yes awful writing mike...could be gem st but like you not sureLooks like it might be Gem St, but not certain
yes rea st just came to me but again with no certainty..if still alive where was his wife in 41..actually what was his wifes name ?I was thinking Rea Street?? Thoughts?
thanks jan that looks likelyI think it is this gentleman. I can just about make out the name but other writing is too small to read.
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Rea street and Elizabeth. She later lived with her daughter Ann priest in the same street and the Bissell street. One was 104 rea in 1851 street the other 104 bissell street in 1861. Seems a continuation of rea street from what I can see.yes rea st just came to me but again with no certainty..if still alive where was his wife in 41..actually what was his wifes name ?
hello tuppeny rice and welcome..thank you for sharing your family memories that is very interesting...how lovely to still have and use 2 chairs from the church...enjoy the forumThis is much later but my grandad was the organist. His name was George Bennett. The family lived in Bedford Road at the back of the church from before WW1, in a house facing the railway arches. His dad worked at the gasworks. He learned to play the organ because he used to be the bellows boy, so he watched, he never had lessons. When the church closed and the church hall was being dismantled, he was given two of the folding chairs, which we still have and use. Years later, I think possibly when the night shelter closed, family members went into the organ loft and a lot of the music was strewn around. Grandad lived in Small Heath and died in 1979.
jan my photo 2 post 116 shows the large stone...i wonder could it be the same one showing on the left in petes photo..I think it is this gentleman. I can just about make out the name but other writing is too small to read.
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Difficult to say Lyn - can't see it clearly enough.View attachment 189907Holy Trinity Churchyard in Bordesley, West Midlands - Find a Grave Cemetery
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Hi Lyn,oddly enough i am doing a bit of research for someone and i am sure one or two of the bapts/burials was conducted by the rev joseph oldknow...his surname bought to mind something but i could be imagining it but is there not an oldknow road if so it could have been named after the vicar...just a thought
lyn
Our family lived there, great grandad was caretaker of the school and my grandparents Sydney and Irene lived a few doors down. Say hello to anyone who remembers them for me.Hi Lyn,
Yes, there is an Oldknow Road in Smallheath. Some of my wifes relatives used to live there in the 1940/50s. and it was called after the vicar.
Oldknow Road B10
Commemorates Dr Joseph Oldknow, Birmingham’s first High-Church Anglican, vicar of Holy Trinity, Camp Hill 1841
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Wow, I'd love to know what became of the baskets. They'd be worth a fortune now.
thanks superday glad my memory is not fadingHi Lyn,
Yes, there is an Oldknow Road in Smallheath. Some of my wifes relatives used to live there in the 1940/50s. and it was called after the vicar.
Oldknow Road B10
Commemorates Dr Joseph Oldknow, Birmingham’s first High-Church Anglican, vicar of Holy Trinity, Camp Hill 1841
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