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  1. Laurajadeb

    Help finding The White Lion pub

    Hello! I’m doing so family history searches and I’m trying to find the location of a particular White Lion pub in Birmingham. It may not exist anymore but would love to know what it might be now, my great grandma used to manage The White Lion pub in the 1940s. She also managed The White Swan on...
  2. Qu.Be

    Banners At The Bank

    From the pamphlet Marks, J. (2001). Handsworth on old picture postcards. Reflections of a Bygone Age. '35. An unidentified group outside a branch of Birmingham Municipal Bank at 206 Rookery Road, Boards, held by some of the group proclaim "Arbitration. Brotherhood, Co-operation and...
    • Qu.Be
    • Thread
    • bank banner birmingham handsworth municipal rookery road
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Factories & Offices
  3. V

    The Oasis Market in 3D Virtual Reality

    The Oasis, once a concealed treasure, was a beloved embodiment of Birmingham's identity, drawing those with a refined taste for the latest trends. In days of yore, it stood as a refuge where trendsetters could discover coveted pieces like the sophisticated Ralph Lauren dress shirt amid a diverse...
  4. Godber

    BBC Birmingham History from 1989

    From 1989, Michael Buerk presents four interesting programmes about the history of Birmingham. Whether the place has improved in the following 34 years is a matter of opinion.
  5. miffyarcturus

    WINSON GREEN CANAL HOUSES

    Does anyone have any information in regards to the canal houses. Address 36 and 97 canal house, winson green, Birmingham, UK These canal houses on the winson green junction on the corner of the New BCN line and the old soho loop. I want to know who built it and when it was built. who were the...
    • miffyarcturus
    • Thread
    • bcn birmingham canal house canal houses winson green
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Homes
  6. F

    Recommendations? Lives of c19th & c20th Birmingham oral history

    Wondering if anyone has any recommendations for oral histories from this period - ideally I would like to hear people from Small Heath and Bordesley (especially those who lived in the back to backs) talking about their lives. It seems to be weirdly difficult to track these oral histories down...
  7. Vixen

    Gertrude Cummings/Brayne/Brain

    Hi All Was hoping someone may be able to assist. My great Grandmother was Gertrude Cummings who married William Swinden. This I know as fact. My grandmother was Vera Swinden whose dad was Willliam Swinden. Her mother Gertrude has proved quite difficult to nail down and there are various...
    • Vixen
    • Thread
    • #brayne #swinden birmingham cummings
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: A - D
  8. EmmaB84

    Birmingham silversmiths - Wakeling family

    Hi, Would there be any way of finding what company or companies my ancestor worked in? It said he was a pencil case maker (gilt) in the silversmith industry. (3rd great granduncle) Alfred Wakeling, born in Birmingham 1863-1914. It seems the Wakelings all stayed in the same area and are buried...
    • EmmaB84
    • Thread
    • birmingham jewellery quarter wakeling
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Occupations
  9. H

    Witton Aston's first retro Detective Novel by Shirley Kent.

    Hello Brumies it is Shirley Kent here introducing my book WITTON. Witton is a fictional detective story set in Witton Aston in 1945. The enclosed pictures show the book. Inside I thank the Forum members for their help on several factual questions I asked. Checking on my own memory and being...
  10. T

    A Tram to The Bullring Video

    Does anyone have a copy (or know where I can find one) of a 1974 BBC Programme called A Tram to the Bullring? ... the footage in that programme was also used in a 1989 BBC Programme narrated by Michael Buerk called Birmingham . The BBC have apparently lost/never kept copies of either show!
  11. B

    Book: R.M.S Titanic - Made in the Midlands

    I was given a book at Christmas ' R.M.S Titanic - Made in the Midlands' by Andrew P. B. Lound. The book is an informative read about the men, women and manufacturers who made parts for the 'Titanic'. Lots of information about anchors, chains, buttons, uniforms, cutlery, generators, whistles...
  12. Sabir

    Holliday Road, Erdington B24

    Hi, Looking to move to Holliday Road, Erdington. Any info about the street and surrounding areas? Is it quite rough in Erdington? heard there are a few HMO's nearby. Any advice/pictures/suggestion - I would be most grateful. Thanks Sab
    • Sabir
    • Thread
    • arthur road erdington b24 birmingham edward road erdington erdington holliday road erdington
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Neighbours & Streets
  13. M

    Samuel Hawkins

    Trying to find out more about my grans dad, We recently found letters between him and my great-gran. His name is Samuel Hawkins, the address on the letters was Heath St, Winson Green Birmingham. Was wandering if anyone knows any information about him or any Hawkins around the same time (just...
    • Maddy2000
    • Thread
    • 1950s birmingham hawkins
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: E - H
  14. M

    Birmingham Corporation pages from 1945 telephone directory

    Hi all, I've scanned and posted on Flickr the four pages covering Birmingham Corporation and will likely post some more in time. Link here PO Telephones Birmingham 1945
  15. H

    MAP IRVING ST AND HURST ST PLEASE

    Hi everyone. My name is Karen and I joined this forum as I have recently discovered that my great grandfather lived in Birmingham. On the 1881 census he was living at 6 House, Court 13, 81 Hurst Street and on the 1891 census he was living at 2 House, Court 33, Irving Street. I was wondering if...
  16. A

    Bullock

    Hello, I just came across this site and am so thrilled. I have read through as much as I can and have not found anything related to my family but am hoping someone could help me. I have hit a roadblock with 3x great-grandfather and am trying to find his parents, his death, etc. This is what I...
    • Allison
    • Thread
    • birmingham bullock cook
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: A - D
  17. G

    William Adams Silver Birmingham

    Hello from the USA. Thank you for allowing me to join this forum. I have acquired two silver trays. I am trying to trace the year of manufacture, history, value and material makeup of these pieces. I believe they were made by William Adams by the hallmark. (see pictures below) according to what...
  18. A

    West Midlands Police Museum

    All I just wanted to tell everyone how impressed I was with the service I have recently received from West Midlands Police Museum. I posted on a BHF thread that I was looking for information on my German great great grandfather, George Mead (Alexander Mede). Steve Rice from the Museum picked up...
  19. K

    Sutton Family - Nailstone Crescent Acocks Green

    Hi all, I have recently started to look into my family tree and through this site have found a second cousin on my nan's side - I would like to find out more about my dad's side of the family though for completeness....His name is Roy Sutton and lived on Nailstone Crescent, his parents were...
  20. L

    Oscott College Cemetery, Birmingham - Looking For Murphy Grave

    My aunt (Sarah Butler) was married to James Murphy, James was born in Cornamona, Co Galway, Ireland in 1892. He went to work in Birmingham during the early 1940s and died in Birmingham about September 1945 at Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham. I believe he was buried at Oscott Cemetery, Hawthorn...
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