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    Old Maps of Birmingham

    Try the Scottish National Library website for old maps. They have maps covering the whole of the UK.
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    Motorcycle Shops

    Not quite Birmingham but reading 1921 census information I find Thomas Rowe - occupation; motorcycle agent at - 1 Hagley Road, Halesowen. I know it is a long shot but does anyone have a photograph or additional information?
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    Halesowen Romsley Sanatorium 1974/1975

    O K I am a year late and you probably already know this but.... The hospital was closed but not demolished; it was converted into up market apartments but still known to older Romsley residents as "The Sanny". Whilst the sanatorium was in Worcestershire it was owned by Birmingham so records will...
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    Rubery Hill Asylum Hospital

    Perhaps loosely connected to your requirements, unfortunately nothing to do with patients but.... Looking through Romsley area census returns I see that:- Mary Course of Dayhouse Bank worked as a mental nurse worked there in 1921 and even further removed from patients...... Andrew Waldron Hill &...
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    Home Guard - Crashed Heinkel Bomber Hales Lane Smethwick

    Clowe Two sources of information One - An excellent article easily traced - see following link. https://inthenightoftheday.anotherplacelikehome.com/in-the-night-of-the-day Two - More of a challenge. I am of a generation that assembled Airfix kits including a Paul Boulton Defiant. About five...
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