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I've also taken the liberty of putting the late James Hyland's 'Brief History of Selly Oak', so that it won't be lost, on my own website - 'A History of Birmingham Places & Placenames . . . from A to Y' - https://billdargue.jimdo.com/ . Click the link near the foot of the Selly Oak page -...

I understand that since Peter Gamble's death there have been problems with the site and believe, sadly, that it will not be up again. Some of it, though not all working properly, has been saved on the Internet Archive www.archive.org - type in www.virtualbrum.co.uk . And I do know that Mike...

And here are a few more from Google Book Search - most but not all are fully available; some, especially those still in copyright, have a limited preview. Another great resource! (PS Don’t forget that other great resource - ‘A History of Birmingham Places and Placenames from A to Y’ -...

I’ve recently come across the Internet Archive https://www.archive.org/index.php, a vast store of all sorts of media, including books. I ran a search for Birmingham and (amongst Birmingham Alabama, authors named Birmingham, books published in Birmingham) found the following books about...

William Dargue 2008 A History of Birmingham Places & Placenames . . . from A to Y https://billdargue.jimdo.com/ Are we allowed to advertise our own websites here?! My site, A History of Birmingham Places & Placenames . . . from A to Y, explains the origin and meaning of Birmingham's...

William Dargue 2008 A History of Birmingham Places & Placenames . . . from A to Y https://billdargue.jimdo.com/ Thanks, Maureen, for posting my website here. I’m very keen to hear from residents or past residents of Birmingham what they think of the articles about the areas they know...