<![CDATA[Birmingham History Forum - Recommended Reference Books and CD's]]> http://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/ en Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:27:15 GMT vBulletin 1 http://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/images/misc/rss.png <![CDATA[Birmingham History Forum - Recommended Reference Books and CD's]]> http://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/ Birmingham Pubs by Keith Turner http://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32824&goto=newpost Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:31:19 GMT Keith Turners's book Birmingham Pubs is a real labour of love, well researched it comprises a wealth of pictures. It has sections on back streets, villags, suburban roadhouses, town taverns & last orders including of course that classic section on The Woodman. There is even a section on woth a visit.
Every time I pick up this book it gives me renewed pleasure. It is indeed one of my better purchases.
The attached pictures give an indication of the content.
The book is even available for as little as £3.99 new! Bargain.
http://www.find-book.co.uk/0752418092.htm
Jamaica Row Woodman 1890
Cambridge St Prince of Wales 1929
Allison St Digbeth 1906 (Digbeth photos are all to rare)
Park St 1867
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]]> BordesleyExile http://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32824 Bull Ring Birmingham - New Book http://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32753&goto=newpost Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:47:43 GMT A5 book, 36 pages packed with old postcards and photographs of Birmingham's Bull Ring, looking back to the turn of the century to the present day, by Mac Joseph, priced at £5 with FREE post and packaging to UK. For more details go to www.oldladywood.co.uk, this book will be on sale at the Key Hill Cemetery Heritage Weekend on 11th/12th September 2010. It is also available from St. Martin in the Bull Ring Church Shop. ]]> Mac Joseph http://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32753 Birmingham Pevsner Architectural Guides by Andy Foster http://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32622&goto=newpost Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:39:39 GMT The colour photographs in Birmingham Pevsner Architectural guides are striking and look to have been specially commissioned for the book. Certainly... The colour photographs in Birmingham Pevsner Architectural guides are striking and look to have been specially commissioned for the book. Certainly all but 1 picture is new to me. Andy Foster covers Birmingham architecture with considerable breadth but this constrains the opportunity for depth. The focus is on buildings of about 1860 to the present day, although there are passing references to older properties and interesting material on architects. I would have liked to see sources provided, but there is a very good further reading list. There are architectural terms for those that want to engage with them. At no point have I found the vocabulary offputting, but welcome the opportunity to engage with terminology outside my experience.
I found Foster's work to be a good contribution to the canon of work on Birmingham in that the analysis it offers is unlike any other book I have discovered.
If anyone of BHF is able to give a review of Pevsner's Warwickshire I for one would be very interested.
I ordered my copy of Birmingham Pevsner from A*****, but was disappointed to find the corners very slightly damaged, possibly due to the type of packaging used. Here are other suppliers:
http://www.find-book.co.uk/0300107315.htm ]]> BordesleyExile http://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32622