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Farewell Whitechapel Bell Foundry

Yesterday, the Gentle Author communicated the sad news that The Whitechapel Bell Foundry in the Spring of next year. Current owner Alan Hug...

Last Sunday I attended the 10th annual Birmingham Lives Local History Fair at the Girl Guides Centre near Holloway Head, despite the best ef...

The idea of an Order of nursing Sisters originated with Robert Bentley Todd, Professor at Kings College Medical School, London, in response...

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World War One researchers quickly become aware of the loss of the bulk of soldier’s records as a result of a German incendiary bomb striking...

During my recent visit to the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster Memorial, my attention was drawn to a colourful wreath with a photo of a young...

I set off last Friday morning to the Square adjacent to Snow Hill Station to view an exhibition of photographs by the late Phyllis Nicklin. ...

A recently relocated Londoner, I have been quite struck by Bradford Street with its rows of semi-derelict factory buildings and cleared site...

(c) the Birmingham Post Inspired by the terrific colour slide photography of 1950s and 1960s Birmingham by the late Phyllis Nicklin, f...