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See also info on parish records etc. on the Forum under St Thomas' Church Bath Row near Granville Street

Copied from an earlier post - may be of interest? Famous People of Birmingham: Alan William Napier-Clavering (1903-1988) Alan Napier, as he was known, was an English actor who was born in "Kings Norton" [actually Harborne where he spent his childhood]. He was related to Neville Chamberlain &...

Advert for a silent tool bag and saddle by Martins. Copied from an 1897 edition of the "Lady's Pictorial". On sale on Ebay - my favourite haunt for Birmingham ephemera.

Joseph Nichols & Son Ltd., Cheapside Wire Works Joseph Nichols & Son was founded back in 1841 to manufacture products involving wire working/weaving. It had an excellent reputation and developed into a major manufacturer in its field Invoice dated 1896 and its reverse. It won many medals...

Yes these are the reredos at St Albans Church, Highgate in St Patricks Chapel and very impressive they are too. The church is well worth a visit and is open for Heritage Week on Sun 20 Sept | 12pm-6pm. There is a very well illustrated account of the Bunce Reredos on St Albans website at...

A Mast Year: We have a huge old weeping beech tree in our back garden. Every year we have to sweep up some beech nuts followed by a deluge of leaves in late autumn. This year the nuts have kept falling for weeks - never seen anything like it - and they are still falling. Three green bags full...

Happy Birthday - and thank you for all your work on the field. Roy

Site is now in Sandwell Country Park. Some notes copied from Sandwell Park Colliery Trail -well worth reading. https://industrialtour.co.uk/sandwell-park-colliery-trail/#history 1897-1908 – A second pit is sunk 1.5 miles away (2.5 km) in the heart of Sandwell Valley Country Park called the...

Yes it is separate, thanks for reminder. Can't help but comment about Royal Mail - at least they knock on the door and wait for an answer not like most of the useless couriers we get!

Think this is the same company? Advert 1929.For sale/Ebay Advert 1872/Graces Guide

I came across this headed notepaper for sale on Ebay which set me off exploring: Henry followed his father John [a silver thimble maker] into the jewellery trade. He started Henry Griffiths & Sons, [as it later became known], in 1850. His premises were at 131 Warstone Lane and the firm...

I came across this for sale on Ebay. Rather odd product for Chemico? Wonder if it worked? 1917 and these on Graces Guide 1908 1946

You may well be right. Doesn't seem likely that a successful entrepreneur was also a music hall entertainer! but then Wiki should always be taken with a pinch of salt!

From an auction catalogue: A View of Lifford Hall, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, the Residence of Mr Dobbs, with a spectacular Captain Cook's Pine in the foreground Other notes: Thomas Dobbs bought Lifford Hall in 1789; he was an engineer who constructed both the Birmingham to Worcester and the...

Well they are back at a cost of 2.5 million pounds based at new stables at Tally Ho. Rather odd when a previous W.M chief constable said there is no place in modern policing for mounted officers and promptly abolished them.

See also Stirchley High Street. Perhaps merge? I worked in Stirchley briefly in the early 1970s and what an interesting place it was. Little changed over the decades. Lots of interesting small shops - fascinating! Two phots from D.J. Norton collection. Church of the Ascension just in view...

Curious about this. Was this the building [corner of Exeter and Hubert Road] or anyone know what it was originally?

Graces Guide for 1918 gives T. Cadby & Sons at 389/397 Farm Street.

Came across an explore of the old building in 2022 on the "28 days later" site - may be of interest? https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/powell-gunsmiths-birmingham-march-2022.132837/

I think it could well be James Watt's house. This is from Bill Darque's site: Harpur's Hills: first record 1772 Harpers Hill from Samuel Smiles 1865 'Lives of Boulton and Watt' a work now out-of-copyright downloaded from Grace's Guide website. Harpers Hill, the rising ground at the top of...