Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men
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Chapters (72)
- PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS
- BIRMINGHAM
- BIRMINGHAM MEN.
- CONTENTS.
- List of Illustrations.
- FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF BIRMINGHAM.
- THE BULL RING RIOTS, 1839.
- GOSSIP ABOUT ROYALTY.
- BIRMINGHAM BANKS: OLD AND NEW.
- JOHN WALSH WALSH AND THE ASTON FÊTES.
- G.F. MUNTZ, M.P.
- JOSEPH GILLOTT.
- HENRY VAN WART, J.P.
- CHARLES SHAW, J.P., &c.
- ROBERT WALTER WINFIELD, J.P.
- CHARLES GEACH, M.P.
- WILLIAM SANDS COX, F.R.S., &c.
- GEORGE EDMONDS.
- THE EARLY DAYS OF CHARLES VINCE.
- JOHN SMITH, SOLICITOR
- CADBURY'S COCOA ESSENCE,
- PURE, SOLUBLE, REFRESHING.
- MAKERS TO THE QUEEN.
- CHRISTIAN'S PÂTE DE LICHEN,
- OR ICELAND MOSS PASTE,
- CHRISTIAN'S DANDELION CHOCOLATE,
- Christian's Oriental and Odoriferous Perfumes,
- PURE SODA & OTHER WATERS,
- THE SELTZER WATER
- LITHIA AND POTASS WATER
- LEMONADE AND GINGER BEER
- GINGER ALE,
- Albert C. Neal,
- (SUCCESSOR TO SAMUEL WHITEFIELD, SEN.,)
- Feather Beds, Palliasses, Wool, Hair, and Spring Mattresses
- MADE OF THE BEST AND PUREST MATERIALS.
- 52, OXFORD STREET.
- VIADUCT WORKS, OXFORD STREET, BIRMINGHAM.
- FROM COLLARD AND COLLARD.
- ROGERS AND PRIESTLY,
- COLMORE HOUSE, COLMORE ROW,
- Opposite Temple Row West and St. Philip's Church, BIRMINGHAM,
- PIANOFORTE MANUFACTURERS.
- WILLIAM DOWNING,
- (CHAUCER'S HEAD,)
- DEALER IN
- RARE, CURIOUS, AND OUT- OF-THE-WAY BOOKS.
- SETS OF STANDARD BOOKS.
- 74, NEW STREET, BIRMINGHAM.
- WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
- R.C. MARSH
- 76, HIGH STREET, BIRMINGHAM.
- THE PUREST MINERAL WATERS.
- Soda, Potash, and Lithia Waters; Pure Lemonade and Ginger Beer; also
- "THE BEST OF BINS."
- AGENT: T.L. REEVE, CHEMIST,
- BANKS'S
- STRENGTHENING FOOD
- FOR INFANTS AND INVALIDS.
- M. BANKS & CO., Chemists,
- BULL RING, BIRMINGHAM.
- C. BENSON,
- COOK, CONFECTIONER, &c.,
- LUNCHEON BAR, UNION PASSAGE.
- WEDDING BREAKFASTS.
- 44, NEW STREET, BIRMINGHAM.
- WILLIAM EDWARDS,
- "ALPHA" PATENT PORTABLE
- GAS MAKING APPARATUS.
- FANCY SMALLWARES.
- GREEN, CADBURY, & RICHARDS,
- LINEN, METAL, AND PEARL BUTTONS.
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