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Thank you for the nice reply. As I'm new to this forum, I wasn't sure which section to put it. Thank you for the help. Cheers Philip

Hi Everybody, In 2015, I visited Birmingham in search of my grandfather’s birthplace, which turned out to be no longer existing (see forum topic “old pictures”), however, I suddenly remembered that I took many photos on the visit and decided to share these on the forum, I have decided to form a...

Hi mikejee, Thanks for the reply. Good idea, working on it at the moment. Cheers Philip

Hi there everyone, I would really like to add some pictures of Birmingham which I took in 2015 when I last visited the city, but not sure where to place them? As this thread is for "Old street Pictures" I'm in a bit of a dilemma! Could someone advise me? Cheers Philip

I there again Lynn, I can really understand your feelings. My only wish is that I didn't ask my Granddad more about where he came from, what were his childhood memories were. The only thing that I did get from him was that he was born in Birmingham, even his "Brummy accent" didn't register with...

Hi Lynn, After searching through all 208 pages of this wonderful thread, I finally found (more or less) what I’ve been searching for! On page 188 there is a street map of the area with Coventry Rd. and Bowling Green Road. The houses are numbered 16, 17, 21 and 22, with the houses 18, 19, 20 not...

Hi Lyn, Sorry I didn't realise that the info within this thread was from 2009! Question: You say she is now listed as "Guest", what is the procedure to get to rejoin? Cheers Philip

Hi Northern Lass, Very interesting search. I've been doing more or less the same search! In my search I found out that my Grandfather was born at number 20 Bowling Green Terrace in 1880. Attached is a copy of the census from 1881. So it would seem that the Lees family moved into number 20 after...

Hi Lynn (or Imr3103)? Thanks for the info. Will look it up. Cheers Philip

Great aerial view. Thanks so much. Ineresting to note the change from Terrace to Road. Cheers

Thank you so much for the information. This tallies with what I know from hearsay within the family. The part mentioning Coventry also tallies with Granddads skills. I do know that he served an apprenticeship as a moulder at Alfred Herbert machine tool factory. He had a lot of experience with...

Any information/photos of the above address (no longer existing) would be most appreciative. Cheers

Hi John, Thanks for the very interesting map. It explains one thing, my Grandad always supported Aston Villa, I can hear today saying " come on Villa" whilst listening to a match on the Radio! Will try your proposal of starting a thread "Bowling Green Terrace". Cheers Philip

Hi Everybody, I'm new to this forum, but after looking at some of the old photos I'm sure somebody can help me in my search for any old photos of "Bowling Green Terrace" Off Coventry Road. Why am I looking for any photos? Some information on myself: Name: Philip Kenyon Year of Birth: 1943 Place...