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What about this proposal for Gas Street Basin?! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgm1dew2mlro

On todays BBC website, a nice clip of Kay Alexander talking about her time on Midlands Today. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c04pe14l73lo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy552g38d3o

This year the heritage week is from 6th to 15th September, events etc here... https://birminghamheritageweek.co.uk/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEfP41leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTF5zDuwiFAvtyIPBYcjHcUg5X6ahc8GkMiwVFos1NmkXKBBRAlogN06OQ_aem_K2_g2jKL20KvVjK53KIJUg

Interesting article on the BBC West Midlands website today regarding injured soldiers taking up embroidery during their convalescence... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72gz15pe41o An example here... There is an exhibition of work at the Fusilier Museum in Warwick until 25th May which...

Ian Lavender has passed away aged 77. I was very surprised to read this, I guess because we tend to still think of him as the 'boy' in Dad's Army. RIP Ian https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68204488

Posted on another forum I follow - might be of interest to someone? https://www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/about

The closure of the iconic 60's signal box at the end of this year :confused: sad but necessary I guess. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-birmingham-64007383

The MAC is 60 this year! There is an interesting short film on the history mentioned on the BBC website.. ...from this article.. https://macbirmingham.co.uk/

How sad that the upper floors of this building have been left to decay. It was originally workshops for jewellers, silversmiths and goldsmiths when the Jewellery Quarter stretched up to Handsworth. Some history here... https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7151204...

A list of places open around Birmingham in September 2022. For other places in the Midlands, use the search function...

I found out today quite by chance that Bruce Chatwin, whose best known book is probably In Patagonia, comes from a family with Birmingham connections and who lived in Birmingham and the Midlands during his early life, although he was born in Sheffield which was his mother's home city. I...

I have just seen this, posted on another forum.... https://www.keytothecitybrum.org/get-involved Anyone heard anything about it? Sounds rather intriguing!

The British Library are releasing one million pages as a free resource. There are some Midland newspapers included - might be of use to some of our members. Information here.... https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/08/11/british-library-puts-1-million-newspaper-pages-online-for-free/

Here are some interesting receipts from London's oldest Ironmongers (1797-2013) Prestland and Sons which have connections to Birmingham - I thought they may be of interest. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Snell_and_Brown https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/George_H._Hughes Quite alot of...

I came across these three videos compiled by Joceline Glai on YouTube. They are a mix of old postcards of roads and areas of Handsworth with film of the current (2020) area shown and she includes some history and comments. I think she has done a great job and thought it would be good to share...

I have just found out about this company with a connection to Birmingham by chance when I was looking for some information about a tin church in the London Borough of Hackney where I live. The church was constructed in 1858 from corrugated iron and is still standing! The company, Tupper and Co...

There doesn't seem to be an appropriate thread to post this so thought I would start this. I found this poem quoted in the comments box of a seemingly unrelated short doccumentary film on YouTube - it was actually about a hidden river walk in east London. The poem is about the River Tame and...

I was just reading a blog article - London themed - about sets of cigarette cards which were supplied by the Spinet House, London and Birmingham. Pictures here I had a quick Google as I wondered where they were based in Birmingham but couldn't find any address - does anyone know anything...

I'm trying to find birth details of my Great Grandfather. The first information I have of him is on the 1871 census taken in Clun, Shropshire, his name is down as John Hopkins and age is 8. He is living in the household of Thomas William(s) stepfather and Jane William(s) mother. It gives his...