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Thank you Vivenne. I had seen another newspaper report but not one and certainly didn’t know that Harry, William’s brother in law was there. Kindest Regards, Brian.

Thank you so very much indeed. The story behind this family is quite fascinating. The 1921 census shows Ada Charlotte Sant as a cycle manufacturer with the business address of 18 Aston Street, Birmingham. In 1919 her husband William Henry Sant was killed at the same address following a gas...

Thank you for posting these photos. I have been researching my wife’s family connections and discovered that her maternal family the “Sant’s” ran a cycle making business at No 18 Aston Street.

Thank you for posting these photos. I have been researching my wife’s family connections and discovered that her maternal family the “Sant’s” ran a cycle making business at No 18 Aston Street.

Hey John, that is great. By the time I arrived in Birmingham all of this history was gone. My wife’s family have been in Aston from what I see in the census reports since1871. This wonderful picture will help in so many ways. So once again Thank you for sending it and for marking it up for...

Can anyone help with photographs of Church Road in Aston, pre 1965? My wife’s family lived at No 93 and unfortunately we have no images of the old houses.