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I believe this may be a drawing of Lady Huntingdon's Chapel on the corner of Peck Lane and Dudley Street. It comes from Birmingham...

Birmingham Civic Society presented a plan for the conservation and road redevelopment of Northfield Village in 1920 and produced a...

Handled a few hundred of thos e bottles when I was "Milk Monitor" Viv. If you was to ask that question in those days Viv, probably you...

For those who recall milk bottles with cardboard tops here are some school milk bottles with cardboard tops. I definitely don't remember...

Both maps above mark the Old Rectory and it's shown below in the 1920s along with two passing gents who remind me of Vladimir & Estragon...

Yes! It was the Cedar Club.

Brookes saddles was a world famous maker of bike saddles. I had a few bikes with their saddle. The other thing I remember was there was...

Thanks, that's what I thought. It's a case of 'known as'. I grew up in West Bromwich and my parents always referred to it as Hockley...

seems to be back to speed now

could have been the cedar club...if so we should have a photo of it somewhere on the forum lyn

Yes! It was the Cedar Club.

Thanks for the link it's very interesting, local brands is one of my special interests. I was spelling Brooks wrong. When I worked...

Brookes saddles was a world famous maker of bike saddles. I had a few bikes with their saddle. The other thing I remember was there was...

Indeed there is. I worked at Electromagnets (Boxmag) right next to that burial ground (see my posts under factories,offices) and...

Thanks, that's what I thought. It's a case of 'known as'. I grew up in West Bromwich and my parents always referred to it as Hockley...