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Gosh...that's some window display!!

Wow .... amazing piece of engineering! I wonder how much was spent on that though? I really hope the whole HS2 construction is going to have long term benefits?!

Ah yes, I can see now!

There were back houses in William Street Lozells, the family of a friend of mine at senior school lived in one, four houses that you got to through an entry. Perhaps that wasn't the case in the whole road?

Yes it must have been at some time, we lived in the area from the late 60s and the school looked the same then so the old building would have gone before that.

Yes, there is still a school in Hamstead Road, on the other side of the road to the church and a little higher up..

Slightly off topic geographically but one of my mother's cousins emigrated to Canada in the 50s and enjoyed a better life than he would have done in the UK, he ran his own business, learned to fly and had his own plane and the family had a holiday place in Florida.

Hallo Jez, I often look at your FB page and have been aware of the Archive for some years now! I don't live in Birmingham now but I think I have some old memorabilia of the Birmingham music scene somewhere, I'll have a look and let you know what I can find. Anne

I guess it might have been filmed on a Sunday? It would have been fairly quiet as there was no Sunday trading then. I worked in Town around that time but I have no recollection of the parade.

I haven't seen the film (not really a Cliff Richard fan!) but I do remember it being filmed in Birmingham. Yes, I guess it's an interesting look at Brum in the 70s now.

Looks great! Love the old radio cassettes they've got in there.

Magic Roundabout - Zebedee! I actually know someone who has used it as his DJ name for years, everyone just calls him Zeb now.

Firkins Bakers shops returning to the Black Country! I think I remember there were some of their shops in Birmingham too. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2enlmknzzxo

I've had it happen about 3 times but, as others have said, it's fine when I try again. I just thought it might be my phone connection as I don't have WiFi and it's a bit slow sometimes.

Interesting opinions. I was surprised to see a picture of the number 30 Hackney Wick bus included - quite local to me in London!

This weekend for anyone who might have an interest... https://www.birminghamhippodrome.com/birmingham-weekender-2025-whats-on/

Yes indeed @Mark Tooze I wonder what they would think about people looking at a photo of them all these years later?! They wouldn't have imagined the world in 2025!

The name on the building looks like William Suckling - they were silversmiths according to this, no mention of munitions. WILLIAM SUCKLING ENGLISH SILVERSMITH HISTORYFounded in Birmingham by William Suckling in 1895, the company specialized in a large range of quality silver-plated silverware...

I remember Big Bear very well, the bands connected to the label used to appear together for mini festival events called Big Bear Follies (sometimes spelled Ffollies) - some great music! There is quite a lot of information on the Web about the label and artists and Jim Simpson himself, he was a...

Yes, I'm sure you are right about all that, poor old Bartons it's sort of stuck on an island in the middle of nowhere so to speak :confused: