Local history calendars for Birmingham and the West Midlands. Local history books written and published.
Old picture postcards bought and sold.
Photographic collection of Birmingham & West Midlands public houses
based on Mitchells & Butlers archive.
Books
2. Vintage Images of Erdington, Birmingham by Andrew Maxam
A5 format, 40 pages, colour front and back cover, 80 old postcard / photograph images with informative captions on the following themes:
Gravelly Hill
Pype Hayes, Tyburn & Bromford
Stockland Green
Around Erdington Village
Erdington High Street & Six Ways
Erdington Public Houses
Erdington Institutions
Erdington Leisure & Transport
Brookvale Park 1909-2009
£5.99 including postage and packing (UK only - please enquire
1. Vintage Images of Harborne Birmingham by Andrew Maxam
A5 format, 40 pages, colour front and back cover, 80 old postcard / photograph images with informative captions on the following themes:
Around the Village
Moor Pool Estate
Around the High Street
Recreation and Leisure
Shops
Public Houses
Institutions
Transport
£5.99 including postage and packing (UK only - please enquire for overseas shipping rates)
A Birth, a Death and a Barrelage. A History of “The Hawthorn Farm” In the area of Quinton-Oldbury by Kate Creed – available early September 2008
A4 format, 120 pages, colour front and back cover, 80 photographs, postcards, maps, newspaper and programme cuttings.
“The Hawthorn Farm, upwards of 60 acres situated on the Turnpike Road, Birmingham. A farmland that once spread over Quinton’s dual carriageway was once a quiet lane from Worcester to Birmingham, it house a pub, a post office and a small but industrious community on the edge of this long forgotten farm.
“Today it is replaced by the very fast Hagley Road West and Trevanie Avenue on one side and Perry Hill on the other. The farm went down Chestnut road into Oak Road, Elm Croft, Sunny Bank Road, Wood green Road, Stanley Road, Birch Lane, Kenilworth Road, Warwick Road, over the Wolverhampton Road to Castle Road and the school which was once Castle Road School.
“There is no book about the area quite like this. It complements the work done by Hall, Maxam and Rosser and adds a new dimension to the history of the area.”
£11.99 including postage and packing (UK only - please enquire for overseas shipping rates)
Smethwick
NEW!! The latest on Smethwick written by Andrew Maxam and David Harvey. The book is B5 sized, contains 128 pages, published by Tempus Publishing in 2007. Covers the area bounded by Dudley Road, Winson Green; Cape Hill; Bearwood; Londonderry; Warley. Shows old street scenes (some now gone), shops; cinemas; theatres; schools; churches; parks; industry; brewery (Mitchells & Butlers) with an emphasis on pubs and transport. Illustrated with 200 old and a few modern photographs; postcards plus maps, advertisements and drawings. An excellent read!
£12.99 including postage and packing (UK only - please enquire for overseas shipping rates)
Warley Woods -
Centenary of the People's Park
Published June 9th 2006 for the Warley Woods Community Trust, to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Warley Woods open to the public as a park. A4, 80 pages, 130 photos including maps, old postcards etc relating to this beautiful historic park. Includes specially written forewords by the Trust’s patrons Julie Walters, Colin Buchannan and Carl Chinn. Chapters on Repton, Galton and building of Warley Abbey; Opening of the Public Park; Heyday of the Public Park; History of Warley Woods Golf Course; Warley Woods in World War 2; Warley Woods 1945-96; Warley Woods Community Trust; Changing Seasons in Warley Woods; Round and about Warley Woods; The Grey Lady and other mysteries.
£9.99 including postage and packing (UK only - please enquire for overseas shipping rates)
Coming Soon
3. Vintage Images of Ansell’s Public Houses in Birmingham by Andrew Maxam – in course of preparation