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Just seen this posted on FB by Birmingham Archives re Sutton Coldfield Library ... An update on the #SuttonColdfield archive transferred from Sutton library to here in Summer 2025. All the archive is here and our Archivist is making good progress in assessing documents and updating catalogues.

Very sorry to hear that news :( My condolences to her family and friends. RIP Alberta

Not a very kind description of Brum ;)!

I thought those rooms with the wooden panels were great too! I hope the oak will be reused in other ways, I imagine it's worth some money.

A bit more about the Golden Lion this morning.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crq5xvn74381o

A new collectable Cluedo 50p coin has been minted... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckx2zdj4166yo

An article from the BBC Birmingham website this morning... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckjw5xn34edpo

An article from the BBC Birmingham website this morning.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm9862l9kzngo

Interesting article, so it's still a mystery of most of the life of James Stevens!

I visited the London Canal Museum at the back of King's Cross Station this week for Heritage week which was interesting. The building is next to a canal Wharf and was originally for ice storage, the ice was shipped over from Scandinavia and stored in a large basement area. There was a display...

The Jug of Punch folk club was in a back room of Digbeth Civic Hall during the late 60s. Post #12 on this thread on the Forum mentions Paul Simon playing there but no details. https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/digbeth-institute-civic-hall.29258/

Happy Birthday! Enjoy your day :party:

I liked the milk actually, I often helped myself to a second bottle at lunchtime if there were still some in the crates by the hallway downstairs!

No, I don't remember any milk bottles with cardboard tops from my school days.

Seen this morning in the Birmingham BBC website, I wasn't quite sure where to post this! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7v4z57qg7no

Yes, very interesting, many things I didn't know!

Kay Westworths was a shop that sold musical instruments, I think there were a few branches, one in Cannon Street.

I know of a couple of recreation grounds/little park areas near churches in my London Borough where the graves have been left intact under the grass and the grave stones have been moved to stand against walls around the perimeter quite a long time ago.

Fleetwood Mac, the original band with Peter Green, certainly played in the area at Le Metro club in Livery Street back in the 60s, my friend and I saw them there at the Blues night they had mid week.

Interesting! Margaret was in the same year as me. I knew she was a Birchfield Harrier. Some of us met up for a meal in Sutton Coldfield back in the 70s and Margaret had us in stitches telling us how she had, by chance, met up with Mrs Cockbain (in a GP surgery I think it was) and Mrs C invited...