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Thanks Genmac for your thoughts and useful tips to take the family story further. I will search for old photos as suggested and do some more digging in Union and company records. Regarding the former, my Grandad Herbert ( Joseph Sealey's grandson) was the branch chairman of the local Carter's...

Thank you Theresa. Will do---and look forward to the visit. Cheers. Dave

Good afternoon Genmac. Thank you so much ---I believe we ( you) have cracked-it! The information you supplied seems to solve most of the problem. The link is almost certainly the age of the of the L&BR goods yard, working by c1846. This date ties in with Joseph my Gt Grandad's move down to...

Good afternoon Genmac. All settled down now--my wife with a cataract sorted on Wednesday and me with a great plaster across my face after 2 "lumpectomies" last Sunday (luckily non-cancerous)---our house is returning to its usual routine at last. Yes---the entry for Joseph's father ( Joseph...

Hi Genmac and MWS. Some good reasns here for e to investigate. Sorry for delay----wife and I had 2 lots of minor surgery at hospital----just getting round to keeping up---will check out and get back----sounds like some good info here!!!!--THANKS Regards. Dave

Great information--again 'thanks'. Mike jee for the maps and time tables, MWS for the 1839 map, and Rosie and PJM Burns for the comments and ideas. I Didn't realise that the TRAIN service started so early and it was possible to travel to London from B'am in the late 1830's. Does anyone know if...

Cheers Genmac. Many thanks for your info---some good clues here. Yes---I will certainly pay a visit to the back-to-backs when I visit. Just googled NT site--they seem to be closed during this summer for some building work--will contact them to sort out. Checked on maps--seems Vauxhall rd is very...

Hi Mikejee and master brummie. Studying the 1880's map--presumably these "courts" were housing estates? If so I'm relieved to know they weren't criminal courts!!!!. The SEALEY side of my ancestors certainly shifted about a bit between the late 1700's and the mid 1850's! This late 1700's family...

What a quick and great response! Thank you to MikeJee---and for info from Mster Brummie. Really appreciated. Longer response tommorrrow. Really appreciated---cheers. Dave..

Hi. I'm new to this forum---this is my first post and looking forward to picking the brains of Birmingham history experts who can help me locate where my Gt X 3 grandparents lived in around 1840's. Their names were Joseph and Mary Ann SEALEY ( nee Gorstage). Records show they lived at 3...