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Thanks so much and also for the quick reply. Much appreciated. I'm just trying to piece together a family members story including the places he lived, so thanks again.

Hi there, I was hoping somebody could help me with a map and house numbers for the above mentioned properties. I think it was mikejee who helped me recently with a similar request for Bishops Avenue. I've located a relative at these properties in 1928 through to about 1931 and just wanted to...

That's super. The address changed slightly but the most common one i have was Court 1, House No 2, bk of 175 Holliday Street. I'm guessing that would be the "2" behind 175?

I think Joshua Nicholas himself became a one man band. By 1912-1913 he appeared in trade directories as a boot repairer at bk of 175 Holliday Street (which was his family home). Could anybody help me with a map, similar to the Bishops Avenue one to highlight which part of Holliday Street number...

Hi John, I am aware of the 1921 census entry. This is the only time he is not listed as a boot riveter etc and i think maybe reflects a change in occupation during world war one? I read that Woolesly concentrated on munitions at that time. In the 1911 census he is listed as "boot riveter...

Thank you for this, the map i am using is on maps.nls.uk, the OS 25 inch, 1892-1914 and Bishops Avenue isn't detailed on it.

That's a great photo John to get a perspective from above, i had only seen it from the old OS maps previously. Was there any leather works near to here other than the leather goods factory on Bishopgate Street? My g-g-Grandfather Joshua Nicholas was a boot maker / riveter / repairer for nearly...

That's a great photo John to get a perspective from above, i had only seen it from the old OS maps previously. Was there any leather works near to here other than the leather goods factory on Bishopgate Street? My g-g-Grandfather Joshua Nicholas was a boot maker / riveter / repairer for nearly...

Hi Sheena, I appreciate this is an old thread on the forum. I had relatives who lived at 57 Communication Row between 1918 and 1931 (possibly a couple of years before that and after). They were Joshua and Alice Nicholas. I just wondered did you ever manage to find photos of the houses on...

As you can see it looks like Desborough but can't find reference from it anywhere. This is from a 1951 marriage cert

I suppose looking at it now it could be St Andrews but the writing is very unclear on the birth certificate of 1899. Right so if this is, 2 Church Grove, St Andrews Road - does this still exist and does anybody know what type of housing this would be / would have been? Im not looking for any...

Hi MikeJee, Thanks for the map, thats a great find - where would i be able to get the full map from? Do you know what type of housing this would have been, terraced etc?

Could anybody help with the following streets and road names, some of which i can't locate on present day maps. These have been found on birth certs etc: 2 Church Grove, D'Audreus Road, Aston (circa 1899) 4 Leicester Place, Grace Road, Bordesley, Aston, B'ham (circa 1911) 6 Desborough...

Hi, You could well be right about photo number 1. He attended Mill Meece Training Centre in 1952. I did know of the location of the second photo, the fire station clock being the big clue but my family have never been sure of the year. A similar photo was included in the Birmingham City Police...

Old Boy & George1468, I am very pleased to have come across two people who knew of my Grandad, PC Kerim Blakeman. As you will see i have only just joined this forum and i posted on the slim chance that someone out there knew him and used this forum. I had heard he was sometimes called Ken by...

Edit. This thread covers Birmingham City Police 1839 - 1974 For West Midlands Police 1974 onwards see this thread https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/west-midlands-police-1974-onwards.40866/...