running a show tonight at 4:00pm and again on Monday at 6:00pm talking about the latest Birmingham Grid Project The exhibition will continue to run for a further 4 weeks at the main Birmingham library.

Its sound like you may have to think about your question in another way. Treat it as an exception, are there other closed schools that have not retained detailed information? One the Gov site there is very little about another couple of closed schools I know of. This may be government policy