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This bank first opened at 22 High St in Dec 1919 and operated in the old shop premises which it had purchased for £775. It required extensive reconstruction work to be carried out, which was completed in 1923 when the formal opening was made on Feb 17th 1923. The adjoining premises at 24 High St...

Today, I keep getting a pop up youtube video of Berlin by Humix. It's on the home page & every other catagory I go into. It is only happening on The Birmingham History Website. Is this just my problem or has anyone else experienced this?

I'm sure I'm not dreaming but, I saw a photo a while back of the old closed down cafe on the junction of Gerrard St & Alma St. I'm sure I commented that when we were kids, to make the traffic lights change, we used to kick the embossed lighthouse on the door of that traffic light regulator that...

Charles Winn started his business in 1859 as a plumbers merchant. The business ran for 141 years until it's closure in 2000. I had the privilege of working for Charles Winn (valves) Ltd as a Quality Control Inspector for just over 25 years. When I first started in 1974 they were located along...

Hope I've picked the right thread. I'm having an ongoing debate with friends about a painting on the side of building of a man up a ladder painting the building. This was in Witton Road between Birch Rd & the Yew Tree pub in the early 60s. Are there any photos of this? Would love to see it again.

I was telling my grandkids about a certain pork pie I used to like in the 1950s. Monk's pork pie was the pie and I'm sure the factory was in Balsall Heath Road. Anyone got any photos of it? I also remember a van that used to deliver to our local grocery shop which had a picture of a huntsman on...