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So was I. She sure was!

Mark- these are incredibly evocative photos. I was fortunate to have moved away before the final act of destruction so only knew the building in my early teens - my formative years - pre-1976, when it was almost intact but decaying. I never saw, thank God, the bitter end. The place haunts me- I...

Hi Rentaghost - there certainly was an Adolescent Unit - I was in it for a short while as a day patient! - but I don't know anything about a secure unit. The place I remember was an annexe to the main hospital- all very 1960's in design and just full of rather lost and mixed-up teenagers like...

Sorry- hit the wrong button! I've just joined the Birmingham History Forum and I'm just finding my way around. Snow Hill station, along with the Museum of Science and Industry had a profound effect on me as a child. Probably a lot of the following has been said already- but I hope it's of...

I agree, although as you say, way before time for most of us- still, we have Duchess of Hamilton- and C of B's paint is authentic and pre-preservation.

Ah- thank you, RobT- my memory is playing tricks! The loco arrived much earlier than I thought. I just have something dancing on the edge of my memory that there was some major publicity about the loco around the time we moved to the city and I thought it must be connected with its arrival- but...

Williamstreeter- I wonder which loco that was in the early 60's? Before my time. I think I can just remember City of Birmingham's arrival at the museum- it's just possible that my parents took me into town to see- but we'd only just moved to the city and I was six. I think my comment on the way...

Thanks Dave- I'll have a look.

Yes- I remember the geode- and also the Pinto Collection of wooden objects- as well, of course, as the T rex! all now long gone, I think.

This lovely museum was a source of delight and inspiration to many, many people. The prize exhibit was 46235 “City of Birmingham” which arrived straight from a cosmetic overhaul at Crewe in 1964 and, hence, is one of the few (if not the only) surviving steam locomotives in authentic paint. The...