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Recent content by Anne Kay

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    Photo Request

    Hi all, I appreciate this is a long shot, but I was wondering if anyone had any pics of the following, I know some are very old and don't even exist any more, but just in case, Nova Scotia Street, Great Francis Street, Coleshill Street and Bell Barn Road. Thanks for your help, Anne.
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    Mapplewick Factory Birmingham

    Thats it! thank you so much for this, i have just spoken to my dad and he said yes, they were definitely a metal works and Frankfort st is in the hockley area so it all ties in. reading on another thread tho i understand the factory was still there in 1957 so it couldn't have been bombed, so i...
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    Mapplewick Factory Birmingham

    Hi, does anyone know anything about this factory? I've been told that my granddad was there as part of the home guard - fire watching? sometime between 39/45. apparently there was an incident that resulted in him being sent to Barnsley Hall hospital with shrapnel wounds. Might the factory have...
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