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A good pub story for a change, looks cosy.. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/old-moseley-arms-named-best-6472744

I'm sure a few of us Brummies would show some interest in this book discussing how Concrete come to the fore in planning https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25039745 Not been to the Barbican but it does look a good example, he also makes a good point that bad management led to the...

Anyone else see this?, brilliant.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jQF2VUghIw

Excellent video on the Mail website, click on full screen for best effect. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/video-camera-toting-drone-offers-amazing-6150476

I've always admired this building behind the Thomas Fattorini factory in the Jewellery Qtr. Last week i was taking a shot of it and there was some work men about and i asked them about the building. I didn't realize is was part of the Fattorini factory but they informed me it was built as a...

Does anyone know if it's possible to identify the exact month of a wedding from the free BDM site as it usually gives marriages etc in qtr's such as April May June.. https://www2.freebmd.org.uk/

Not much to go on this but Dad has always informed me there was a large photo on his parents wall of a Samuel Garbett possibly there was also a Leopold in his full name. Always took this with a pinch of salt as there's no one in my tree with that surname. Some kind person has printed me out an...

I've discoverd this picture of Aston Rd just past Digby Street and facing The Genearal Wolfe pub, could someone determine where in the row of houses on the left number 242 Aston Rd was?:emmersed:

Just discovered my ancestors were Drapers at 62 High St West Brom in 1861, on Google Street the building looks Georgian to me so this could be it!. How would you find out if it was the same building other than it's design?..looks more like a former house than a shop, perhaps they just lived...

Article in the Mail.. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/1950s-vision-of-future-birmingham-5778029

My Great Grandfather and his father and other family members were all Hawkers according to census information I've gathered. I was aware of this as my Father has in his possession a payment notebook of his Grandfathers, he used to sell fish around Gosta Green etc. There's just symbols for street...

My Uncle used to own a Cafe facing Digbeth Coach Station in the Sixties, it was on the corner of Oxford Street and Digbeth. I remember it being a rather large establishment as it had an upstairs dining area which was serviced via a dumb waiter, i also recall large globe type lights in the...

Some appropriate music to go with the weather..:02.47-tranquillity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M0KlMVlI4s&list=RD02BKHDrvVhk-0

Any one out there like Vaughan Williams?, This is Springtime Of The Year. Very apt considering it's been the coldest Spring for about Fifty years:blue:..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGbl8eQ2M14 Always sounds so very English to me.

Some nice info on here including some photos of The Mayfair Suite.. https://meccadancehalls.kett.ch/?page_id=73

Some good news for a change about the Woodman.. https://www.birminghampost.net/news/2013/04/04/historic-birmingham-pub-set-for-makeover-under-new-plans-65233-33117989/

Found some great footage on youtube of Birmingham 1935, not sure if posted before but here it is... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKAf9n911bY

What's your favorite film?, mine is David Lean's Great Expectations. The opening sequence to the film is wonderful and i just adore Dickens, get lost in his world for a few minutes...... YouTube- Great Expectations (1946) - "Boy Meets Convict" (Dir:David Lean)

This is lovely and just wanted to share it....

I found this smashing photo of a woman cleaning her house somewhere in Brum. It took me back to my Grandfathers house in Lawrence St, i would go once a week with my Mom and she would do so some chores for him and one of the tasks was to shake and brush the mats outside in the shared yard. She...