-
Welcome to this forum . We are a worldwide group with a common interest in Birmingham and its history. While here, please follow a few simple rules. We ask that you respect other members, thank those who have helped you and please keep your contributions on-topic with the thread.
We do hope you enjoy your visit. BHF Admin Team
Newspapers : From Birmingham Post 150 years ago
- Thread starter mikejee
- Start date
planetearthisblue
master brummie
Leotard
paul stacey
master brummie
fascinating reading this thread, how normal people and, the authority's perceived their world.
paul
paul
8.10.1862
The State cabin was only there for a couple of years, but seems a strange sort of pub with recitations.
The sale of the contents of the Duke of Wellington has some interesting contents - a parrot, 72,000 pearl buttons and a noble guard dog. I like the idea of the "noble guard dog"
The State cabin was only there for a couple of years, but seems a strange sort of pub with recitations.
The sale of the contents of the Duke of Wellington has some interesting contents - a parrot, 72,000 pearl buttons and a noble guard dog. I like the idea of the "noble guard dog"
9.10.1862
Fire seems a bit suspicious the night before the sale of the building, or maybe I'm just cynical
Interesting use for old Guinness
Did not know they had female refuges then
The two girls get 1 month each; the brothel keeper who caused the trouble gets off free
Screwmaker in house of ill fame !
Fire seems a bit suspicious the night before the sale of the building, or maybe I'm just cynical
Interesting use for old Guinness
Did not know they had female refuges then
The two girls get 1 month each; the brothel keeper who caused the trouble gets off free
Screwmaker in house of ill fame !
paul stacey
master brummie
Hi lyn, they are so very interesting by the way , thank you, for the very interesting thread and photos of "old yards and houses".
Kind regards paul
Kind regards paul
10.10.1862
Ten years for a pair of trousers and 4 pairs of boots
Presumably he used his own product to hang himself with.
I read this advert for the Royal Music Hall as saying that on Monday there is Vaudeville, then the National Anthem, and then a play. This seems a very unusual order of events to me.
Gas lighting comes to parts of Redditch
Ten years for a pair of trousers and 4 pairs of boots
Presumably he used his own product to hang himself with.
I read this advert for the Royal Music Hall as saying that on Monday there is Vaudeville, then the National Anthem, and then a play. This seems a very unusual order of events to me.
Gas lighting comes to parts of Redditch
love this thread mike..reading of the man who got 10 year for stealing boots and trousers took me back to some reasearch i was helping a friend with last year..his gt grandmother got 7 years in woking womens prison for stealing 5 yards of cloth from a market place in 1864 or 5....
lyn
lyn
paul stacey
master brummie
God forbid the Police would cause,misunderstanding and or mischief!!!!!!!
paul
paul
W
Wendy
Guest
Brilliant I had no idea people could be fined for speeding in those days but as this case shows hard to prove.
Ha Ha loved the second hand milliner as well Lyn...thanks Mike!
Ha Ha loved the second hand milliner as well Lyn...thanks Mike!
14.10.1862
Am not clear as to the issues , though it seems the church and large businessmen are seen as enemies by som ein the balsall heath elections. Certainly the discussion seems to be heated
T.H.Gem, discussed elsewhere as one of the founders of lawn tennis, here is a well known pedestrian (or long distance walker)
Am not clear as to the issues , though it seems the church and large businessmen are seen as enemies by som ein the balsall heath elections. Certainly the discussion seems to be heated
T.H.Gem, discussed elsewhere as one of the founders of lawn tennis, here is a well known pedestrian (or long distance walker)
W
Wendy
Guest
How interesting Mike. Early running gear. I am sure the people who are restoring Gem's grave at Warstone Lane cemetery would be interested in this article.
15.10.1862
Presumably a travelling booth with 200 seats was some sort of wagon. I would like to have seen what it looked like. must have been rather big to be pulled by horses.
This is what "Modern Art" meant in 1862. Not sure if this would appeal to me much more than present modern art
Judging by it being organised by the National alliance and chaired by a Rev., I would guess this is an anti-drinking lecture, though the title sounds like the opposite
I've never heard of men's trousers being called unmentionables before
Anyone any idea what an Oliver Man was ?
Presumably a travelling booth with 200 seats was some sort of wagon. I would like to have seen what it looked like. must have been rather big to be pulled by horses.
This is what "Modern Art" meant in 1862. Not sure if this would appeal to me much more than present modern art
Judging by it being organised by the National alliance and chaired by a Rev., I would guess this is an anti-drinking lecture, though the title sounds like the opposite
I've never heard of men's trousers being called unmentionables before
Anyone any idea what an Oliver Man was ?
DavidGrain
master brummie
A travelling booth would be a tent probably with bench seating that could be dismantled and taken away on a cart.
I remember being told at school that prudish Victorians refered to trousers as "unmentionables". Do you remember The Navy Lark on the radio. In one episode, Captain Povery who had a prudish wife was told off for mentioning pyjamas in her presence. He was told to call them nighttime unmentionables.
I remember being told at school that prudish Victorians refered to trousers as "unmentionables". Do you remember The Navy Lark on the radio. In one episode, Captain Povery who had a prudish wife was told off for mentioning pyjamas in her presence. He was told to call them nighttime unmentionables.
16.10.1862
Turkish bath in the crecent
Gas bills - they were complaining about how unfair they were even then
Councillor using undue influence for personal gain. No change there then
Police bureaucracy. I don't think it is quite that bad now.
Police investigate turnips in Burslem
Obviously in this case the Lords Work
Turkish bath in the crecent
Gas bills - they were complaining about how unfair they were even then
Councillor using undue influence for personal gain. No change there then
Police bureaucracy. I don't think it is quite that bad now.
Police investigate turnips in Burslem
Obviously in this case the Lords Work
paul stacey
master brummie
1860's, and the Medieval Parochial Law, banning working on the Sabbath, is still enforced??
paul
paul
17.10.1862
I wonder what they had against him. The occupier , who, according to the Corporation directory, was Jean Ignace O'Flannagan,professor of languages .
Twelve shillings was quite a lot in those days.
Not sure how you would make money out of it
We think of New Zealand as being quiet & peaceful, but it sounds a bit like the wild west then
I wonder what they had against him. The occupier , who, according to the Corporation directory, was Jean Ignace O'Flannagan,professor of languages .
Twelve shillings was quite a lot in those days.
Not sure how you would make money out of it
We think of New Zealand as being quiet & peaceful, but it sounds a bit like the wild west then
18.18.1862
From council discussion as to rules in shortly-to-be-opened witton cemetery. Even then smoking was frowned upon in some circles. I doubt whether it made much difference to the permanent residents, as opposed to the visitors.
A reminder that fairs used to serve a purpose. In the cases here at Stratford (the first description) and Alcester, the yearly fairs were places for people to go in search of employment
Beerhouse keeper in Barnt green prosecuted for "harbouring the police" !
From council discussion as to rules in shortly-to-be-opened witton cemetery. Even then smoking was frowned upon in some circles. I doubt whether it made much difference to the permanent residents, as opposed to the visitors.
A reminder that fairs used to serve a purpose. In the cases here at Stratford (the first description) and Alcester, the yearly fairs were places for people to go in search of employment
Beerhouse keeper in Barnt green prosecuted for "harbouring the police" !
brummie nick
master brummie
I like the Ad for making £10 a Day in the 1850's, and all for a small outlay of 1d.
Nick
Nick