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As a child in Guildford Street, his bedroom was above an empty shop. It had been a drapers, a grocers, a bakers and even a printers. But not for many years. Looking through his bedroom window, across the road were only houses. Around the corner in Farm Street, the shops were busy and thriving...

It was located on the East of Eden Place and I knew it for at least the first twenty years of my life and my family would have known it for at least forty years before; or at least since the time it was first came to be there. I don’t know when that was, and I never knew what it was used for...

Has Antony Gormley's Iron: Man, originally in Victoria Square be relocated yet; if so where?

Can anybody remember the name of the rash that (girls mostly) got from sitting close to the fire please?

Does anyone have information about a jewellers from the first decade of the twentieth century called Leathers?

Can anyone remember the name of a clothing manufacturers, sewing workshop, etc., in Nursery Road, the Hockley Brook end please?

This is a photograph of my Mom taken around 1912. Is she wearing a uniform? If so any clues. She seems to be all in black; the hat and scarf(?) seem like part of a uniform. Possible clues and information: She went to St Matthias's school in Wheeler Street. She went to the chapel in Guildford...

Does anyone have a photo of the computer that played draughts with you, (and usually won) please? It was in the old Museum of Science and Industry in Newhall St in the 40s and 50s.

Found this in a sale. Photographer - May and Co, 279 Wheeler Street, Lozells

I found this photo in a sale. It is of Conway Road School, I guess around 1900 - 1905. Somebody's mom or gran must be here

Can anyone help with this photo? It was taken by a Handsworth photographer - Taylor's Press Service, 366 Soho Road. I have fiddled with the exposure and can see that the menus on the table read 'Reunion Dinner'; nothing else is clear enough to identify. My Dad is in the photo and he was in the...

Can anyone help with this detail of my Dad's records. What could be the word after 'Unit: advanced' please

Can anyone help with this detail of my Dad's records. What could be the word after 'Unit: advanced' please?

Is anyone familiar with Queens Road Aston? Were there houses there in 1963ish? Were there new flats or tower blocks by any chance? Many thanks

Can any one help locate Grange Lane, Bordesley, (NOT Grange lane, Erdington). It was there in and around 1841, possibly near Grange Road (guessing). Many thanks

Can anyone help please? I have a large print out of Dower's 1834 map of Birmingham. It's made up of about 16 A4 sheets pasted together. I printed it out about five years ago to use for family history research. I have coloured stickers locating mid nineteenth century Ingrams all over it. I now...

Can anyone give me information about this photo please? The sixteen year old lad leaning on the tent on the left is my dad Alf Ingram. For instance what is the caption short for? Part of it could be, for instance Southern Company (Command) Signals:?: Royal Engineers (TerritorialsL. 1913 But I am...

This thread is an offshoot of the Guildford Street thread here: https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11058&page=15&p=425001#post425001 First a 1938 map of the area - Gower Street can be found at the top right below Lozells Road

Been searching my archives and found some old maps of these areas. In no particular order, firstly Kingstanding about 1920

Easter Sunday 2011, Wales. Just put on the Ink Spots on my iPod plugged into my Roberts player. They are singing Why do you whisper green grass. Suddenly found myself in the front room playing the windup record player; I am about thirteen. When it finishes I go out through the front door into...