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Newspapers : From Birmingham Post 150 years ago
- Thread starter mikejee
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Surprised the pick-pockets got away with it. Or maybe the drunken lady was a decoy?! Viv.
Coincidence that the watchman was named Howell, as was the owner of the house. Just as well the women weren't decked out in crinolines. The Globe insurance co. must have been a widespread business, had an ancestor who was a Globe agent in the very early 1800s but up in Cheshire. Until now thought it was just a small, northern company. Viv.
DavidGrain
master brummie
Aston Street is the road behind the old Central Fire Station now running through the Aston University Campus
Viv
It looks like the Globe had only recently had an agent in Birmingham. I can find no adverts for the globe in the Birmingham Post before this other than the one below, three weeks before, though there are references to claims on it. Presumably these policies were negotiated with agents outside the city.
It looks like the Globe had only recently had an agent in Birmingham. I can find no adverts for the globe in the Birmingham Post before this other than the one below, three weeks before, though there are references to claims on it. Presumably these policies were negotiated with agents outside the city.
Thanks Mike that's quite likely. I think the Globe and Lloyds had a bit of a ding dong over covering marine insurance way before the 1860s but can't remember the exact details. So maybe up until the mid-1800s Lloyds exerted some influence over which insurance companies could/could not operate out of Birmingham. Just speculating, not 100% sure about the details, will have to go and look it up. Viv.
Is this the Fire Station in Temple Street? Viv.
By 1866 Birmingham had 5 brigades and 12 engines.
Nice leather fireman's helmet here:
https://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/1967F1352
By 1866 Birmingham had 5 brigades and 12 engines.
Nice leather fireman's helmet here:
https://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/1967F1352
30.3.1864
Sounds a bit of anarchy exists in birm ingham police. A sergeant accuses an officer of drunkenness, when no one seems to think he was very drunk, and a fight ensues. The sergeant admits to having had 3 pints, he can't remember where, but does remember he only paid for one himself.
Sounds a bit of anarchy exists in birm ingham police. A sergeant accuses an officer of drunkenness, when no one seems to think he was very drunk, and a fight ensues. The sergeant admits to having had 3 pints, he can't remember where, but does remember he only paid for one himself.
Think you're right Mike. Found this that places the Chief Fire Station in Little Cannon street. Viv.
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Wendy
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Love it..N.B.Ladies are expected to attend. Ha Ha. Lovely list of such well known names though, great gems thanks Mike.
DavidGrain
master brummie
Ladies are Expected to attend reminds me of what I think is a classic line in one of the Sharpe's Riffles TV series. At a mess dinner Sharpe, objecting to some of the language used, commented "There are ladies present so I hope that there are gentlemen present also."
No April Fools pranks in the B'ham Post then? Did newspapers do that in the 1860s? Maybe they'll report on pranks tomorrow? Viv.
brummie nick
master brummie
I see Alamode beef was on the menu, what I remember of that, the woman were lucky not to be invited.:sour:
4.4.1864
The publicans must have thought someone was taking the mickey when they saw "beersellers would rejoice in an opportunity to secure to themselves the blessing of sunday rest". Bit like saying today that politicians would rejoice at having the opportunity to rest their vocal chords by means of a gag.
New church proposed for sparkbrook. Presumably Christchurch, which was certainly an imposing building
The altercation must have been interesting to spectators.
The publicans must have thought someone was taking the mickey when they saw "beersellers would rejoice in an opportunity to secure to themselves the blessing of sunday rest". Bit like saying today that politicians would rejoice at having the opportunity to rest their vocal chords by means of a gag.
New church proposed for sparkbrook. Presumably Christchurch, which was certainly an imposing building
The altercation must have been interesting to spectators.
Miss Wolferstan occupied the castle in 1844, as a tenant, and the tenant in 1865 is listed as William Edward Wood, according to an archeological survey by wessex Archeology
(https://minisites.tamworth.gov.uk/pdf/Archaeology report 9-11-09.pdf). However a timeline by the friends of Tamworth castle states that Miss Wolferstan dies in 1869, and Mr Wood then becomes tenant. That is all I can find. Maybe Miss Wolferstan left the castle in 1864.
(https://minisites.tamworth.gov.uk/pdf/Archaeology report 9-11-09.pdf). However a timeline by the friends of Tamworth castle states that Miss Wolferstan dies in 1869, and Mr Wood then becomes tenant. That is all I can find. Maybe Miss Wolferstan left the castle in 1864.
9,4,1864
Garibaldi, the Italian nationalist who seems to have become the pin-up of the Victorians, male & female, is to visit Birmingham.
One sometimes gets the impression that people at this time enjoyed hangings as a spectacle, and they were to continue till 1868, but from this cutting it appears that public revulsion to the practice had already spread.
Awful conditions and an awful result, but, even without the unfortunate result , the thought of sleeping, and other things, in a crinoline seem pretty difficult.
Garibaldi, the Italian nationalist who seems to have become the pin-up of the Victorians, male & female, is to visit Birmingham.
One sometimes gets the impression that people at this time enjoyed hangings as a spectacle, and they were to continue till 1868, but from this cutting it appears that public revulsion to the practice had already spread.
Awful conditions and an awful result, but, even without the unfortunate result , the thought of sleeping, and other things, in a crinoline seem pretty difficult.