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These sites might help. Looks like Trimite (Handsworth) & Carrs were linked www.carrscoatings.com https://www.trimite.com/

History of Stockfield Road.....pages from Acocks Green History society....don't miss the other links at the bottom of the page https://aghs.jimdofree.com/stockfield-road/

I lived at 131 Stockfield Road in the late 1960's early 1970's. After I left, My parents were moved out and a factory warehouse was erected in the place of the block of houses. I can still smell the formaldehyde "aroma" from the Bakelite (BXL) factory where I worked in the labs for a few...

---and two photos looking back the other way (different dates)

It's Byron Road on the left, Bolton Road on the right, looking towards Small Heath/Sparkbrook railway station and The Sydenham Hotel. I have the same photo dated 1907. Here's a later photo taken from a similar spot, but just past the junction Peter

I took my motorbike test on a Lambretta Ldb at the test centre in Sheldon. I didn't know the area well and when I was sent off to do a circuit of the local roads, I got lost. When I eventually made my way back to the centre I wasn't expecting the tester to leap out in front of me for my...

These are a good starting points in this forum--- https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/birmingham-air-raids.43244/ https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/map-of-w-w2-bombing.46272/ Peter

Here's my try

Here's my try Lyn

Is this them, based in Mount Street? https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/James_Heeley_and_Sons

Here's another but I don't know why it keeps coming up as 'pardon our interruption'...

There are a number of corkscrews advertised on ebay with James Heeley's name on but I haven't found any that are silver hallmarked eg...

Here's my try ........

Here's my attempt ............and one with colour added

I don't know if theses links have been added before but here is a good site for radio memories together with quite a few old recordings http://www.turnipnet.com/whirligig/radio/index.htm Many of the old radio programmes mentioned above were also recorded on early TV. This is a good site to see...

An old pal of mine, and a ex member of this site "Berniew", started as an apprentice electrician with Dowding and Mills around 1964 and worked there for most of his working life. Sadly Bernie is no longer with us.