paul stacey
master brummie
What a marvellous story, you can really envision it you read.
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Newspapers : From Birmingham Post 150 years ago
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Yes great story. Wondering if it refers to Pratchett's Egyptian Pump or it's predecessor I.e. before 1807? Would Pratchett's Egyptian Pump have had that sort of handle? You can just see Pratchett's pump in the second photo. Viv.
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17.6.1864
New parliamentary bill to stop pubs opening between 1.00 & 4.00 am (at first just in London, but later expected to apply to other towns requesting it). Nowadays they have bills to allow opening.
Would not have thought it worth all the trouble, even allowing for much greater value then of a half crown ( 12.5 pence in today's money), especially as they had to have layer of silver all around coin..
New parliamentary bill to stop pubs opening between 1.00 & 4.00 am (at first just in London, but later expected to apply to other towns requesting it). Nowadays they have bills to allow opening.
Would not have thought it worth all the trouble, even allowing for much greater value then of a half crown ( 12.5 pence in today's money), especially as they had to have layer of silver all around coin..
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Wendy
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Great stories and info as always thanks Mike.
paul stacey
master brummie
Very interesting Mike, now its is no longer a mortal disease, we forget what a killer it was, not so very long ago.Paul
27.6.1864
There were NIMBYs in 1864 as well, in this case the catholic church. The are they are talking about must be on the corner of Plough & Harrow road and Hagley Road, where the OS map of c1889 lists the Edgebaston Estate Office. The argument is a little specious seeing that a map exists from 1825 showing the area of the proposed building together with some of the area on which the Oratory was later built, was then owned by Lord Calthorpe.
There were NIMBYs in 1864 as well, in this case the catholic church. The are they are talking about must be on the corner of Plough & Harrow road and Hagley Road, where the OS map of c1889 lists the Edgebaston Estate Office. The argument is a little specious seeing that a map exists from 1825 showing the area of the proposed building together with some of the area on which the Oratory was later built, was then owned by Lord Calthorpe.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Lyn
Deritend Library was the third branch library to open Birmingham, It opened in 1866 on the same day as the New (then) Central Reference Library. Whilst Deritend was a residental area it did quite well as a library but as the district became more commercialised borrowers dropped off and it closed in 1940. I believe it is now part of the Custard Factory and has been an exhibition centre since 2003.
Deritend Library was the third branch library to open Birmingham, It opened in 1866 on the same day as the New (then) Central Reference Library. Whilst Deritend was a residental area it did quite well as a library but as the district became more commercialised borrowers dropped off and it closed in 1940. I believe it is now part of the Custard Factory and has been an exhibition centre since 2003.
DavidGrain
master brummie
I was told that in the Matthew Boulton archives in the library, there are cases of the receipt of an enquiry in the morning post, a quotation being sent by post and an order being received all in the same day. There are stories of businessmen working in the City of London sending postcards home to their wives to say which train they will be on and what time they will be home.
paul stacey
master brummie
Of course poor people of the time could not get credit by any other means, so it was pay the extra or starve, the pawnbrokers did a valuable service for those times, even with making profit, although I suspect many didn't.
