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One of my favourite images is the one in Newtownrow where they are repairing the walls of the brook underneath the main road.
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Another 'dry' hotel like the Cobden, the Norfolk Hotel - dry I think until at least the 1980s. Photo dated 1961.
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https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/gallery/old-hotels-in-birmingham-9526349
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Dingleys - boarded up and demolished in the 1960s to make way for road development. Was AA approved.
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Thanks Janice. Nice to see Birmingham's good reputation recognised. Expect Prince Albert had a hand in/was consulted on granting the...
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Photograph - Wesleyan Chapel, Acocks Green, Birmingham. GL Stiles. 1912.
(Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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It looks as if some sort of layer of soft lead was placed on the anvil, and the file blank rested upon it. When the file was turned over...
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Birmingham was granted "city" status in 1889 by Queen Victoria.
First town without its own Cathedral to be called a city. Granted...
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This was the silver foil/bottle top collection I recall - this one shows Lee Bank School's 1969 collection. It was "sold to raise money...
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This is available at NLS but I only came across it through Google.
https://maps.nls.uk/towns/rec/11843
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It looks as if some sort of layer of soft lead was placed on the anvil, and the file blank rested upon it. When the file was turned over...
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JMW Turner sketched Birmingham views in 1830. Here are some extracts from his sketchbook dated 1830. They're held at the Tate.
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It looks as if some sort of layer of soft lead was placed on the anvil, and the file blank rested upon it. When the file was turned over...
Sep 6, 2026
It looks as if some sort of layer of soft lead was placed on the anvil, and the file blank rested upon it. When the file was turned over...
Sep 6, 2026
Anyone know why the file cutting was done on a lead bed?
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brummy-lad replied to the thread 1873 Street Map of Birmingham.One of my favourite images is the one in Newtownrow where they are repairing the walls of the brook underneath the main road.
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Thanks Janice. Nice to see Birmingham's good reputation recognised. Expect Prince Albert had a hand in/was consulted on granting the...
mikejee reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Hazardous Occupations of the Past. with
Birmingham was granted "city" status in 1889 by Queen Victoria. First town without its own Cathedral to be called a city. Granted...
This is available at NLS but I only came across it through Google. https://maps.nls.uk/towns/rec/11843
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