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On sunny days young people will sit outside on the benches and tables. I'm not so sure about the numbers though and I only visit the Woodman these days if there is an event in the upstairs room. I think that some young people drink sparingly or not at all.

And another thread here: https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/lancaster-makers-of-cameras.58468/

Belated Happy Birthday Jean. Hope you can enjoy the Bank Holiday sunshine!

But as I posted #50 September 2022 it was known that Curzon Street Hub wasn't due to open until 2033 - this date seems to be 2039 now. But there is an awful lot of building work to be done before then. The construction of Curzon Square and the Station complex itself. Students in term time and...

BOY LAYS THE GHOST It Was a Lamp Shining on Tombstones By climbing a street lamp-post and obscuring the light with his coat, a boy succeeded last night in laying the 'liveliest ghost that has troubled the Black Country for many a day. Each night this week there has been talk of spectres in...

The cemetery concerned would be Oldbury Cemetery.

Sorry Trabo, I found these by searching Calmview for 'Hurst Street Subway'. Screenshot of results. Alas Birmingham Archives are tricky to use. You will need an Archives Card (which you can use in many UK archives). Then you need an appointment at the Wolfson Centre. But once you have these the...

Birmingham Archives have photographs from 1961. These are not digitised though. I don't know if this is any use to you. https://calmview.birmingham.gov.uk/CalmView/Overview.aspx Stokkie

Extracts from the Account Rolls of the Abbey of Durham …, ed. C. Fowler, vol. 1, Surtees Society Publications 99 (1898). This is a Victorian transcript. (1324-5) : Pro vxx et viij ulnis panni de Berm' pro ix robis [etc.]. (1342-3) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc. 99171 : vxx uln. de albo Bermegeham pr...

The first surviving documentary record of Birmingham is in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is recorded as the small manor of Bermingeham, worth 20 shillings. (Wikipedia) Text is Medieval Latin with the place name presumably rendered phonetically.

If anyone has a public library card, then via digital resources you may be able to have free access to the Oxford English Dictionary and other resources from home. https://www.oed.com/information/get-help-with-access/access-while-away-from-institution?tl=true

The OED (Oxford English Dictionary) records written usage. Of course oral usage may be considerably earlier. I was delighted to discover that Worcestershire Libraries have digital access from anywhere! Brummagem 1679– Designating counterfeit coins manufactured in the English city of...

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The old GPO building is now known as Victoria Square House. But the Post Office has now closed and the building seems mainly occupied by law firms. The City Centre Post Office has opened in TG Jones (the new name for W.H. Smith) in Union Street.

Many Happy Returns! Derek

The exhibition outside the Town Hall is over now, I'm afraid. But Jo Gane's video #12 in this thread is well worth watching. She explains the connection between electroplating and daguerréotypes clearly. The daguerréotype is a one off image on a copper plate while the future of photography...

Thanks Janice! That looks probable.

Thanks Lauren! So we can eliminate Reservoir House and Reservoir Cottage. Do you know what your cottage is called and what state it is in?