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Galina Welcome to the forum. The following is from "The Coop in Birmingham & the Black Country" by Ned Williams , published 1993. The...

I am doing some research on cycle manufacture in Birmingham for publication and wondered if anyone who worked for Hercules or other...

I am Gordon Pepper grandson of Arthur Josiah Pepper. I was the last chairman of Payton Pepper. The last managing director was Lawrence...

I am a retired professor and I have done quite a lot of work for the institute of Contemporary British History getting people on record...

My Brothers shop is still in Vyse St, G.H.Moore & Son, been in Vyse Street for at least 60 yrs, handy as we lived in Park Road originally

I think the prefabs were just off Perry Villa Drive which is off Church Road, at the side of Perry Barr Park. Someone who posted...

The borage came back, all the herbs have. A profusion of primroses bluebells and lily of the valley. Lilac is struggling I think it is...

We don't get any now, or sparrows or wagtails we don't get lots of varieties now.

We have a similar starling problem Smudger. When our grapevines have fruit they arrive in big numbers, just before they fly off for...

I was a student teacher at St Peter's College , Saltley, from 1972-1976 and I know that the college closed in 1978. I am a member of the...

I read that the invasive foreign ladybirds are the ones that come in other our houses as they don;t like the cold. Don't know how true...

Lovely outside today. No breeze so nice and warm.

A pheasant enjoying the sun today on our garden fence.

That's what he calls us! But his other side thinks the same as us and more do. Anyway, he went away for 3 days, 3days ago, so I got on...