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I do know that this cinema had its own generating set so its likely

I wonder if they were to illuminate the cinema

How strange, its not advertising for the cinema by any chance?

The building was a cafe and boat house so I imagine it was when they were decommissioned and became a leisure facility. I have seen the lakes drained a couple of times when I was younger

Well Tabernacle is a tent or a temporary hut for worship, so with most of the Tim Tabernacles being temporary I sounds likely

With birds throw a towel over them and wrap them up lightly. The dark settles then down then you can take them into the garden and release. I had a Magpie in the bathroom the other day. How it managed that Im not sure. As I do feed the birds, I do know they will come into the house sometimes so...

Viv untreated oak is exceptionally durable as long as you keep water out of the end grain. Its why timber framed building had wide softs and a stone plinth.

Spot on Mike, the practice of paining timber framed building black and white started in the mid-19th century and was a result of so-called renovation work. It was responsible for a lot of damage causing the timber to rot due to entrapped water. I though it looked naff too. Originally the panels...

I popped out today to take a look at the Golden Lion in Cannon Hill Park. This Grade II listed building was built in the 16th century and has survived attacks from both Royalists in the English Civil Wars and, later, from suffragettes. It was relocated to the city's Cannon Hill Park in 1911...

I too share your views; I liked the guy but there is a lot more to Birmingham thank just one individual. The J.R.R. Tolkien legacy has been flogged to death several times. I feel it idol thinking by the promotors. There are a lot of people who have achieved and done great things and who are...

Is it a bracket for a gas lamp?

Yes that near where I thought it was. Stratford Street used to run across the top of Lawrence Street.

I have a vague recollection that the very first social housing was built near the bottom of Corporation St maybe where Stratford Street used to be?

Thanks for that Mark, a super quiz that I really enjoyed.

Most certainly pre war, a fire watch hut was added to the top sometime WWII

He is a star and such and interesting with a lot of lived experience. I have been following the You Tube channel myself

Mark, many thanks for this fun quiz. I am thinking number 6 is an oil pot with a dipper. I have seem stuff like this in the building trade for placing a spot of oil on hinges.

Yes that's right the motor boat. They had one in Sutton park too. I cannot remember if there was a cafe at Brookvale. if so It would have been above the boat house like at Witton Lakes.

Brookvale Park did not have a model yacht club. It have rowing boats and then a manned yacht club. The yacht clubs were at Witton Lakes uper lake and Bournville Lake who still operate

Thinking about the house at a right angle to the road, I suspect it's here Viv