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Happy birthday Jayell have an amazing day

Happy birthday Mike have a super day

Well that delay then boom was certainly the signature the V1’s had.

Welcome to the Birmingham History Forum. You have me thinking now and it sounds like what your mom recalls is highly likely to be correct and would certainly be well worth researching more. They have an interesting section on German rockets at Cosford museum, I may pop back and have another...

The children of canal workers would attend schools in term time. There was a hostel for canal workers children in Jaffrey Cresent, Erdington where I know some would stay, the Ward family, and attend Moor End Lane School, This was a family of canal hauliers who worked for Willow Wren, Rugby. I...

Those steel erectors were quite fearless when it came to heights

Warren, I am sorry to hear your sad news, Jim was such a pleasant and friendly man who loved the history of our great city. The forum has made a significant contribution to the understanding of our past and is indeed a legacy to be proud of. Thinking of you and Hilary at this difficult time.

Hi John welcome to Birmingham History Forum. The member Clive Parmer has not been on the forum since 2018 and with only one post made, a reply maybe unlikely.

Hello and welcome to Birmingham History Forum. Dazling66 was last seen here on Feb 19, 2022 so may notrespond to your message

Monkspath Hall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkspath_Hall

Mike the same happend with Monkspath Hall. The developer buldozed it and was made to rebuild it brick by brick.

Happy birthday Brian, have a super day

I most certainly remember that shonky plank bridge across the stop lock. In face when I fist saw it, it was just a plank. It then became all posh and technical with a block of week and a big bolt for it to swivel on. I was sad to see it go in all honesty

The education department did, I recall go out of its way to encourage young school children to learn to swim. Free passes were one of the measures as was school swimming lessons.

Just thinking about it, Aston Brook and Hockely Brook (are they one and the same?) have had a couple of drowning incidents in that deep culvert. We used to play in the culvert of the River Rea too.

Its looking like it was a fishpond for years, maybe associated with Oscott College. Then was remodelled into a paddling pool when the adjacent social housing was built in between the wars. It was fed by a natural spring which I recall Pedrocut may know a bit more about. I too did my share of...

There most certainly was a pool in Finchley Park, I recall it was a paddling pool lined with concrete 2 or 3 feet deep, so enough to drown someone. Of course, in 1941 it may have not been concreted, a wild pond. Ill have a look at the maps later.

We you looking to have this translated into something easy to understand

You were lucky, it’s a wonder you did not fry in your own fat falling in the Rivar Tame, it was so polluted then like a river of toxic waste.

Well just PM me and ill let you have his contact details or ill even introduce you. He’s a dam good guys whose always supportive of people who are interested. One book I will say is absolutely essential if studying the Severn is Brian Waters Severn Stream. Its out of print now but there are...