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replacing a photo of hanley st and also another one showing a back court but i have read that someone thinks the older photo is not...

The days when families lived close to each other. On the 1957 Cecilia is listed at 62 with your mom and dad. Your one uncle, John, is...

1950s map, aerial view 1951 and photo of The White Swan.

An aerial view (1951) of The White Swan on the corner of Hanley Street and Cecil Street. Interesting to see the roof of 42-44 Hanley...

As Mike has said The White Swan disappeared in the 1920s but this aerial view from 1936 seems to show the frontage and other aerial...

marriage cert says they married at aston parish church july 31st 1881..address given for both says saltley aston...georges father was...

I'll go out on a limb and say that the address must have come from a baptism, marriage or death. So... A George Williams married an...

Lyn, I found this by reverse image search on Google, I don't know if it's any clearer. I could use AI on it but as you know it is prone...

Happy Birthday Janice, sorry it's a bit late, hope you a a good day.

In the late1950s there was still a gas lamp outside St Laurence Church in Northfield (presumably not functional by then) and just a...

Here is Sir Frank Price opening the Longboat in 1970.

“The directors of the Birmingham Motor Express Company are making arrangements to put an improved service on the Hagley-read route, by...

The 1901 census seems to correlate with the plan above: 350 to 358 then 1 to 16 Ct 47 then 359, 360 assuming the enumerator went up the...

Looking at the 1911 census which is as ambiguous as the 1921 census gives: 351, 352, 353, - -, 356, Bk 359, Bk 358, 3h Ct47, 4bk 356, 6h...

yes and if you look the other way and stand just where the white car is in the car park of st georges church court 47 is now a lovely...