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I used to be a regular visitor and contributor to this forum until 2010, when personal circumstances made me a more occasional visitor. Now that I am back, I am saddened by the number of posts that have "gone but not forgotten" written beneath the author's avatar. And yet, they bring to mind...

I recently came across a website called palette.fm; it uses artificial intelligence to colorise old black and white photographs. As you can see, the results are pretty impressive. You can use it for free (without even registering) but the maximum size of the output image is limited, as seen...

"It is worthy of remark that the houses of the poorer classes here are very superior to those usually met with in large manufacturing or densely inhabited towns." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/9113983/Britain-according-to-Bradshaws-Handbook.html?image=5 But where did...

I'm getting confused looking at these pictures - could someone help please? The first picture here shows the Hippodrome on the corner of Hurst St and Inge St: https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=33029 yet the second picture on this thread shows the same corner just a few...

Several people on my family tree were born in Britannia Place, St Paul's Square, between 1900 and 1910. I was hoping it would be easy to track down, as that area is relatively well preserved, but none of the maps I looked at, old or modern, had any trace of it. I did however find Britannia...

First of all, I am a newbie here so apologies if I have posted this message in the wrong part of the site. This is my first post! There was a programme on Radio 4 this morning about a series of short documentary films made in the late 1970's, promoting cities including Birmingham. Basically...