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Birmingham's Industrial History Website
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NEWS

HP SAUCE FACTORY DEMOLITION

Birmingham Town Hall Re-Opens in October

Do you remember concerts at the Town Hall? -- Join the appeal

The Beatles at Birmingham Town Hall

Longbridge Car Factory Re-Opens

New Street Station to be transformed

The Birmingham Canal Navigations--latest


EVENTS

THE BIRMINGHAM TESTERS RUN    Birmingham's largest classic motorcycle run

THE MIKE HAILWOOD MEMORIAL RUN    Annual memorial run to the World's greatest motorcycle racer who died near Birmingham in 1981.

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WEBMASTERS FAVOURITE

Brum Beat -Birmingham Pop Bands of the 60s, an excellent site

Staffordshire Home Guard

Warwickshire Railways

Wheels, celebrating the world's best bus company MIDLAND RED

BirminghamLives - The Carl Chinn Archive

Birmingham Assay Office

Rail around Birmingham & the West Midlands

Smiths Imperial Coaches

One of Birmingham's finest railway, bus and tram photographers, DJ NORTON

Ron 'Smudge' Smith- An  unique Birmingham artist and author This page is from Mac Joseph's Old Ladywood website

Mac Joseph -  Birmingham author

Important campaign to bring back Birmingham's best cake the Kunzle Showboat range

Great Birmingham transport site - also nice pictures of Birmingham

Birmingham Library Catalogue

The Beautiful J Type Van

Shirley Thompson- Birmingham author of Pat Roach's biography and 'Auf Wiedersehen Pat'

MUSEUMS

The Gun Barrel Proof House

The Wythall Transport Museum

Aston Transport Museum

Birmingham Museums and Art Galleries

Pen Museum

Jewellery Quarter Museum

The Think Tank

Ironbridge

Black Country Museum

SOCIETIES

Handsworth Historical Society

Birmingham & District Local History Societies

Acocks Green Historical Society

Birmingham Heritage Forum

Birmingham Civic Society

Birmingham Canal Navigations Society

Historic Kings Norton

The Black Country Society

Smethwick Local History Society

Tools & Trades History Society 


GUN TRADE

Firearms Technology Museum - Austrailia

MOTORCYCLE & CYCLE INDUSTRY


The Vintage Motorcycle Club

The Veteran Cycle Club

The National Motorcycle Museum

The National Cycle Museum

BRASSMAKING 

Birmingham Brassmakers

BOOKS & MAGAZINES

Workshop of the World--Ray Shill

Best of British Magazine (nostalgia and heritage monthly magazine)

Old Bike Mart

The Classic Motorcycle

 

HISTORY & RESEARCH

Birmingham Library Collection 

The National Archives

Websites for family history research

More help with family history

Warwick University Cycle & Motor industry Archive

Census Records Online

Birmingham Libraries Online

The Revolutionary Players--Very interesting history web site

Midlands Historical Data--Very interesting site

Birmingham Roman Roads

Ladywood Past & Present

Black Country History

Pictures of Birmingham

Bham.de  Birmingham History Site

Farm & Agricultural Archives

Museum of Rural Life Collection (agricultural)

History Resource for Schools

ABE Books-Best second hand book resource on the web 

PLACES TO VISIT

Kings Norton Farmers Market

Birmingham Farmers Market

Sutton Park- North Birmingham

New Hall Country Park near Walmley

New Hall Mill

Sarehole Mill

Aston Hall

Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens

Exploring the West Midlands

Severn Valley Railway

The Chasewater Railway

Beamish

 


MISCELLANEOUS

Map of Birmingham

BBC Birmingham

Birmingham Council Website

Warwickshire Windmills

Best of British Magazine

Birmingham Net

Valor fires and stoves

 

 

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