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It's hard to believe, but authoritative Bowie fan sites say that David Bowie and the Riot Squad played at the Charde Guest House on Mackadown Lane, Kitts Green on 26 April 1967. The guest house still appears to be there with the same name. Has anyone heard about this gig? Or maybe DB and the...

Apparently he also performed at the University of Birmingham School of Education on 20 May 1966 .... with the Buzz, supporting a band called the Escorts. Here are a couple of photos from events in the original post .... 5 March 1966 : Crane's music shop in Colmore Circus, promoting his single...

An 1855 map showing Duddeston Hall with its extensive grounds. Credit: NLS.

Well spotted Pedro .... it appears to be a wrongly labelled photo, but it prompted an interesting thread. And Rednal is still within the scope of the Forum. Viv: there was no identifiable theme to the 5 or 6 photos on the pub wall .... except that they are all (supposed to be) in Moseley.

I noticed this photo yesterday on the wall in the back room of the Trafalgar (now Patrick Kavanagh) pub in Woodbridge Road, Moseley. Does anyone know whereabouts in Moseley this shop was located? EDIT: Location identified by Pedro as Fern Cottage in Rednal.

Clearly not the lost 1950s or 1960s photo from Post #1 .... but here's an earlier view of the same location.

Here's another James Burgoyne photo showing the rear of 34 Bull Street .... by Minories. It's dated 9 August 1874. Credit: Birmingham Library.

The photo is one of the James Burgoyne set taken to record views before the construction of Corporation Street, dated c1875. It's description in the Birmingham Library archive is "Garden at rear of 93 Bull Street, Birmingham" .... which is the old Barrow's Store location (on the west side of...

An early photo of Corporation Street showing the old Midland Educational store on the left.

A very very late reply to Post #1 in this thread .... This aerial photo of Greet from September 1928 shows the Birmingham MCC track (on the right). Credit: britainfromabove.org.uk

A photo of the building with firemen still in action .... October 1940.

A good 1855 map to give context for the previous photos of The Gullet. Credit: Birmingham Archive.

The Milward building - that Dennis posted to start this thread - is shown on the right hand side of this painting by Warren Blackham. It also shows the Lichfield Street end of the Gullet .... next to Thos Hopkins' Tea Shop.

A James Burgoyne photo of the Union Hotel yard.

Another couple of James Burgoyne photos that haven't appeared on this thread yet .... showing Balloon Street before it was cleared. The attached "Birmingham Improvement Scheme" map (dated March 1879) indicates the proposed route of Corporation Street, and where Balloon Street was located.

Here's an old interior photo of the Plough at Monkspath.

A clearer version of a previously posted 1885 photo of the old General Hospital in Summer Lane. The poster in the bottom right of the photo is advertising the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival that was held at the Town Hall (during that period) to raise funds for the General Hospital. The...

A George Warren Blackham painting of the Shakespear Tavern. It bears the name Mark Yates, so I assume it's the one in Lower Temple Street .... even though it doesn't look identical to the earlier photo, but I guess that's artistic licence.

Yes Lyn .... I didn't have access to the electoral register, but I worked out the house location from that photo on Post #9, and the position of the entry in the first photo on Post #2.

Thanks for your post Gareth .... it's a very interesting story. Sorry to hear that your mom has now passed away. I'm sure many of us would like to see the full story if you're able to scan the Picture Post .... the photos are really evocative.