Monthly recommended sites from the Homepage sidebar

November 2009

John Houghton's Astonbrook through Aston Manor, a site packed with information and photographs.

October 2009

Bartley Green The Local History Project and Local History Digital Archive are important elements of the Humanities Specialist Status work at King Edward VI Grammar School, Five Ways, Bartley Green. See The Local History Project – Bartley Green: Past and Present. See also Bartley Green & District History Group researching three old villages/ hamlets on the edge of Woodgate Valley Country Park. These villages are Woodgate, Moor Street and California.

See also Weblinks, see my Top Ten and previous recommended websites.

September 2009

The Warwickshire Railways website organised by Mike Musson has a wealth of information and dozens of old photographs; a similarly fascinating site is Railways in Worcestershire, the work of members of the Malvern Industrial Archaeology Circle.

August 2009

Carl Chinn’s BirminghamLives  An extensive collection of memories in speech, writing and photographs collected by Carl Chinn through his Birmingham People’s History Archive.

July 2009

Acocks Green History Society  An excellent website jam-packed with well-presented accessible information.