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My dad is to the left of the photo kneeling his dad is first left standing & his brother William is third row up behind the lad with the dark stripe shirt

I Have just found this interesting post, My dad was a member of Small Heath Harriers in the 1920's his name was Ernest R Harris so were 2 of his brothers William & Arthur Harris, he is on the photo shown above so is William, their father is the gentleman standing on the left of the photo he was...

I dont know if its any help to you, George Longbottom was born in 1874 to Alfred Longbottom & Mary Ann Hines Randel Mary Ann was born in 1847 to Richard William Hines ( born 1804 in Birmingham) & Eliza ? born 1816 in (Linconshire/ Lestershire ?

Hi ,Ann sorry it's been a while but I have only just come across your post, Would love to hear more from you Pat

My husband John Bassett was member of Small Heath Harriers in 1956, he said they used to meet up at The Three Horseshoes in Sheldon..my father & his brothers were also members in the 1920's

Hello Lily, My Gt Grandmother died in RHH & is buried in the grounds in 1893, she was only 39 yrs old, I know you cannot pass on photo's but is there anywhere I could view them ? her name was Elizabeth Roberts, I have seen some of her records she was in Powick in Worcester before RHH opened. Pat

Hi Jess My Gt Grandmother was in Rubery Hill Asylum she died there in 1893 & was buried in the grounds, I found a lot of information at the old library they have an old plan of the burial ground but it i couldn't pin point where she was buried ,most of the grounds have new houses built on now...

Hi Jess My Gt Grandmother was in Rubery Hill Asylum she died there in 1893 & was buried in the grounds, I found a lot of information at the old library they have an old plan of the burial ground but it i couldn't pin point where she was buried ,most of the grounds have new houses built on now...

Re: Birmingham Municipal Bank memorial Hello Perry Commoner. I don't think my husband had much use out of it we have been married 53yrs & I have never seen it in use, I wonder when they were last in use ?

Re: Birmingham Municipal Bank memorial Hi My husband also still has his home safe.

May not be very clear, but this an artical from Sunday Mercury August 1947.. bare knuckle boxer ..Boke Bassett a relative of my husband. Pat

Hello Berger50, This may be of interest to you, the headquaters were in Regents Park rd Small Heath one of the stewarts was my husbands uncle George Bassett...this must have been in the 60's, Pat

Hi Berniew I think we were both right about the fire I didn't remember Dale Forte next door , but I don't think 1980 was the right year it was definatley 1959/60. I remember watchin the fire & it was before I got married in 1961. Pat

I remember a fire on Coventry rd I always thought it was Littlewoods store about 1958, dont know if that was another fire I know Hitchens ? catalogue shop took over Littlewoods shop. There were 2 terraces that led from Greenway st to Cattell rd ..one was called Berkeley Place the other was Mount...

Hi, Don't know if this will work, first time I have sent a photo, this was my fathers greengrocers shop on Coventry rd taken about 1927.. I can find out the number but it was a couple of doors up from the Oxford pub that was on the corner of Greenway st. keeping my fingers crossed, Pat

Hi, I think the cook shop now was Robotthams where they sold the hocks, Bywater was the slaughterhouse in Greenway street where I lived, there was also Shellys chemist on the same side up past Woolworths & Littlewoods the son was in the magic circle if I remember right. Pat

Hi, I worked at Glarry's gown shop on the Cov when I left school in the 50's, can anyone remember Priest's the hardware shop just above Glarry's he kept the stock upon shelves all up the wall & used very tall ladders to get it down he knew where everything was & he was alway's smiling, &...

Hi If anyone from Greenway street is interested Fred Burnette who lived at the top end next to Susan Maughan is hopeing to do a Greenway st reunion if he gets enough response ? I will PM you his email if anyone is interested. Pat

Hi Paul, You may find this website interesting ? www.freecen.org.uk. click search database. Dont fill in the left hand side leave it at 1891...where it says street put Kelynge street (this was Tilton rd in 1891) where it says census place put Warwickshire, then click search, you should then...