Good morning from Birmingham, where I think the sun is trying to break thorough the clouds. I must tackle a tottering pile of paperwork that is threatening to become an avalanche, and then I have a free day, with dinner and tv catch up at my partner’s this evening. Maw,I hope you feel better soon, and Micheal, I don’t know if you know these maps: www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk
They are reproductions, but good ones, and they have a commentary on the reverse which gives a lot of social history. I have one of central Birmingham from 1902 and it is fascinating to read the different businesses and shops operating in streets I know: lots of solicitors and accountants like today, but also drapers, the inspector of needlework for the corporation, and an artificial teeth maker.